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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 ...
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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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A Civil Grand Jury Report on the San Francisco Ethics Commission
... prized value in government ethics. And making dismissal the default is not a good way to gain the public's trust. As for setting the ... Attachment Size Re SF EC 0611.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...
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Electronic Communications as Government Property
... New Haven Democracy Fund. I will turn over all of my paper files, computer files, and electronic communications to my successor. Since I have no office ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Maricopa County 2 - Perjury Charges as Ethics Enforcement, and Officials' Trust in the Public
... pursuant to section 38-542, 38-543 or 38-545, who knowingly files an incomplete financial disclosure statement or who knowingly files a false financial disclosure statement is guilty of a class 1 ...
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Dealing with the Potential Conflicts Involved in EC Board Member Selection
... program is new, who should a nominee turn to for advice? The default is usually to ask the city or county attorney. But they are (1) ... more clear when one considers what happens if someone files a complaint against an EC member based on a conflict situation, that is, ...
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Citizens to Redistrict Austin Council
... a blog post about the conflict at the heart of the local redistricting process, where the members of a legislative body are deeply ... 53. From those 53, eight members of the fourteen-member redistricting panel will be randomly chosen. Then those eight will select the ...
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Federal Decision on Citizens and the Attorney-Client Privilege
... privilege with respect to documents relating to redistricting. What resonates so nicely is the way the court considered state ... place in private, in an all but shameful attempt to hide the redistricting process from public scrutiny. Thus, simply put, a ...
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Lobbying An Ethics Commission Should Be Lobbying
... especially with respect to recommendations for ethics reform. It is important for an ethics commission to have an ethics code ... , two attorneys have been lobbying the state's independent redistricting commission on behalf of the FAIR Trust, a "legal trust," which ...
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