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Advice on Advisory Opinions
Body: Again and again, local government officials say that there is no need for an improved ethics program ... better government ethics program. The reason is that no one files a complaint when they do not expect a fair hearing of the complaint (most ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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"Frivolity" in Kenosha, WI
... "Frivolous" is a word that, I believe, has no place in a government ethics program. A look at an attempt to add it to Kenosha's ethics ... the Kenosha council would make it so that a person who files an ethics complaint that "is dismissed in total" by the city’s ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs
Body: It's valuable to put government ethics in the larger context of the use of public office for private purposes ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Whistle-Blower Protection
... his or her behalf, (a) reports, verbally or in writing, or files a complaint with the Ethics Commission regarding an alleged violation of ... - the people who best know what is going on in the city government - will be unlikely to come forward with reports of ethics code ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:40 - 0 comments
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Council Ethics Committees
... the city's ethics program, perhaps after the ethics board files its annual report. It could hold an annual training session. It could ... discussions send an important message to everyone in the government that they should be considering the ethical aspects of matters and ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Lobbying Subject Disclosure
... and “Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.” Lobbying contacts for Client “A” addressed all environmental ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Attachment Size ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Draft Upload
Body: Just a place to upload the files from... Attachment Size ...
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A Very Short Rant on Financial Disclosure and Ethics Self-Regulation
... theme in ethics self-regulation. It brings no credibility to government. Rangel too has made many "errors" in his financial disclosure ... a businessperson or professional who knows how to keep files and how to work with an accountant. If they can't even be honest about ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Effect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Open Meetings Decision on Local Government Ethics
... the state's open meetings act in passing the infamous government union collective bargaining bill with only two hours' notice. This ... unanimous. The one council member who opposed the contract files a complaint with the city's ethics commission, and the council president ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... a public investigation is in line with his support of open government. 'In the continued spirit of a fair and transparent process, I am ... content rules for comments on council members' sites or blogs, and letting the public know that what they write is open ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments