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Bad Government from a Good Government Leader
... update and second update below People in the government ethics field can be very arrogant. I know I can. But it's horrible to see it in ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Term Limits in Time of Crisis -- Staying in Power vs. Upholding the Law
... a law set by referendum?), but also into a government ethics issue: is it appropriate to change a law only to preserve one's own ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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Can We Do Without Pay-to-Play?
... Maybe the sudden and, most likely, short-term interest in ethics in Illinois will get the project going. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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Nepotism and Oversight Relationships
Body: It's hard for ethics codes to deal with every kind of relationship where nepotism might be a ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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It Takes a Village: Behind the Indictment of Philadelphia's Vincent Fumo
... look at the 272-page indictment. This is a municipal ethics blog, so let's take, as an example of a member of Fumo's supporting ... took a bribe. In fact, he didn't do most of the things that ethics codes proscribe. But he certainly acted in his own interest and, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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What It Takes to Bring Down Government Leaders -- Thailand and Detroit
... When U.S. presidents, or even mayors, are brought down by ethics violations, it takes some pretty hefty skullduggery and covering up ... . Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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A New Punch Line in Cook County's Patronage Joke
... of interest, the matter falls into the area of government ethics in which Chicago and Cook County have led the way for decades: ... that the commission is not actually ready for patronage reform. The plaintiff is quoted in the suburban Daily Herald as ...
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The Timing and Content of Withdrawal from Participation
... The CRA director should have contacted the county ethics commission for advice as soon as she first thought about the prospect of ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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Campaign Contributions by Those Doing Business with Local Governments
... contracts past or future, what is known in the government ethics business as "pay-to-play." For this reason, state and local ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics: ...
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Caring About Process
... (the context was the process surrounding the health care bill), this topic, which is central not only to government ethics, but to our legal and political system, is worth focusing on. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
