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  1. Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals III - Placing Shackles on Countywide Ethics Programs

    ... elsewhere. The bill didn't make it out of committee, of course. Last year, Clemens also was one of only two state senators who ...

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

  2. The Importance of Being Readable

    ... An unreadable ethics code also means that a short training course will have to focus on reading and interpreting it, rather than other, ...

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

  3. How Not to Deal with Sunshine and Ethics Matters

    ... of interest). Essentially, they taught a devil's civics course. (By "devil" I don't mean anything religious. I mean it in the sense of ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-10-05 12:27 - 0 comments

  4. Legislative Immunity: An Official's Motive Is Not At Issue in a Conflict Situation

    ... and had a strong bias against the project. Of course, appearance cannot be measured. But a conflict is not measured by its ...

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

  5. How to Plow Through the Appearance of Favoritism

    ... Come the next snow (none is predicted for this week, of course), Chicagoans will be able to watch the shovels move around town in real ...

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

  6. Are Gratuities and Rewards Government Ethics Issues?

    ... tipping vs. one where there is tipping as a matter of course (or even, I would add, as a matter of choice, which puts the citizen in ... danger of creating a climate where "tips" become a matter of course. We all know when we walk into a restaurant that we're going to need to ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

  7. Is Benefitting Constituents Representing Them or Benefitting Oneself?

    ... gives precedence only to the ability to stick around and, of course, get elected -- or appointed -- when you're young. This rewards those ...

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

  8. Summer Reading: Government Lawyers and Confidentiality

    ... government, or the public. This matters because one can, of course, disclose information to one's client. So, the broader the client, the ...

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

  9. The Costs of No Ethics Reform in San Bernardino County (CA)

    ... "more government to exert more power over the people." Of course, the people it would exert power over would all be in, or running to be ...

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

  10. Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind VIII: Groupishness

    ... would be a simple case of ethical misconduct. It's theft, of course, but it's theft of something that was partially his. It's more going ...

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

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