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  1. EC Independence and Initiative in Kentucky

    ... comes from an anonymous call or letter, or a story in the media." But how can the anonymous call or media story be verified without an investigation? Looking further into the ...

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

  2. Confidential Information Provisions, Ethics, and Transparency

    ... public issues. It may also lead to improperly labeling documents confidential to avoid public scrutiny." In other words, ...

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

  3. Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics V - Ethical Leadership and Lobbyist-Campaign Consultants

    ... … When exposure was threatened, they destroyed official documents and lied to cabinet officials, to the public, and to elected ... consultants, but decided not to. If they had, I'm sure a suit would have been filed on First Amendment grounds. ...

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

  4. Is Courtesy Professional?

    ... "cursed and taunted" prosecutors, investigators, the news media, the police chief, and even people in line to pick up welfare checks ... "perp walk," where arrested citizens are walked past news media and cameras. The officers were taken in through the garage. ...

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

  5. Conflicts Arising from the Desire to Succeed and to Be Right

    ... needs to recognize its own biases and question whether the documents it has demanded are really necessary to do justice. And it needs to ...

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

  6. A Miscellany

    ... after receiving a request from a city resident, discussed media reports of a council member visiting the state liquor authority to ... made in a formal complaint or made in the news or online media. Officials need to understand that this helps them, at least if it is ...

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

  7. Local Government Officials' Obligations with Respect to Federal Laws

    ... with government), (ii) officials' obligation to make their documents and statements fully truthful, and (iii) officials' obligation to be ...

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

  8. Legislative Immunity, Local Government Attorneys, and Bell, California

    Body:  Going by the reaction of the news media and the Pulitzer committee, the most serious government ethics scandal of ...

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

  9. How ECs Can Preserve Their Full Allotment of Members

    ... may be hard to believe that a board, or the citizens or news media, would allow this to happen. But it is not that unusual for an ethics ...

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

  10. The Advantages of Annual Financial Disclosure

    ... interest, the public (usually an ethics commission, the news media, or a gadfly) can stop him from doing so." In Tucson, there don't ... simply says, "I was required to disclose the loan. And I'm not allowed to vote on your request." No choice, no pressure. It's just doing ...

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

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