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1. Former Detroit Mayor Convicted

   ... This morning, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press , the jury entered its verdicts. Kilpatrick was convicted on 24 ... racketeering and several counts of extortion. The Free Press article says, "The defendants were accused of, among other things, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

2. Ethics Advice, Power, and Ideology

   ... have such an ongoing conversation and, therefore, got into trouble on a couple of occasions, mostly with respect to disclosure, but once ... failed by not seeking advice that would have kept it out of trouble in the first place. Administrative Ethics' Dislike of Ethics ... program, it is not government vs. people (or against free speech), but rather an oversight board of citizens vs. ...

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

3. Detroit and the Loyalties of Local Government Attorneys

   ... According to an article in yesterday's Detroit Free Press and five grievance complaints linked to there, the City of ... in keeping government information secret. The Detroit Free Press asked for all the settlement documents, but the city law ...

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

4. Text Messages as Public Records (i.e., Government Property)

   ... messages secret, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press in March 2009. The court went to the root of the issue, ... are used for all sorts of purposes, and that with good, free voice-to-text apps, such as Dragon Dictation, it is easy now to do long ...

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

5. Appearance Is Nothing to Shrug At

   ... According to Dan Lett's column in the Winnipeg Free Press yesterday, when a conflict of interest issue arises with respect ...

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

6. Life Without an Ethics Code

   ... Vermont, according to a recent article in the Burlington Free Press , the longtime town clerk and treasurer diverted $100,000 of town ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-03-29 08:31 - 0 comments

7. Michigan Disclosure Proposal Doesn't Go Very Far, Locally Speaking

   Body:  According to an article in the Detroit Free Press , Michigan's Attorney General is seeking stronger financial and ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2009-09-02 08:21 - 0 comments

8. A Miscellany

   ... Bosses According to an article this week in the Free Times , an FOI lawsuit was filed against South Carolina's ethics ...

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

9. San Diego: A Great Case Study in Conflicts of Interest

   ... on the pension board's approval. Everyone knows this means trouble, but the stock market was doing well at the time of the first plan, so ... but the rest of the Council ignored her warning. For her trouble, she was charged by the city's ethics commission with disclosure of ...

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

10. A Gift of Books: Intellectual vs. Monetary Value

    ... to the idea of a city taking over an arts center that's in trouble. Giving officials something that argues this is lobbying, not gift ... of value." Loaned or given, what matters is the book's content, not its monetary value. The other consideration here is that, ...

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

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