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1. County Attorney Conflicts and a Lack of Transparency in Maricopa County

   ... it did respond to the TV station's document request, but the documents consist primary of heavy black lines, redacting nearly all ... best. The reality is just a bunch of heavy black lines and documents kept under lock and key. Robert Wechsler Director of ...

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

2. How and Why to Bring Budget Transparency to a City Near You

   ... unusual) is dated April 2011. There are only two 2012 budget documents between the annual budgets. Monthly Reports But in May ... reports and prepare questions and comments for the public comment section of the meeting. The website should also have a detailed guide ...

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

3. The Chick-fil-A Controversy Is Really a Government Ethics Issue

   ... Council Fiefdoms He Zones, She Sells, and It's Legal (in Chicago) Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report ... are in the hands of professionals who are expected to apply legal standards or whether they're in the hands of politicians who are expected ...

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

4. Advisory Opinions

   ... Ethics Code, only informal advice may be requested. Comment: For more information about advisory opinions, see 209 , in the ... Ethics Commission may seek judicial review and relief. Comment: This is the Ethics Commission's most important responsibility. It ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2010-04-28 09:01 - 0 comments

5. Conflict of Interest

   ... partner) is an officer or director. Comment: The central point of an ethics code is that city officials and ... of Research-Retired, City Ethics rwechsler@cityethics.org Log in or register to post comments ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-16 20:59 - 9 comments

6. The Conflicts of Boards Acting in a Quasi-Judicial Manner

   ... an ethics law relating to quasi-judicial activities is in a comment to another recent blog post . The comment says that in Washington ... proceedings. A new North Carolina land use blog, NC Legal Landscapes , by land use attorney Tom Terrell, has a new post about ...

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

7. The Importance of Characterizing an Ethics Provision

   ... city. A council member had a state senator ask for a legal opinion from the state attorney general on the validity of the proposed ... op-ed piece on Sunday . He also noted that "A legal opinion is not a guarantee of the outcome of any future legal challenge ...

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

8. Detroit and the Loyalties of Local Government Attorneys

   ... The Detroit Free Press asked for all the settlement documents, but the city law department, acting under the guidance of the division chief, only provided the newspaper with the public documents, knowingly withholding documents solely to protect the personal ...

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

9. Lessig on the Effects of Elected Officials' Dependency Problem

   ... permit applications, grant applications, all those documents that, for most of us, simply exist. Those documents that get very little press, and whose authorship is not accomplished ...

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

10. The Spitzer Report and the Need for Clearer Boundaries Between Public and Private Work

    ... recommended that in their first response to a request for documents, Mr. Spitzer’s counsel include “a key adjective.” He suggested ... on Public Integrity have immediate access to the documents it requires for its investigation. Government lawyers are expected ...

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

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