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Is Motive Relevant to Lobbying?
... government official initiates the contact, the meeting does not involve lobbying, but when the company officer initiates the contact, ... have to register as a lobbyist before complaining to his council member about a development being discussed for his neighborhood? The ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Views on Government Can Affect Views on Local Government Ethics
... of efforts to ensure that public servants do not use government power and tax dollars to enrich themselves, their families, ... Here is a link to the book: http://www.lulu.com/content/1270751 Thank you for the work you do here. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Transition Team Conflicts in Sacramento
... side into a storage facility for natural gas." Other members of this firm were on the transition team, as well. Members of the ... with high-level city officials, on topics including the council agenda, labor negotiations, the railyard site, and the gas field deal. ... before participating, but [the mayor] has not made those statements public. Not even city staff members have seen them. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Should an Unaccountable Former Officeholder Retain Power over Public Information? - Personal vs. Public Interest
... is that the privilege -- which is, of course, the client's, not the lawyer's -- is held by the office, not by the individual holding the ... in 44 U.S.C. Sect. 2201-2207. Other such organizations have attacked the Order, and there have been attempts to prevent SMU from ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Interest Discovery (sic)
... a summer job, but there is finally confirmation of what I have been saying for a long time: normal people do not understand the word "interest" as it is commonly used by lawyers in the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A City Attorney Providing Ethics Advice in a Big City Is Indefensible
... of a violation. Second, it assumes that the city attorney is not going to run circles around the ethics commission members in defense of her ... possibly provide? Update: December 19, 2012 Not surprisingly, the council approved the ethics reforms. Now, of the 28 largest ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Jursdiction, Nepotism, Retaliation, and Independence
... so it is now investigating the matter. But this is not a typical nepotism situation, since the son was given a job not with the ... Ethics Commissions/Administration Family Members/Nepotism Jurisdiction Misuse of Office/Special ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ignorance or Faux Ignorance re Government Ethics?
... of government ethics that it's hard to believe that they are not being willfully ignorant (i.e., not discussing ethics matters with ethics ... to select and fire the executive director. Pearlman and I expressed our opposition to this in the language of appearance and trust. But ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Self-Promotion in Maricopa, A Police County
... arrested and taken away, even listed speakers. This is not the work of just one man or even one department. The county and state are ... tune like a child mesmerized by the Pied Piper. Not surprisingly, this tune leads you right off a cliff, too. I don't want to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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What to Do, and Not to Do, When a Conflict Situation Becomes Public
... gambling to its list of priorities. The gift was not made out of the blue. According to the article, the gambling association ... in a malicious or reckless manner.” The facts don't have to be distorted, maliciously or otherwise. There is a clear relationship ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
