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Ethics Reform in Tallahassee, Rejection of Election Overspending by Big Contra Costa Employer
... local public campaign financing programs. (I was consulted about the amendment, and made recommendations for improving it.) The ... ethics reform package. The brain child of Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard law professor and founder of United Republic and Rootstrikers, it ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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We Can Learn Something About "Ingratiation and Access" from Journalists
... Eisinger, a financial reporter for ProPublica ( I wrote about one of his columns just two months ago ). He constantly reminds himself ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Council Candidate Says the Right Things About Ethics and Transparency
... statement as a candidate, said some of the right things about ethics: On the role of an ethics commission (he's a member of the ... city leaders and staff to be able to approach the commission about concerns before they become a problem instead of only dealing with the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nepotism Isn't About Kennedys
... we?" People aren't outraged or offended at all about members of dynasties being elected. Either Andrew Cuomo or Caroline ... who people want to vote for, there's little that can be done about it. However, local government should not have its married couples ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Announcement: Introductory Ethical Philosophy Course Available Online and on Many PBS Stations
... Sandel's famous introduction to ethical philosophy course at Harvard University, Justice , is becoming available on video both online ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-09-27 09:30 - 0 comments
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A New Musical About a Good Government Advocate
... of a musical number, but this is what happens in a song about government corruption in the new Broadway musical Fela . Fela ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Quote of the Day - Admissions in Settlements
Body: "Trials are primarily about the truth. Consent decrees are primarily about pragmatism." — Second Circuit Court of Appeals in [Link removed] ... a public servant. One, it is important that the truth about what a public servant has done is made public. It is important because ...
Robert Wechsler - 2021-03-30 13:53 - 0 comments
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Not Much to Get Excited About in Baltimore's Ethics Reforms
... to the city's ethics code. Neither is much to get excited about. The Ethics Board Bill The biggest changes in the ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Debate About the EC Selection Process
... almost no outside professional input. It's as if a debate about a construction project were to include little input from or reference to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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What Plaxico Burress Can Teach Us About Government Ethics
... and fair market value of") makes it clear that it isn't about little things like guns, but big things like companies and buildings. In ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
