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1. Relationships, Relationships, Relationships

   ... about people’s relationships?” These are the words of Mount Vernon, NY mayor Ernest Davis, who is the subject of IRS and FBI ... about some of them. For example, the mayor has a condo in Florida, whose property listing uses a council member's home address. The ...

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

2. The Need to Disclose a Grantee's Name, and a Problem with Public-Private Development Partnerships

   Body:  Here's another story involving the lack of transparency. This time, the lack of transparency involves a company getting ... development at the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast (also known as Brevard County), said that the timing of ...

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

3. Disclosure of Local Government Lobbyist Fees

   ... not exact numbers." Norm Ostrau, director of Florida Atlantic University’s Public Ethics Academy added, “I know of no municipality that has lobbyists report their fees.” The idea that fees are proprietary information in ...

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

4. A County Ethics Program Run by a Non-Independent Ombudsman

   Body:  Although in 2008, Orange County, Florida's Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform Task Force recommended (report attached; see below) that the county have an ethics board selected by a ...

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

5. The Art of Making People Skittish

   ... a local government ethics officer's picture is on the cover of a magazine. The ethics officer is City Ethics' own Carla Miller, and the magazine is Northeast Florida's Folio Weekly . And there's even an incredible article ...

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

6. Regional Ethics Commissions via Interlocal Cooperation Agreements

   ... that this relationship takes this particular form is that Florida is one of many states that have an Interlocal Cooperation Act ... cooperation agreements (see p. 24 of a 2000 auditor's report on ethics programs in Kentucky ). These were created pursuant to a ...

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

7. Post-Employment Government Contracts

   ... Agency (CRA) matter looked at it from the point of view of the timing of withdrawal from participation. This post will look at ... at this matter in the context of multiple CRA problems in Florida. The West Palm Beach matter raises the question whether or not the ...

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

8. Ethics training research example: Sioux Falls, SD

   ... research is being done in connection with the Ethics Center of the University of North Florida. Cities across the U.S. are being studied as to their ethics program ...

   cmiller - 2010-05-29 13:17 - 1 comment

9. An Occasion for Compassion and Respect

   ... this week from Largo (not Key Largo, but a West Coast town), Florida has a little bit of everything in it. I don't think any ethics code would deal with what ...

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

10. Can a Postage Stamp Be a Bribe?

    ... talk about gifts to politicians, we often talk about gifts of nominal value being okay. Buy a politician a coffee, what’s wrong with ... article in yesterday’s Orlando Sentinel , Republican Florida legislative candidate Sean Campbell (there's a special election) sent ...

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

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