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How to Paint Yourself into a Corner By Not Responsibly Handling Your Conflict Right Up Front
... sought advice from the city attorney rather than the city ethics board, and then the mayor said he would put the matter before the ethics board. His father's company has a refuse contract with the mayor's city. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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What Is Free Speech?
... to them. These goals are similar to the goals of government ethics laws. So let's try out what these gentlemen said by applying it to ... across? Rights vs. Obligations The refrain in the Bill of Rights is "the right of the people." There is nothing about the rights ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... to having a former colleague on staff. For government ethics, it's not the dead bodies, but the live ones that matter. ... The best approach to this problem is to allow the ethics board, after a public hearing, to waive the requirement after a ...
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Ethical Governance Day in Miami-Dade County
Body: The Miami-Dade County ethics commission has been a leader in reaching out to the community. In 2011, it co-sponsored a local government ethics conference , which attracted people from all over Florida. In 2012, it ...
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The Jersey Sting
... The actual sting operation is not really a local government ethics story, but rather a tale of an ethics environment that is so ... One of the first responses to the sting was a bill to amend the constitution to require indicted officials to be replaced. ...
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We Need a Support Network
... flexible networks of individuals. In the municipal ethics world, the situation is similar, but even worse outside the larger ... shared experience of power. On the other side, you have ethics commissions and ethics officers who participate little, if at all, in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Law vs. Function, and Oversight
... It involves an important distinction in government ethics, between law and function. According to an AP article this weekend , the Louisiana Board of Ethics found that a state board of education member may keep both this ... (but then it correctly sought an advisory opinion from the ethics board; self-regulation is not the responsible way to handle an ethics ...
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The Conflicts of a Newspaper Owner with Governmental Interests
... to protect can lead one to thoughts of extending government ethics into the fourth estate. This is the case in Philadelphia, according to ... to discuss coverage of the ethics program, ideas for ethics reform, and getting the right message out to the public about government ...
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San Diego: More Tension Between EC and Council
... The relationship between San Diego's council and ethics commission continues to prove unhealthy. It shows how wrong it is for ... herself on a vote concerning the EC, said, "It's my hope the Ethics Commission will bring this fishing expedition to an end." From ...
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Going Beyond Dismissal to Provide Useful Guidance
... ago, I wrote about a poorly written provision in Denver's ethics code, and the danger it poses not only to Denver, but also elsewhere, ... Size Denver Gift opinion 052814.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...
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