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1. Summer Reading: What Money Can't Buy II

   ... a few fascinating takes on different aspects of government ethics, including preferential treatment, municipal marketing, skyboxes, and ... How would such a scenario play out in local government ethics situations, where there aren't enough meetings people would pay to ...

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

2. Lobbying Central to Upcoming HBO Series

   ... his political party on the issue of campaign finance reform (he was for it). Yes, you read that right:  campaign finance reform as ... there's time to lobby Wright for the inclusion of government ethics scenarios in his scripts. For a preview, check out City Ethics ...

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

3. Winter Reading: Robert Dahl's "Who Governs?"

   ... that is too rarely asked by those involved in government ethics. It is assumed that the only individuals who should be under an ethics ... in the community to raise the issue of government ethics reform. Politicians won't deal with the issue unless they feel they have no ...

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

4. The Institutional Corruption Behind Police Abuse of Immigrants

   ... surprising when the reason is, at heart, a local government ethics problem. The town is East Haven, CT (most recently in the national ... According to its charter, East Haven is supposed to have an ethics board. But I could find no mention of it anywhere on the town website. ...

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

5. Jursdiction, Nepotism, Retaliation, and Independence

   ... case that involves a number of important government ethics issues. The state's Department of Corrections (DOC) deputy ... why the DOJ didn't turn the matter over to the state's ethics commission? After all, why would use of one's position to help one's son ...

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

6. DeKalb County (GA) Grand Jury Report on Procurement-Related Misconduct

   ... not only for indictments, but also for an improved ethics program. The story that the grand jury tells in its report is a classic ... and Knowledge Contractors and Vendors Ethics Reform Family Members/Nepotism Misuse of Office/Special ...

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

7. A Miscellany

   ... Discretionary Funds A report from the South Carolina Ethics Commission about council funds in Greenwood County (attached; see below) ... Size SC council funds 0413.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

8. A Special Ordinance Is Not the Way to Provide a Waiver

   ... way to do this is to ask for a waiver from an independent ethics commission. To do this, it must be shown that there is an overriding ... a city vendor. Unfortunately, Portland does not have an ethics commission, nor does it have a waiver policy. All it has is ...

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

9. Conflicts and Fraud

   ... short, non-disclosure of a conflict is, in the government ethics context, an ethics violation, but in other contexts it is fraud. And ... its ethics program. This would be a good time for ethics reform. It will be interesting to see how the ethics board deals with this ...

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

10. Subcontractors and Indirect Benefits

    Body:  Ethics provisions dealing with contracts often ignore subcontractors. This ... week in St. Louis County, which does not have a government ethics program (the state ethics commission has jurisdiction over county officials). St. Louis ...

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

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