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1. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind III: The Social Nature of Moral Judgment

   ... can share their outside viewpoint with an official whose blind spots prevent her from seeing the situation clearly. They can provide her with ...

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

2. How and Why to Bring Budget Transparency to a City Near You

   Body:  It's a nice coincidence that, just when I was preparing to write a blog post about a trendy thing in the corporate ... as much about preventing bad apples from stealing the public blind. It's about preventing officials from playing with budget numbers so that ...

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

3. NJ's Ineffective Local Government Ethics Program Is Up for Renewal

   ... records of its advisory opinions, proceedings, or anything. I couldn't even find minutes of its meetings (see a blog post on the LFB's ... them. All aspects of information, counseling and website content should parallel that of the State Ethics Commission." This ...

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

4. A Classic Fiefdom and a Problem with Long-Term Municipal Representation

   ... becomes too close with an agency head. He should discuss the blind spots this creates and educate others, perhaps even trying to get the law ...

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

5. Indirect Benefits, Expertise, and the Responsibility for Poor Ethics Advice

   ... of time volunteers have able to spend, without having deep content expertise and knowledge – is a bad model." A better model, and a ...

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

6. What Is Free Speech?

   ... of unconstitutional dystopia, not free speech." I administer the public campaign financing program in New Haven, CT. These ... the airwaves with mean-spirited ads that contain little content of value to voters? Is there anything more dystopic than many of our ...

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

7. A New Local Ethics Program's First Matter Raises Some Important Issues

   ... The fourth issue is one that may seem obscure, but which I encountered in my own town:  the sometimes fluid definition of "of ... to explain their reasoning, show their work. All seem to be content to point out the problems and offer nothing to solve them. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments

8. Soft Landings and Other Revolving Door Matters

   ... revolving door between government and business. One thing I learned is that the first post-employment laws were passed in the 1850s and ... seats on corporate boards and other velvety-soft landing spots, in many cases earning multiples of what they made in government. John ...

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

9. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

   ... as this might be both personally and in terms of time. And I say this as the staff of a public financing board. The New York ... as was the case here, and the commission turns a blind eye to allegations of a leak on the part of the executive director, trust ...

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

10. Another Side to Disclosure

    ... with the local government, they should effectively blind themselves to donors and let potential donors know this. This can ...

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

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