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A Classic Fiefdom and a Problem with Long-Term Municipal Representation
... involved in some of the relevant transactions. Therefore, I have made some changes to the original post. An editorial in today's ... of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (in a March 2012 report) had confirmed or discovered a number of problems that don't appear to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Lawsuits, Legal Fees, and County Attorney Conflicts in El Paso Ethics Complaints Battle
... The candidate said that she'd included it in her report, but had not put it in the bank and, in fact, had asked the state ethics ... in this case, to prevent the complaint from going forward. I will try to write a blog post on ethics-oriented SLAPP suits soon. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Jurisdiction Over Agency Procurement and Contractors
Body: How much jurisdiction need a government ethics program have over procurement matters when there is a procurement ... an article Friday in Honolulu Civil Beat , Honolulu's ethics commission "is worried that there isn't enough government oversight to ... the rules. Not only the EC is concerned. An auditor's report said that "consultants have significant influence over rail ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Truth Is Too Slippery, and Too Precious, A Thing to Enforce
... race. It is before a three-judge ethics panel, which will report to the state supreme court, on which the winning candidate sits. ... of course. The First Amendment is very big, and I think the justice will successfully hide behind it. He will then have both ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Conflict Built into Municipal Campaign Finance Enforcement in Connecticut
... opponent for, say, the late filing of a campaign finance report, but does not fine a colleague, or himself, for a similar late filing, ... Democracy Fund , a public campaign financing program that I administer. It is true that the law does not provide for the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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MILLER'S CROSSING
... CARLA MILLER was appointed to reform Jacksonville’s ethics. The fact that she’s being squeezed out suggests she may be doing her ... eager to make it work. “Here was the dilemma: Do I take a part-time position and really try to make it work with the limited ... but no evidence of a crime. Aside from a scathing report, there was no punishment for those involved. But just because ...
donmc - 2015-05-15 14:34
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Folio Article: Miller's Crossing
... John Peyton decided to hire Carla Miller as Jacksonville’s Ethics Officer in 2007, the city was in crisis. A grand jury was investigating ... eager to make it work. “Here was the dilemma: Do I take a part-time position and really try to make it work with the limited ... but no evidence of a crime. Aside from a scathing report, there was no punishment for those involved. But just because ...
donmc - 2012-01-22 21:52
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Confidential Information Provisions, Ethics, and Transparency
... codes: information divulged for someone's benefit. As I've written before ( 1 2 ), this is not a government ethics issue, ... "in the context of a discussion about a federal inspection report that had found multiple instances of patient sexual assaults at ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Outsourcing Local Ethics Administration to the State EC
... on it? This will be an interesting experiment to watch. I hope that, after the first year, the FPPC produces, or asks someone else to produce, a report about what happened, what went right, what went wrong, and what ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Why It Is Important To Ensure That Legislators Show Up to Work
... a primary for the seat." When one gets sick, one has to report to one's boss and let her know that you will not be able to come to ... releases, and no publications of any kind since January. I could find no mention of her illness or her absences. There are very few ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
