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An Appreciative Look at the Draft Broward County Ethics Code for County Commissioners
... County (FL) Commissioner Ilene Lieberman feels that the ethics code written by a special commission on ethics (most of whose members were selected by the commissioners ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Selection of Ethics Commission Members by Community Organizations
Body: Nothing is more important to an ethics program than ensuring that an ethics commission is seen as independent, and not a pawn of politicians. People ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Retired Citizens of Florida Speak out on Ethics
Body: City Ethics president, Carla Miller, worked with Integrity Florida (Dan ... of effective laws in Florida to close loopholes in current ethics laws. As stated in the resolution, Florida leads the nation in public ... below) calls for a change in Florida law that will allow the Ethics Commission to self-initiate complaints. Now, if they become aware of an ...
cmiller - 2012-06-20 07:14 - 0 comments
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An Ethics Emergency in Corpus Christi?
Body: Update below An ethics emergency was declared in Corpus Christi on Tuesday, according to ... changes post-election, the lame-duck council declared an ethics emergency in order to amend the ethics code (click and go to pages 47ff) in order to prevent council members, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Gwinnett County Ethics Reform II - Recommendations by the Vinson Institute and the Grand Jury
Body: In this second of three blog posts on ethics reform in Gwinnett County, Georgia, I will look at recommendations for ethics reform made by a grand jury in its October 2010 report , and by the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Odd Ethics Commission in Oakland
... Oakland, CA's odd nepotism ordinance. Well, its Public Ethics Commission is also odd, and worthy of a look. I was alerted to some of ... Oakland blog post entitled "Does Oakland Need a Public Ethics Commission?" An odd question from someone who does not have an ax to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Practice vs. Ethics Law
... One of the biggest problems people have with government ethics is acknowledging the difference between ethics enforcement and ethics practice. Ethics enforcement is legal. You cannot ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics in Congress III - Independent Advice and Enforcement (Summer Reading)
ethics in congress.jpg Body: Looking at government ethics through the appearance standard, as Dennis Thompson did in his book Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption , reveals ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Opposition to Independent Ethics Enforcement in Washington Will Echo Locally
Body: Forget the fascinating range of ethics programs at the local level. It is congressional ethics programs that get the national attention. And with all this attention, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms IV - The Failures
Body: In one of my blog posts on the ethics task force's second report , I identified areas that the ethics task force ignored. The first was the low limits on fines. The mayor, in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
