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1. Oakland Ethics Reform Initiative Passes

   Body:  I left out one big local ethics/election story from my blog post yesterday:  the approval of an excellent ethics reform initiative in Oakland, with an approval percentage of 72%, according to ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2014-11-06 08:17 - 0 comments

2. An Ethics Reform Online Presentation

   Body:  The Missouri Ethics Commission has put up a nice slideshow-with-audio presentation on ... made to its ethics and campaign finance laws in Senate Bill 844 (it used Adobe Presenter software, but there are likely other alternatives). It's a good way to do reform-specific training. But, as the presentation states, it is ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-09-10 06:38 - 0 comments

3. Judicial Review of Ethics Commission Decisions

   ... your opinions of and experiences with judicial review of Ethics Commission decisions. For example, who should be able to seek judicial ... Any person or entity aggrieved by a decision of the Ethics Commission may seek judicial review and relief pursuant to ----- of ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:26 - 0 comments

4. 2009 Local Land Use Ethics Update Now Available!

   ... Possibly the most valuable annual local government ethics resource was published this morning:  Patricia Salkin's 2009 ... Use , a 28-page summary of reported cases and opinions on ethics matters in land use situations. The 2008 edition focused on wind ...

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

5. Local Legislators Investigate an Ethics Commission in Suffolk County

   ... back in July, I didn't realize that another interesting ethics issue was going on there. In late June, the county legislature had instituted an investigation of the county ethics commission. One reason for this investigation appears to be the ...

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

6. Illinois Ethics Reform Poll and Blagojevich News

   ... with the state." But more interesting to government ethics watchers are the results of a poll of Illinois citizens done by the ... Finance Contractors and Vendors Ethics Reform Public Campaign Financing In the news ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-10-21 08:35 - 0 comments

7. A Model Ethics Advisory Opinion and Links to Major City and State Advisory Opinions

   ... number of scenarios to which it applies the city's relevant ethics provisions. The opinion goes beyond any single request for advice to ... AO2009_2_Council_discretionary_funding.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

8. Independent Redistricting (and Ethics) Works

   Body:  In ethics, there are two basic approaches: (1) an ends-based approach, also ... government, generally use the former, while government ethics uses the latter. This causes a lot of problems. Therefore, it is ... shows how hard it is justify such approaches. I prefer the ethics approach, which is how I have been looking at local redistricting since ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

9. Life Without an Ethics Code

   ... The people were incensed about the deal, but they had no ethics code and no recall provision in their town charter. So there was nothing ... do, since they had broken no laws. That's life without an ethics code. Of course, many such small towns have ethics codes that give their ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-29 08:31 - 0 comments

10. Clear Air in Manhattan: Independence of Ethics Commissions Part 2

    Body:  How can an ethics commission be truly independent? In the model code I wrote as ... be a long public conversation about all aspects of municipal ethics, I suggest that a municipality's legislative body appoint members from a ... here to read the rest of this blog entry. Under a new reform inaugurated by the new Borough President, Scott M. Stringer, members of ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-06 10:25 - 0 comments

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