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  1. Abuse of Citizen Ignorance in an Ethics-Related Referendum

    ... and pension forfeiture by those found to have violated the public's trust. As a matter of fact, I don't favor any of these other ... The Rhode Island ethics program had to be created via referendum, because legislators were unwilling to do it themselves, but ... Supervisor of Elections website (BrowardSOE.org) before the election, nor on the sample ballot (which many in Pompano Beach have yet to ...

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

  2. New web site Content Management System for CityEthics !

    Body:  General information about the new Content Management System A dynamic web site platform which allows an ... of users to publish, manage and organize a variety of content, Drupal integrates many popular features of content management systems, ...

    admin - 2005-06-03 09:27 - 0 comments

  3. Ethics Reform via Referendum, and Some Valuable Practices from New York City

    Body:  Referendum Requires Ethics Training and Increases Penalties I learned at the COGEL conference last week that a referendum passed in New York City last month requires all city officials ... pay back money received for breaking the rules may not make public servants more honest. People are either honest or they aren't. If all ...

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

  4. Seattle Rejects Public Financing and Embraces District Council Elections

    ... for two related changes to their government. One was a public campaign financing program for citywide council elections. The other was ... Public financing would have (1) greatly increased the value of small contributions from city residents, giving them much more ...

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

  5. Tallahassee, FL Passes Ethics Reform Referendum

    ... groups from right to left. I worked on the drafting of the referendum language. Here is today's press release from Represent.US: On Nov. ... yes No: 19,431 votes, 33 percent no See a copy of the referendum in Word format attached to this post. The screenshot was taken ...

    cmiller - 2015-04-27 10:14 - 0 comments

  6. The Timing and Content of Withdrawal from Participation

    Body:  Timing is everything. That is the principal lesson to be learned from a conflict situation in West Palm...

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

  7. Montgomery County, MD Public Campaign Financing Bill Introduced

    ... an article in the Washington Post , two weeks ago, a public campaign financing bill (attached; see below) was introduced, cosponsored by all council ... County's voluntary program, not to begin until the 2018 election cycle, would provide matching funds instead of grants (New Haven's ...

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

  8. Local Public Campaign Financing and Independent Spending

    ... issue was the effect of independent spending on a local public campaign financing program in Santa Fe. Especially in the shadow of recent Supreme ...

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

  9. The Reality and Purpose of Public Financing Triggers, and Government Ethics

    ... that most competitive candidates will not participate in a public campaign financing program that does not have a trigger provision. The 5-4 majority ...

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

  10. Local Public Financing Programs Make Elections More Local

    Body:  When people write about public campaign financing programs, they tend to focus on participation percentages and the ... matches only the contributions of local residents makes an election much more local, at least to the extent candidates participate. ...

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

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