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1. Disgorgement of Gains or Civil Forfeiture

   ... interest law (to my knowledge, the nation's only aptly named ethics code). The current conflicts of interest section of the city charter ... to see officials keep ill-gotten gains. See the City Ethics Model Code provision on this, which is referred to as "civil ... City Related Enforcement/Penalties Ethics Reform Ethics Training ...

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

2. Transparency and Confidential Information Issues in Clackamas County, OR

   ... Transparency, although not generally part of a local ethics code, is central to a local government's ethics environment. A lack of transparency is both a tell-tale sign that things ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

3. The Conflicts of Local Government Associations

   ... and laws such as the new Michigan model local government ethics code and the Michigan law that requires charter township board ... to a township office? In other words, in the government ethics context, do local government association members act for the ...

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

4. Does Recusal Require Action and/or Words?

   ... to establish a definition for the purpose of government ethics. According to an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican ... Defining Recusal The Santa Fe code of ethics provisions reads as follows: Any public official shall recuse ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-10-05 16:11 - 3 comments

5. When an EC Is Dependent

   Body:  The Colorado ethics commission matter that I discussed in my last blog post points to yet another reason why ethics commissions must have their own counsel, and a sufficient budget to pay ... fund, through either transparency or a blind trust. The ethics commission's draft opinion opts for transparency. A blind trust in this ...

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

6. The Fort Worth Council, Mayor, and City Attorney Deal Irresponsibly With a Conflict Situation

   ... attorney has any business getting involved in the government ethics process, here's an example you can use of the mess they can make when ... Star-Telegram last Thursday , in late June the city's Ethics Review Committee (ERC) determined that three members of an Air Quality ...

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

7. Lessons from Mistakes Made in a Connecticut City

   ... can learn a lot from the mistakes made in local government ethics matters in cities and towns other than your own, there is a great deal to learn from a simple ethics matter that, through a number of mistakes, oversights and, apparently, ...

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

8. Total Gift Bans and Legal Defense Funds

   ... draft advisory opinion from the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission (attached; see below) raises two different issues. One is ... Size CO draft opinion 0213.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

9. Books of Interest

   Most books of relevance to local government ethics deal with administrative ethics, that is, the ethical behavior of ... Theodore R. Lyman,   Decisions for Sale: Corruption and Reform in Land-Use and Building Regulation   (Praeger, 1978) ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2015-04-20 11:59

10. Gifts from Restricted Sources

    ... It's too bad that at least some members of the Los Angeles ethics commission don't recognize this. It is a problem that restricted ... Codes Ethics Commissions/Administration Ethics Reform Gifts Pay-to-Play States and Municipal Ethics ...

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

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