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  1. Good People Arguing for Pay-to-Play in a Charities Context

    Body:  Broward County (FL), home of Ft. Lauderdale, is working on ethics...

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

  2. Recusal

    ... into account in determining a vote. That is, if there are 7 people on a board present at a meeting, and 1 of them abstains, 4 votes are ... the code or in an explanatory publication online and/or in print. The criteria I have considered above are: Frequency Recency ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 20:52 - 8 comments

  3. Section 1: Conflict of Interest

    ... dollars ($500.00). Sec. 12 5/8-7. Examples of an interest requiring disclosure. In ... or employee’s board or agency. 7. Appearances* An official or employee* may not appear* ...

    donmc - 2006-11-23 22:28 - 0 comments

  4. Old and New Local Independent Spending in Elections

    Body:  Update: February 7, 2014 It took the Jon Stewart Show three months to catch up with the City ... with the knowledge of what's what. Update: November 7, 2013 As it turns out, in Coralville the situation did backfire on ...

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

  5. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

    ... votes: a majority of those present and voting. 7. Ethics commission member limitations, including no one under ethics ... of a violation, “preponderance of the evidence.” 7. Ethics commission authority to enter into a settlement of an ethics ... of non-financial benefits in conflict provisions. 7. Requirement that officials with ongoing conflicts either resign or remove ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

  6. Top 10 Ethics Issues for 2006

    ... and lax project management. Now, following the November 7 election, Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Russ Feingold, D-Wis. have ... by contrast, had been expected to agree to only $7 an hour. The City allegedly agreed to cover Norcal's extra labor costs, which ...

    steiner - 2015-05-15 13:23 - 0 comments

  7. Folio Weekly - rock and a harden place

    ... are working for when lobbying the city, and giving an April 7 deadline for compliance. The city is also now requiring that lobbyists update ... that he considers that information privileged. In the April 7 letter to Miller, Harden said he’d registered the same way annually since ...

    donmc - 2008-04-16 19:15 - 0 comments

  8. Rhode Island Bill to Give Ethics Commission Back Its Jurisdiction Over Legislators

    Body:  Update: June 7, 2010 (see below) There is some very good news out of Rhode Island, even ... and localities across the nation. Update: June 7, 2010 This bill has been sitting in committee for a few months now, and ...

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

  9. Representation and Appearances

    ... official or employee's board or agency. 100(7). Appearances* An official or employee* may not appear* ... Comment: Subsections 6 and 7 appear to overlap, because one who represents another usually makes an ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 21:04 - 0 comments

  10. Louisiana Legislators Sue Ethics Board - Including Dialogue with One of the Legislators

    ... Constitution provides for freedom of speech in Section 7: 'No law shall curtail or restrain the freedom of speech or of the press. ... are independently selected by university presidents, with 7 of them being appointed by the governor, and 4 by the legislature. In any ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-29 08:24 - 5 comments

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