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1. Nevada Legislative Immunity Appeal: A Sigh of Relief Regarding Institutional Waiver, and a Legislator's Neverneverland

   ... reading for those interested in the intersection between government ethics enforcement and legislative immunity, an intersection where, in the last ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. How to Handle Misrepresentations of Ethics Advice

   Body:  It is very damaging when a government official misrepresents ethics advice he has been given. What should an ethics officer or commission do ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. A Matter of Facts or Law in La Crosse

   ... March 29, 2010 (see below) It is a common problem in government ethics to confuse law and ethics. It is a more unusual problem to confuse law ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

4. It's Not the Law, It's the Ethics

   ... behavior, but not the ability to distinguish law from ethics. Poor Judgment All Around The mayor of Phoenix admitted to a ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ... and Vendors Ethics Environments Local Government Attorneys Post-Employment/Revolving Door ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. Fishing for Conflicts

   ... for a fishing expedition to find relationships between local government legislators and people or contracts they vote on. This appears to ... idea people have of the word "interest." The Crossville ethics code defines "personal interest" as "Any financial, ownership, or ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. Prestige of Office Provisions

   Body:  Some jurisdictions have an ethics provision entitled Prestige of Office that, among other things, limits work that officials can do outside of government. Here is the language that the Baltimore school district uses (this ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. Regional Public Integrity Officers in New York State

   ... (see below) At the same time there is talk of local government ethics reform in New York State, the new attorney general has his own plan for ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. Broward County Legislators Drag the County's Ethics Feet

   ... home of Ft. Lauderdale) commissioners are seeking to have an ethics code (enforced by an inspector general; it's being drafted) apply to ... issues (not relevant). Another was concerned that the ethics code hadn't been written yet, even though it will have been before it ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18

9. Lobbyist-Oriented Ethics Reform in Chicago

   Body:  Mayor Rahm Emanuel continues to make small government ethics improvements in Chicago. Yesterday, according to a city press release ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Giving Voice to Values I

    ... . And I've talked about the importance of open discussion of ethics issues in government as a solution to this silence problem. But that is, for the most ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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