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  1. Stock Ownership by Local Officials and Conflicts of Interest

    ... with a new defense of a potential conflict of interest: "I'm investing in something I believe in." What she was investing in, as ... and how its disclosure should be treated by the news media, which couldn't care less about such things as percentage of portfolio or ...

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

  2. Rules for Officials "Dating" Lobbyists

    ... public office is public knowledge. And due to our thriving media coverage personal issues are brought to the publics eye on a regular ...

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

  3. John McCain and Me, and You

    ... entry. What’s important is my first reaction: I’m a guy with integrity, a good government guy, and I wouldn’t misrepresent my ... Commission chairman in 1999. And when the news media went public with the story, there was not an instant mea culpa. He ...

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

  4. Crowdfunding a Local Government Ethics Program

    ... ethics program would require the support of the news media, the local blogosphere, and local good government groups. It would also ...

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

  5. An Official's Possibly Conflicting Interests Are Public Information

    ... interest, the public (usually an ethics commission, the news media, or a gadfly) can stop him from doing so. Annual disclosure also allows ...

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

  6. Dealing with the Conflicts of Winnipeg's Mayor

    ... (1) to educate the public (including the CBC and other news media) about dealing responsibly with conflicts and (2) to help give the city ...

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

  7. Dallas Ethics Reforms Pass, But There Are Enforcement Problems

    ... wake up and hold a meeting. Somebody, other than the media, must step up and provide more stringent oversight. Robert Wechsler ...

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

  8. It's Gray Between the Cracks

    ... goals, or reward him for his very public support for social media and its interests. This support has little to do with his position as ...

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

  9. Character and Government Ethics

    ... trust for private gain. It often plays out under intense media coverage and electoral grandstanding that leads to one-upmanship in ...

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

  10. Book Excerpt 2: A Checklist of Ethics Commission Activities

    ... learning experiences require changes to these documents. Entire areas may be added, such as settlement procedures, the ...

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

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