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1. How Candidates Should Deal Responsibly with Conflicts

   ... NC Local Government Law Blog raises an interesting issue about the situation of a local government candidate who has an interest in a ... an official with authority to oversee, make decisions about, or interpret the contract. According to the state statute, the contract ...

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

2. It Takes a Village: Behind the Indictment of Philadelphia's Vincent Fumo

   ... activities. It takes an enormous environment that cares less about abuse of office and conflicts of interest than it does getting something ... such activities as 'business as usual.' If you're curious about the extent of the alleged operations, take a look at the 272-page ...

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

3. The Obstacles to and Goals of Citizen Participation

   ... I was there only to support neighbors who were concerned about a particular land use issue. The leader of this little group asked early ... them know. The matter came up, there was a little discussion about it, and then they put the matter up to a vote. The group was not told it ...

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

4. Local Official Involvement in Shadow Banking

   ... won’t want to do anything that could raise questions about a conflict of interest. This is why bankers should stick to banking, and ... of six loans he made. The ones he did not disclose totaled about $1.1 million. He did not disclose them because they were made through ...

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

5. We Need a Support Network

   ... finished reading a book called Illicit by Moises Naim, about the trafficking of everything from people and drugs to artworks and ... that makes its members feel less powerless and better about their role and responsibilities. But it hasn't happened. There seems ...

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

6. Nudging and Government Ethics

   Body:  I've been writing a lot about government ethics and behavioral psychology over the last few years. I ... some of the findings of behavioral psychology, especially about blind spots, essential to understanding what leads to ethical misconduct ... to mind is that behavioral psychology is great for thinking about ethical misconduct, but isn't useful to prevent it. This argument might ...

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

7. Chicago Task Force Second Report IV — Confidentiality and False Information

   ... the public official, and this means that the process is about protecting the official. This secretive approach to ethics enforcement ... negotiations with a particular official. He had been asked about a fine against this official (yes, there had been a leak), and he said ...

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

8. Self-Serving Ethics

   ... why would anyone want to serve them ? For an update about what's going on in Niles, ethically speaking, as of April 2009, click ...

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

9. When Municipal Governments Depend on Businesses

   ... the town officials succeed by failing to say anything about the programs or, when someone brings them up, making misrepresentations about them. Such irresponsible and unprofessional actions (not to mention ...

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

10. Collecting Ethics Commission Fines

    ... debtors' list , officials, candidates, and lobbyists owe about $4 million in fines. Several owe hundreds of thousands of dollars each ... to the commission, which reduced the fines and penalties to about $400. 'They were very fair with me.'" The numbers are outrageous, ...

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

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