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1. How to Untwist a Straightforward Post-Employment Violation

   ... a conflict of interest, which is effectively (and wrongly) how the ethics code describes a violation. But as one of the commenters points ... as the ethics code's lack of a jurisdiction provision is how the corporation counsel handled the building official's request for advice, ...

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

2. How a Huge Corporation's Political Spending Can Change a City's Ethics Environment

   ... and state levels. I did do one blog post a year ago on how local spending by an organization funded primarily by a couple of ... contributions to the committee, even though they haven't. How does this role in the election affect these players, as well as other ...

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

3. How Loudly, Personally, and Ignorantly Money Can Speak

   ... said he had extramarital affairs and used cocaine. How can Golisano bring good government to Albany when he equates cocaine use ... government advocates oppose. Nor does he seem to understand how New Yorkers will feel about his concern for them when they learn that he ...

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

4. The Carrigan Oral Argument: How to Deal with Vagueness

   ... In other words, it's up to the legislature to determine how it operates, as long as its rules are not discriminatory. Of course, here the state legislature regulated how local legislatures, and other officials, operate, but local governments are ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 5 comments

5. How to Deal with a Conflict at the Center of a Conflict of Interest Program

   ... that created the city's ethics program. Here is how the ethics program was conceived. The mayor and city manager nominated ... the selections of community organizations. Here is how fragile the current selection process is, according to your argument. If ...

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

6. How to Bring Power Brokers into a Government Ethics Program

   ... source. She may not technically be a lobbyist (I don't know how she explains her position with the Chamber of Commerce) or a restricted ... a traditional role, such as lobbyist or restricted source, how can an ethics program deal with an individual such as this? You have to ...

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

7. How Many Hats Should a Law Enforcer Wear?

   ... serve as prosecutors anyway. What's interesting is how unpopular the State Police's attempt at acting ethically is. If the State ... who have their own ethics requirements, who have a limit to how many hats they themselves can wear, so incensed? Could this be a reflection ...

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

8. The Public-Interested Argument for Recusal

   ... most people, conflicts occur only infrequently, and it is how they are dealt with, and how they are analyzed, that is important. Why ... the public, not of officials. Officials, for the most part, buy into this. And the more people buy into this assumption, the more true ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-26 09:15 - 0 comments

9. Hunting for a Clever Pay-to-Play Scheme?

   ... ethics committee approved of both clubs. Another example of how gift provisions cannot cover every ploy a government official can come up ... as PhRMA. This last year it paid him $2 million. You can buy a lot of ranches with that kind of money. According to a piece on ...

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

10. How Not to Run an Oversight Commission

    ... (BIC) website , the BIC provides three easy lessons in how not to run an oversight commission. The BIC has jurisdiction over the ...

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

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