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1. Gifts and Campaign Contributions: A Loophole Story

   ... The judge and lawyer are acting as if, in a government ethics context, it's okay to play games like this just so that you can make ... if even judges are willing to take advantage of ethics loopholes, then such loopholes have to be filled. Another solution ...

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

2. The Accountability of Sharing Our Mistakes

   ... left behind, in terms of accountability. Even government ethics professionals don't seem willing to discuss their failures openly, so ... mistakes. That's one of the reasons we started the Model Ethics Code Project, which has drawn no interest from ethics professionals. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-07-26 08:14 - 0 comments

3. Wisconsin Legislature Seeks to Make the Open Meetings Law Enforceable Against Everyone But Them

   ... order (TRO) placed on the publication of a Wisconsin bill that was allegedly passed in violation of the state's open meetings law. ... by state officials to look like they care about government ethics until it is applied to them. And then all of a sudden they start talking ...

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

4. New Lobbying Regulation Report

   ... Some of the professional lobbying associations have refined ethics codes for lobbyists from general concepts to specific behavioural ... associations have also dedicated extensive resources to ethics training and education for lobbyists – a role in which the ...

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

5. The Obligations of a Local Government Attorney

   ... At a panel at a Council on Governmental Ethics Laws conference in 2007, on the government attorney-client ... evil lawyers trying to hide state secrets, but by government ethics professionals. A couple of them even gave me the big lie in this ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

6. A Uniformed Union Fiefdom in NYC

   ... to state legislators. This year, he helped craft a bill that would move the jurisdiction of the jail's criminal cases from the ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  ...

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

7. Elections Commissions

   ... commissions? Other than land-use commissions (and, sadly, ethics commissions), elections commissions are probably the most abused in ... go on to appoint their friends and family, to ignore ethics rules (since they control the ethics program), and to support the ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-31 08:20 - 0 comments

8. The Extent of Legislative Immunity in an Open Records Proceeding

   ... the legislative immunity defense has been used in government ethics proceedings. This week, the same issue arose with respect to an open ... and local legislators who say they need not appear before an ethics commission while in office. One wonders whether the attorney general ...

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

9. Two Complex Conflict Situations in Montpelier, VT

   ... According to a recent Reader Supported News article , ethics allegations have been made in Montpelier regarding two high-level ... to make a choice. But this is not really a government ethics issue, at least assuming that she is not being paid by the nonprofit. ...

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

10. Professional Proselytizing As Political Activity

    ... supposed to be involved in local politics, according to the ethics code of their own professional association, ICMA. But this issue was ... relating to the referendum. The administrator sought the ethics board's opinion because he considered the request effectively an ...

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

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