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1. The Fort Worth Council, Mayor, and City Attorney Deal Irresponsibly With a Conflict Situation

   ... rather than declared conflicts "inevitable." Mistake #5: Letting the City Attorney Compete with the ERC on Ethics Advice It's ...

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

2. Atlanta Schools Ethics Controversy Decimates Ethics Commission

   ... is actually the case. According to an article on the Fox 5 Atlanta website yesterday , the public relations company that is at the center of the ethics complaint gave Fox 5 a written statement saying that it "provided pro-bono services to individual ...

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

3. A California Recipe for Conflicts of Interest

   ... to go frothy. The commissions are called First 5 Commissions, because they take a tax on tobacco and hand it out to agencies who service children under 5 (they were the creation of a California initiative drive, of ... annual allotment) was given by the Riverside County First 5 Commission to the Riverside County Department of Mental Health. The ...

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

4. Summer Reading: Government Lawyers and Confidentiality

   ... changed. For more on this topic, see sections 4 and 5 of the Local Government Attorneys chapter of my book Local Government ...

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

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

   ... authority to subpoena witnesses and documents. 5. Ethics commission jurisdiction over all officials and employees, including ... no proceeding or request for a formal advisory opinion. 5. Ethics commission discussion of and recommendations regarding institutional ...

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

6. Section 1: Conflict of Interest

   ... Here is what New Haven lists: Sec. 12 5/8-6. Exception to the conflict of interest provisions. ... hundred dollars ($500.00). Sec. 12 5/8-7. Examples of an interest requiring disclosure. In ...

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

7. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

   ... FBI that J. Edgar Hoover found offensive (this was in 19 5 9!). Or, as the reviewer writes, the book highlights "the vanity ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

8. How Much of a Company Must an Official Own Before There Is a Conflict of Interest? - A Story from Missouri

   ... of interest. The figure chosen for ethics codes is usually 5%. The City Ethics Model Code uses the following language in ... Model Code includes a value amount, as well. If you own 5% of a local restaurant, that might be worth $40,000. If you own 5% of a ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

9. Representation Without Taxation - A Local Government Example

   Body:  Update: February 5, 2010 (see below) Alaska and a small utility district in Texas. Who ... a year ago. The utility district is trying to have Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act declared unconstitutional, not the sort of thing ... Many local governments in eight states affected by Section 5, including the county in which the utility district lies, joined in a brief ...

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

10. Advisory Opinions

    ... to the filing of a complaint pursuant to 213(3) . 5. Advisory opinions and requests for advisory opinions (with names and other ... debarment, or injunctive relief. Subsection 5: Here, cities might want to reference specific privacy laws or laws regarding ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2010-04-28 09:01 - 0 comments

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