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1. North Carolina Legislature Is About to Pass a Nearly Worthless, and Possibly Dangerous, Local Government Ethics Law

   ... North Carolina's proposed law , which has passed the house and is about to pass the senate, has two things going for it. One, it ... range of meanings. Does it include conflicts of interest, a term that only appears, almost magically, in the education section of the ...

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

2. Legislative Immunity in Rhode Island -- A New Court Decision

   ... Speech or Debate Clause: "For any speech in debate in either house, no member shall be questioned in any other place." This has been ... in government, and its purpose is not to deal with the content of any activity, but only with the public goal of preventing conflicts ...

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

3. The Carrigan Oral Argument: How to Deal with Vagueness

   ... over the past year, was the last oral argument of the term. Was this putting local government ethics in the caboose or saving the ... says: Wed, 2011-05-04 18:07 Permalink ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 5 comments

4. HONOLULU, HI

   ... in the nation. The Mayor is elected on a non-partisan basis to a four-year term. The Honolulu City Council is the unicameral legislative body. ...

   donmc - 2006-06-24 16:27 - 0 comments

5. Treating Inmates as Commodities in Louisiana Is a Local Government Ethics Problem

   ... (that many, including me, have criticized), does not seem to have changed. The series has introduced into popular culture the term "honey hole," one sheriff's description of the cells in his prison, ...

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

6. Getting the Word Out to Lawyers

   ... each year, and I thought I'd ask my readers to help get this list to work for a good cause: getting more lawyers to learn about local government ... – in mind. • The majority of the blawg’s content should be unique to the blawg and not cross-posted or cut and pasted ...

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

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

   ... According to an article last month on the Channel3000.com website , a stagehands union sent 28 copies of a book on creating and ... 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

8. Jax Ethics Code

   ... C. INDEPENDENT AUTHORITIES . 1 PART 7. GIFTS . 1 PART 8. LOBBYING .. 1 PART ... Gifts solicited or accepted from a relative, as that term is defined in F.S. � 112.312(21). (3)     For purposes of ... and objectivity of the Inspector General. (Ord. 2014-519-E, � 5)   Sec. 602.302. Purpose. The purpose of ...

   donmc - 2023-08-02 15:13 - 0 comments

9. Should an Ethics Provision Limit an Official's Discretion to Withdraw?

   ... withdrawn from a discussion of whether or not to pave a road where relatives of his lived. "Personal" vs. "Direct" ... pecuniary interest involved. (Also note how the use of the term "interest" doesn't work well in this discussion; another reason why I ...

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

10. Withdrawal from Participation

    ... understood aspects of government ethics. Most people seem to think it is limited to abstaining on a vote where you have a conflict of ... for what is required, because it is a technical, judicial term. In a court case, it is assumed that a judge with a conflict will not only ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18

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