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The Republican Party Stands Against and Ignores Government Ethics, All in One Day
... the Republican Party took a strong stand against government ethics and, in its most important statement in years, totally ignored it. ... both parties have opposed and sponsored valuable ethics reform, mostly the former. The failure of Republicans at the national level to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Speaking of Ethics
Body: Ethics is a funny thing. So is character. If you violate a law, ... It's so worthless, that you have no right to talk about ethics or character, even though you've been through the ethics grinder and have thought about it far more than the average person. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Mayor of City with Self-Regulating Ethics Program Arrested for Bribery
... it have helped if Charlotte had had a good, independent ethics program, with training, independent advice, and disclosure? Possibly. It ... had considered it important to have a good, independent ethics program. If these issues were openly discussed and if gifts, not to ... City Related Enforcement/Penalties Ethics Reform Gifts Self-Regulation ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Dallas Ethics Reform Proposals to Go to Vote November 9
... is effectively forcing the hand of the city council to enact ethics reforms to provide more transparency and oversight with respect to ... meeting, on November 9. Here's what the ethics reform proposals look like: Lobbyist Disclosure - Lobbyists ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Assessors and Government Ethics
... This is one of those situations where government ethics is so important, where its emphasis on relationships and appearances, ... there was a gift or preferential treatment, would lead an ethics adviser to tell the assessor that she should not even purchase a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2012-09-27 09:54 - 0 comments
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The Supreme Court Is to Consider How Honest Services Fraud Jives with Ethics Laws
... issue: should the federal government be determining what ethics rules are appropriate for state and local officials? And three, it ... is little, highly partisan, or self-serving local and state ethics enforcement. When officials choose not to provide basic ethics laws or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Clearing the Air?: The Independence of Ethics Commissions
Body: When an ethics commission is appointed by the city's principal officials, can it ... respect to allegations against them? Baltimore's Board of Ethics has five members, four of them appointed by the mayor, three of those ... a series of Sun articles early in 2006 led to a Board of Ethics inquiry into whether then City Council President Dixon used her ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-06 10:25 - 0 comments
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An Attempt to Get Rid of New Ethics Provisions in Three Broward County Cities
... In November 2010, Broward County, FL voters approved an ethics code for officials of the cities in the county (the code also applies ... law. Two, the ballot language makes no mention of the county ethics code, making it very unclear to voters what exactly they are voting on. ... County Related Disclosure Ethics Reform Transparency ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Program Ideas from a Small Town in Vermont
Body: Ethics problems and the need for ethics programs are the stuff of cities and, perhaps, larger towns, or so most ... not much to learn from small towns, in terms of municipal ethics. Right? Middletown Springs, Vermont is a town of 823 (2000 census), ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Broward County Ethics Reform Passes, But Budget Concerns Remain
... Broward County (FL) voters embraced (3-1) two ethics questions on the ballot yesterday, which applied the new county code of ... trust in government. To underline the need for ethics reform in Broward County's municipalities, yet another municipal official was ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
