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Clearing the Air?: The Independence of Ethics Commissions
Body: When an ethics commission is appointed by the city's principal officials, can it ... respect to allegations against them? Baltimore's Board of Ethics has five members, four of them appointed by the mayor, three of those ... a series of Sun articles early in 2006 led to a Board of Ethics inquiry into whether then City Council President Dixon used her ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-06 10:25 - 0 comments
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An Attempt to Get Rid of New Ethics Provisions in Three Broward County Cities
... In November 2010, Broward County, FL voters approved an ethics code for officials of the cities in the county (the code also applies ... law. Two, the ballot language makes no mention of the county ethics code, making it very unclear to voters what exactly they are voting on. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
Body: Ethics Reform as Part of a Financial Assistance Deal Earlier this week I ... officials who have only scorn for it. Willfulness and Government Ethics The result of a Palm Beach County (FL) ethics proceeding ... by adding the word "willful." This, I think, is wrong. Government ethics violations, unlike criminal violations, should not require ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Staff Members and the Revolving Door
... are given too much credit. Most individuals who vote on government matters are non-professionals who are paid little or nothing, and ... in the Indianapolis Star , the Indiana State Ethics Commission recently decided that the general counsel, chief legal ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Ethics Commission Recusal When a Political Party Brings a Complaint
... Nevada, there's another interesting case before the state's ethics commission that has ramifications for local government ethics. According to an article in the Las Vegas Review-Journal , ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Two Pleasant Surprises
Body: The Partisanship of Ethics The first pleasant surprise involves a blogger (Advance Indiana) ... by a blogger of his own party's ethical problems. Government ethics is nonpartisan, but it is too often handled in a partisan ... Everyone says that there are just a few rotten apples in government, but when something comes out, too many of the other apples support ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Holiday Spirit and the Spirit of Ethics Laws
Body: It's pop quiz time. Read the following ethics code provision and hypothetical, and answer the question that follows ... violated their diets, but have they violated the above ethics provision? Okay, this isn't quite a hypothetical. It's a provision ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Vive Les Differences!
... between unethical conduct and criminal conduct by government officials is the matter of proving intent. For example, a bribe is ... took a gift in return for certain conduct. In government ethics, taking a gift beyond a certain value is all that needs to be proven to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Supermajority Votes in the Probable Cause Phase of Ethics Enforcement
Body: Requiring supermajority votes by ethics commissions to find probable cause or a violation is probably the best obstacle elected officials can place in the way of effective ethics enforcement. This is especially true of the probable cause phase, if ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Lucifer Effect III — Debriefing and Other Ways to Deal with Situational Forces
... this, and they usually don't get it. The second thing government officials need to recognize is that they probably do not have the ... them differently. How useful it would be if an ethics commission could debrief the participants in an ethics proceeding after ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
