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Government Ethics and the Limits of Mental Bandwidth
... does not fit on many Americans' plates is government ethics reform. When there is not a scandal, the public doesn't care too much, ... example, if an employee does not choose a pension plan, a default plan is chosen for him. The employee can opt out, but inaction will not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Online Ethics Training and Information Materials
... of what you can find on a number of local government ethics sites, as well as on the sites of state ethics commissions with jurisdiction over local officials. I am ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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A Miscellany
... make use of them. They act as if transparency was not the default value of our democracy, as if they were living in some other country ... Finance Conflicts Ethics Codes Ethics Reform Family Members/Nepotism Recusal/Withdrawal ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Chick-fil-A Controversy Is Really a Government Ethics Issue
... ethics reforms, after the city's special ethics task force files its second report. Related blog posts: Council Fiefdoms He ... and It's Legal (in Chicago) Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Proposed San Francisco Lobbying Reforms
Body: San Francisco's board of supervisors will soon vote on a number of amendments ... to a particular problem San Francisco has had. I found one 2013 article that said developers have used nonprofits to pass through money ... Disclosure Enforcement/Penalties Ethics Reform Lobbyists Nonprofits/Charities Transparency ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Campaign Finance Suit in San Diego
... ethics laws. And yet, according to an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune , this week the Republican Party of San Diego County, a former City Council candidate, a pro-business group, a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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San Antonio Officials Mishandle the Mishandling of a Conflict Situation
Body: According to an article in the San Antonio Express-News this week , San Antonio's deputy city manager is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Trusting Public Boards of Trustees in San Diego County
... government agencies: five community college districts in San Diego County, whose boards of trustees are elected. Click here to ... jury, this board has instituted three of them, and it has a proposal before it to dismiss the other eleven. According to the article, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Important Local Campaign Finance Decision in San Diego
... six weeks since I wrote about a campaign finance suit in San Diego, filed by the Republican Party of San Diego County, a former City Council candidate, a pro-business group, a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Lots of Good Faith in San Diego, and Still a Conflict of Interest Mess
... in August, I wrote a long blog entry praising the way San Diego's Centre City Development Corp.'s (CCDC) board handled a conflict matter. I focused on the board's refusal to pull the usual San Diego (and elsewhere) stunt of denying that anything serious had ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
