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Ethics Reform via Referendum, and Some Valuable Practices from New York City
... conference last week that a referendum passed in New York City last month requires all city officials and employees to receive conflict of interest training. The ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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DENVER, CO
... its founding in 1858 , and incorporation in 1861 . The city was named the state capital of Colorado upon its entering the Union in ... lived Colorado Territory , as an economicly booming city that would no doubt come to be one of America's pilars. They're prediction ...
donmc - 2006-08-22 20:46
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Creating and Denying Conflicts of Interest in Harlingen, Texas
... The most disturbing can be seen from the minutes of the city development corporation's September 29, 2009 meeting (pp. 3-4). Brendan Hall, the former city attorney, wanted to remain counsel to the development corporation, so he ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Jacksonville Mayor appoints City Ethics' Carla Miller as Ethics Officer
Body: Yesterday in a dramatic speech to the City's Council, Mayor Peyton announced a series of sweeping ethics reforms, foremost of which was his appointment of Carla Miller as the City's Ethics Officer - in his words: "The establishment of a ...
donmc - 2007-08-29 23:08 - 0 comments
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A Municipal Election/Conflict Story for Election Week
... story with a conflict of interest angle. In Crescent City, California (pop. 7,500) on the beautiful California coast up near the Oregon border, the little city's former finance director is running for clerk. According to articles ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Model Ethics Advisory Opinion and Links to Major City and State Advisory Opinions
Body: The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) recently issued an advisory opinion (attached, see below) on the subject of conflicts involving city council discretionary funds, a topic I wrote about last year. This is ... it provides a number of scenarios to which it applies the city's relevant ethics provisions. The opinion goes beyond any single request ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Sometimes Recusal Is Not Enough (and a City Attorney Goes Where Lawyers Should Not Tread)
... voted 4-2, with the mayor recusing himself, to give the city's tax collection contract to the mayor's law firm (he is one of two ... the integrity of the chair and the office of mayor in our city.” There are times when recusal is not enough. Even if the contract ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Disgorgement of Gains or Civil Forfeiture
... Hidden in the middle of Question 2 on the New York City ballot this week are two important changes in the city's conflicts of interest law (to my knowledge, the nation's only aptly ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Contentious Conflict Situation in Kansas City, KS
... in the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS ("UG"). The conflict situation appears simple at first glance, ... contract. According to an article in the Kansas City Star on Thursday , the commissioner said that in 2007 she "voted for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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City Attorney Investigates Memphis Mayor for Possible Ethics Violation
... ethics ordinance in 2007 (not directly accessible via the city website search mechanism). According to a professor from Rhodes ... position of Chief Ethics Officer to none another than the City Attorney. Last year's charter commission talked about changing ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
