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Jurisdiction and Oversight Over Nonprofits Doing Local Government Work
... of interest problems, but at least contractors can be held to contracts and replaced when they run afoul of ethics or other laws or ... which the local government would want to meddle, no matter how useful the organizations are. Meddling is not, after all, destroying. And ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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D.C.'s Draft Ethics Reform Act Merely Adds Pieces to a Confusing Puzzle
... Body: "The appropriate authority" is a vague phrase to base a major ethics reform proposal on, but that is just what the District ... will do little to change the city's ethics environment or how it appears to the public. Robert Wechsler Director of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Reform in Tallahassee, Rejection of Election Overspending by Big Contra Costa Employer
... Sort of Public Campaign Financing Program According to an article this morning on the Tallahassee Democrat website , by a ... unruly City Council meetings." So it's hard to know how big a role the Chevron expenditures had. But they certainly didn't get them ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Old and New Local Independent Spending in Elections
... February 7, 2014 It took the Jon Stewart Show three months to catch up with the City Ethics blog, but it was worth the wait. You have to ... outsiders, but it's not at all clear who they are or how much they're spending. Most of the money has come from the Iowa branch of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Government Consultants and Conflicts - New York Lawyers and Their Pensions
Body: According to a New York Times article last week, hundreds of lawyers in New York ... in the school districts' pension systems. According to an article in the New York Law Journal , Attorney General Andrew Cuomo ... settled. It will be interesting to see what happens, and how honorably New York lawyers deal with this matter. One last thought. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Budgetary Hijinks
... reporters and editors understand themselves)? A note to help understand our New England budget process. A preliminary budget is ... the Town Meeting. And the BoF goes along with this ruse. How do they move around large amounts of money without our approval? The law ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-04-09 15:48 - 0 comments
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Louisville's Middling Ethics Reforms
... were disappointing, while Philadelphia's were a big surprise to everyone, and came with a few serious question marks. Louisville's reforms ... decisions, advisory opinions and any suggestions on how to modify or improve the ethics code. The ordinance also requires the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Truth-Telling
Body: A lie to protect oneself or to mislead others in one's own interest is as bald a ... lying. This is one reason it is better to make truth-telling an aspirational goal, as the City Ethics Model Code does by including the ... others through what is said or done, or not said or done (how refreshing to see omission by those with a duty to inform recognized for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Legislative Immunity's Effect on Recent Investigations of Members of Congress
... Post has a long article on a topic one would expect to find in a law review: the effect of the Constitution's Speech or ... can't introduce legislation, a bill, a speech on the floor, how do you make the case?'' In other words, legislative immunity makes life ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Should the Josephson Institute's Principles of Public Ethics Be Enforceable Rules?
... trust, using the powers and resources of public office only to advance public interest, and not to attain personal benefits or pursue any ... Fairness Enforcing these principles is also unfair. How can an official know what is considered "unbefitting" conduct so that she ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
