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Ethics Rules for Local Government Attorneys?
... board, who felt that "nothing untoward" was going on. But the Solicitor went beyond stating the board's disagreement with the ... Should local government attorneys be given the same sort of guidance as other local government officials? Do you know of any good examples ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 12:50 - 0 comments
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Problems with the Disqualification Argument
... to withdraw when they have conflicts and are often based on the disqualification argument: There are state and local governments that ... voting is that they focus solely on voting, providing no guidance with respect to the rest of an official’s handling of a conflict. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Ethics Challenge and a Unusual Approach to Pay-to-Play
... Some news in Greensboro, NC led me to a blog post on old news in Greenburgh, NY, so here's the new news and the old news about ... that a contributor was an applicant-to-be. So there is no guidance in the law about how this part of the scheme can be followed or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Way to Deal with Baltimore's Ethics Director's Conflict Situation
... of the matter, and it needs to do so with the advice and guidance of someone outside of Mr. Aisenstark's department." If I were on the ethics board, I would move to quickly discuss this matter and reprimand ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Open vs. Confidential Ethics Commission Proceedings
... become public. In addition, disclosure statements, advisory opinions, waiver requests, and documents filed in Ethics Commission proceedings are public. Please share your opinions on and experiences with the confidentiality vs public nature of Ethics ... I hope it will be here, so that local governments will have guidance on this difficult issue. Robert Wechsler Director of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:26 - 1 comment
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Post-EC Obligations
... truthful ethics allegations and then is personally attacked on behalf of a politician by a former ethics commission member?! The ... their clients know this. Government ethics is mostly about guidance, and those who have served on an EC should continue to guide ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Declaration of Policy, Purpose, and Obligations
... Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics rwechsler@cityethics.org --- Log in or register to post ...
Robert Wechsler - 2006-11-30 14:53 - 1 comment
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New Orleans Mayor's Indictment Shows Weakness of the City's Ethics Program
... was able to initiate complaints and hold public hearings on ethics issues that came to its attention. It appears that every time I read ... better. This is why a poorly written gift provision provides guidance not in how to act responsibly, but in how to act irresponsibly. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Government Ethics and the Limits of Mental Bandwidth
... of the New York Review of Books . Sunstein focuses on the idea of bandwidth as applied to the human mind. He notes that in ... it is easier to focus on prevention, with an emphasis on guidance, both in terms of ethics codes and in terms of ethics advice, so that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Putting Government Officials and Employees into Conflict Situations
... because representatives need trustworthy information on which to base their decisions of what is in the public interest. Biased ... interpretation, because the common law provides only limited guidance. With local offices, it is usually not clear who has the authority ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
