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  1. Ex-South Gate treasurer convicted in bribery case

    ... law. The federal court jury found Robles guilty of 30 counts of bribery, money laundering and depriving the electorate of his ...

    donmc - 2005-10-09 17:56 - 2 comments

  2. Top 10 Ethics Issues for 2006

    ... three counts of tax evasion. On June 13 he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, a year on probation, a $6,000 fine, and $60,000 in back ... than any other lawmaker -- nearly $150,000.' On August 30, 2006, a spokesman for Sen. Ted Stevens, of bridge to nowhere fame, ...

    steiner - 2015-05-15 13:23 - 0 comments

  3. A Miscellany

    ... a charter provision that enables him to recall a vote within 30 days of the original vote. The vote on the variance had been 5-4. The ...

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

  4. Self-Promotion in Maricopa, A Police County

    ... City, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston combined (and $30 million paid out in damages in just the last five years). Last year, ...

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

  5. Elected Officials and Ethics Commissions -- What Tension Between Them Can Lead To

    ... member sought last year to cut the commission's budget by 30%, substantially more than any other commission (although the commission is ...

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

  6. Time Limits on Investigations

    ... The big embarrassment was inserting into the ethics code a 30-day limit on investigations. The day the editorial came out, a senate ... non-extendable limit on investigations. Seattle has a 30-day limit, but it can be extended indefinitely for good cause. Nevada has ...

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

  7. Threats to Officials' Focus on the Public Interest

    ... about an issue and discuss[ing] it." Ante at 30. This could not be further from reality. The record reveals that Farmers did ...

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

  8. Fighting Last Year's War Is Not the Way to Draft an Ethics Code

    ... the ethics commission staff complete its investigations in 30 days (although the commission, if it meets in time, can extend this period). ...

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

  9. A Crippling Case of Ethics Self-Enforcement

    ... two state supreme court opinions in this case, dated June 30, 2010 (there was an even split 3-3), the state judicial conduct panel "made ...

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

  10. The Effects of Ethics Reform in Louisiana

    ... 227 cases on its docket in the fiscal year that ended June 30. The judges held 96 hearings and 587 prehearing conferences, resulting in ...

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

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