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Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction
... Body: A Nevada court found yesterday that the state ethics commission did not have jurisdiction over a state senator on grounds of ... a prelimary injunction (it's broken into two searchable PDF files, 1 and 2 ), the senator's petition for judicial review , and ...
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, ... it is so important to have a good, independent government ethics program, not just to enforce the laws, but to stop the snowball from ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Why Local Party Leaders Should Be Part of a Local Ethics Program
... portrayed in the article center on a basic government ethics problem: the confusion between person and office. What makes this ... develop affordable housing in Brooklyn, Lopez secured vacant sites for the RBSCC, making it almost impossible for anyone else to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Very Problematic Fort Worth Ethics Reform Proposals
... Weekly , Peter Gorman looked at the state of government ethics in Fort Worth and, most important, some proposed changes to its ethics ... get a zoning permit. The city attorney says he can. Someone files a complaint, and the official has the defense that he followed the city ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Very Short Rant on Financial Disclosure and Ethics Self-Regulation
... to see politicians provide evidence for the argument that ethics self-regulation doesn't work, but it's rare for it to happen in so ... 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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A City Where "We Don't Want Nobody Nobody Sent"
... is often covered in the provisions of a municipality's ethics law, but it generally is not considered criminal. However, in Chicago 30 ... ratings, the rigging of test scores, and the destruction of files (the shredding business thrives on identity theft and ethics laws). And, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Council Ethics Committees
Body: Many local legislative bodies have ethics committees, even where there is an ethics commission. The reason for ... the city's ethics program, perhaps after the ethics board files its annual report. It could hold an annual training session. It could ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... Waiver Not a Confidentiality Waiver? It is common for ethics codes to allow respondents in ethics proceedings to waive confidentiality and make the proceeding ... 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
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The Effect of the Wisconsin Supreme Court Open Meetings Decision on Local Government Ethics
... Court majority, a state legislature does not have to follow ethics laws, even ethics laws expressly designed to meet constitutional ... 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 Controversial Indianapolis Board Appointment: Perception and the Dilemma Between Competence and Conflicts of Interest
... Greg Ballard, who ran as a candidate who would bring ethics to city government, is already embroiled in a controversial ethics ... the Pacers. • Bar Grand's access to the firm's files on the Pacers. • Bar access by firm attorneys to any materials ... it is for people to see an ethical leader question his own decision and say, “You know, even though I think the man would make a great ...
Robert Wechsler - 2008-02-04 11:06 - 0 comments
