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  1. It's Time for Savannah to Declare Its Ethics Program's Independence

    Body:  Update October 7, 2013 (see below) On Independence Day weekend, I like to focus on the ... minimal Cities of Ethics program . Update (October 7, 2013) The Savannah Morning News essentially agreed with this blog in ...

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

  2. Problems with Santa Fe County's Aspirational, Yet Enforceable Draft Code of Conduct

    ... is also important in the first two subsections of section 7, "Conduct Avoiding Impropriety": A. Elected Officials, Appointed ... Fe has a rather ordinary ethics code (Chapter 1, Section 7). The draft county code could be an attempt to outdo the city, to be holier ...

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

  3. Another Local Government Official's Charity Mess. And Why Golf?

    ... charities: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- ...

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

  4. SAN FRANCISCO, CA

    ... and San Francisco, notwithstanding a population of 0.7 million, has been no exception. Prior to 1977 and again from 1980 through ... Supervisors representing odd-numbered districts (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11) are elected every fourth year counted from 2000 (so, 2000, 2004, ...

    donmc - 2006-06-24 16:34

  5. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

    ... New York commission's 13 members are selected as follows:  7 by the governor, and one each by the comptroller, the attorney general, and ...

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

  6. Narrow and Vague Ethics Code Definitions of "Doing Business"

    ... for which a disclosure statement is required by Subtitle 7 {“Financial Disclosure”} of this article;         and (2) ... the city" appears in the gift disclosure provision, Section 7-23 (as well as other disclosure provisions irrelevant to this case): ...

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

  7. Ethical Obligations Do Not End at the Line Drawn By Jurisdictional Language

    ... the largest school district in the state, with a budget of $7 billion, responded to an NPRI request for financial disclosure statements, ...

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

  8. Libel and the Media's Role in Ethics Oversight

    ... a vote for a political favor. A jury gave you an award of $7 million, after other justices spoke in your defense. The defense found it ...

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

  9. Misuse of the Baltimore City Foundation

    ... Sun . The Baltimore City Foundation, with over $7 million in its hands, was founded in 1981 "to raise money, primarily to ...

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

  10. Local Government Post-Mortems

    ... a public post-mortem, according to an article in the July 7, 2007 issue of the Economist . 'The aim is not to blame or indict per se ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-07-16 17:04 - 0 comments

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