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1. Stock Ownership by Local Officials and Conflicts of Interest

   ... up with a new defense of a potential conflict of interest: "I'm investing in something I believe in." What she was investing in, as ... This is why high-level politicians often put their money in blind trusts. At the local level, this is less of a problem. Many fewer ...

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

2. Elected Officials and No-Bid or Improperly Bid Contracts: Two Case Studies

   ... owned by a congressional representative (through a blind trust), a state representative, and a big Dallas political player, former ... My integrity has been impugned for no particular reason. I am sick and tired of reading in the Dallas Morning News my name. We need ...

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

3. 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

4. EC Member Political Activity and the Perception of Fairness

   ... way; five is the minimum number for an EC). There are two spots to be filled. Before they could be filled, a complaint was brought ...

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

5. An Appreciative Look at the Draft Broward County Ethics Code for County Commissioners

   ... cannot lobby any local government entities in the county (I like the language at the end of this provision: "This form of employment and ... finance ordinances have to be as strict or stricter, in content or penalty, as state laws ( there is such a provision, however, for ...

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

6. Ethics Provisions in Luzerne County Draft Charter

   Body:  I learned recently that the Luzerne County (PA) ethics pledge movement, which I ... local governments: the failure of officials to fill vacant spots on an ethics commission. If this failure occurs, a citizen may request ... in a county whose judiciary has recently had the most unethical environment of the three divisions of government. A valuable ...

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

7. It Is Honorable for Government to Help People Act More Honorably

   ... reasonably, and when people don't let one man's arrogance blind them to their obligations. I don't mean to say that Greenspan is totally responsible, only ...

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

8. Being Wrong II (Summer Reading)

   ... She quotes Nancy Berlinger, an authority whose lecture I attended four years ago and wrote about in a blog post . There I focused ... … Psychologists refer to this asymmetry as ‘the bias blind spot.’” This asymmetry is produced by the fact that we can look ...

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

9. It's Easy As ABC to Create Poor Ethics Environments

   ... the interest of the state and of local governments to turn a blind eye to profitable ABC boards; they're a good way to keep taxes down. ...

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

10. Government Ethics and Charlie Wilson's War

    Body:  I would like to nominate the new film Charlie Wilson’s War, a Mike ... his constituents care only about guns and something else (I forget, but the particular issue isn’t important). As long as he takes the ... Afghans. And even then, only when he has been assured that a blind woman who has been raped and put in prison (instead of the rapist) is let ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-01-01 11:41 - 1 comment

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