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1. An Obligation Not to Be Complicit in Misconduct at Other Governmental Levels

   ... in ethical misconduct:  is there an obligation not to be complicit with misconduct at a different governmental level when, ... no clear use for it, in order to help the governor's short-term desire to keep taxes from rising his first year in office. The city ...

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

2. CA Gov. Brown Points to 50-Year-Old Essay To Defend His Veto of Ethics Reforms

   ... Body:  This week, California governor Jerry Brown had to go back fifty years to find someone who agreed with his view of government ... It's interesting that Manning uses the term "potlatch" in the title of his book. According to Wikipedia , this ...

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

3. Legislators' Independence of Ethics Enforcement

   ... of those things is the public trust. There is a serious cost to our society when government officials place their independence from ... involve legislative participation. By the way, the term "local legislator" generally includes not only council members and their ...

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

4. Ethics Commission Political Activity

   ... defeat political candidates. The legal opinion was given in response to a request from a union representing some of the ethics staff. ... No member of the Commission shall during his or her term of office ... C. Permit his or her name to be used or make contributions, ...

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

5. Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana Undermines His Ethics Reforms

   ... the coming days will have a lasting impact on generations to come and help erase Louisiana’s image created by generations past. There ... land.” Has Jindal's press secretary ever heard of the term "appearance of impropriety"? People who see this foundation as a way to ...

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

6. Dealing Responsibly with Contributions from Individuals Convicted of Crimes

   ... " no state or federal laws restrict a sheriff from using in-house databases to run criminal background checks on people who associate with ... and has fourteen prior criminal convictions. His last prison term ended a year before he made the contributions. There is no doubt that ...

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

7. Post-Employment Government Contracts

   ... the CRA director, who has recently resigned, should be able to bid on a contract to run the CRA, considering that she had pushed the idea ... well as decision making. However, I would prefer to see the term "directly or indirectly" as well as the word "influence," so that it is ...

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

8. Irresponsible Handling of a Possible Conflict by Four Local Government Officials

   ... there is rarely a record of them. They pass quietly, failing to end up in the newspaper, at an ethics commission, or in court. So generally ... that the council censure the council member. But with her term ending thirteen days later, no censure was made. The Suit The ...

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

9. Misuse of Consent Agendas

   ... also known as consent calendars, are an excellent way to get around the disclosure of conflicts (and, as Dallas showed us in 2011, to ... Rules has only a short paragraph on them (it uses the term "consent calendar"), providing little guidance. If they are to be used, ...

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

10. Confidential Information Provisions, Ethics, and Transparency

    Body:  In Milwaukee County, according to an article in Sunday's Journal-Sentinel , a county supervisor ... "confidential information" is defined in ethics code, if the term is defined at all. The bottom line is that not only are confidential ...

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

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