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Selecting Ethics Commission Members in a Poor Ethics Environment
... It happens that one of the principal goals of a government ethics program is to increase and maintain the public's trust in their local ... D.C. mayor was to have nominated members for the city's new ethics commission, and yet no nominations have been made. An aide to the mayor ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Common Errors Involving Ethics Commission Jurisdiction
... I recently wrote about the problem of having a toothless ethics commission in a Connecticut city. According to an article in ... it's good that another Connecticut municipality's ethics commission is toothless. But the story has less to do with teeth ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Lawsuits, Legal Fees, and County Attorney Conflicts in El Paso Ethics Complaints Battle
... of a big corruption probe , a pair of back-and-forth ethics complaints filed with a nearly toothless ethics commission in El Paso doesn't seem like much. But it does sheds some ... everywhere, including the use of lawsuits to cripple ethics commissions, legal fees for ethics defense, local government attorney ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Death of a Government Ethics Activist and a March on a City Ethics Commission
... battles that have gone on in and around the San Francisco ethics commission. I did, however, start a piece in August 2009, which I have ... public financing, and strengthen the Campaign Finance Reform Act." A former lawyer, disbarred due to a drug addiction that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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NY State Comptroller Reports on Local Government Ethics and Provides a Model Code
... for an overview). The 26-page report is entitled Ethics Oversight in New York State Municipalities , and it comes complete with a model local government ethics code that, unlike some of the other recent model codes ( Michigan and ... Story Topics: Ethics Codes Ethics Reform States and Municipal Ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Misrepresenting Ethics Law in a Highly Visible Case
... undermines the public's understanding of government ethics when highly visible decisions misrepresent basic government ethics concepts. This occurred yesterday, when the Alaska State Personnel Board ... Sarah Palin did not violate the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act when she wore a jacket with the logo of her husband's sponsor as ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 6 comments
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Atlanta Schools Ethics Controversy Decimates Ethics Commission
Body: An ethics controversy involving the Atlanta Public Schools (APS) has led to the resignation of four of the seven members of the APS ethics commission, a failure to replace them, and a threat to the ... status. The story starts in 2010, when ethics complaints were filed against school board members for misuse of credit ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Collateral Damage of No Ethics Program
... money to spend and contracts to enter into, require not just ethics policies, but a comprehensive, independent ethics program. This rarely ... Ethics Codes Ethics Environments Ethics Reform Ethics Reports Family Members/Nepotism Gifts ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Bullheadedness in the Face of Ethics Advice
... second loss of the season). The chair of the city ethics commission told the council that "it would certainly raise the ... That question, he said, should be considered by the full ethics commission." In addition, the council president "told his ... Codes Ethics Commissions/Administration Ethics Reform Gifts Jurisdiction ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles City Ethics Commission The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission is a semi-independent agency authorized and funded by Los Angeles voters to administer and enforce a governmental ethics ordinance for the City of Los Angeles. The CEC is also responsible for ...
donmc - 2006-06-24 13:29 - 4 comments
