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Ethics Commissions Should Stick to Their Area of Jurisdiction and Should Stay Out of Politics
Body: A recent decision of the Wilton, NY ethics board (attached; see below) raises important issues regarding the ... allegations should be dismissed without any investigation or comment. By not doing this, the Wilton ethics board wasted its time and the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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The Pay-to-Play Culture of Prince George's County, MD
... practice" is at the center of the county's pay-to-play ethics environment. It's no accident that when the county executive had to ... Not one gave permission to be identified, "because public comment could cost them professional associates, clients or even friends." Just ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Watchdogs, Motives, and Georgia's Ethics Program Problem
... a handle on him. In other words, laziness. He has been an ethics and non-ethics watchdog in Georgia for many years, filing numerous ... it, simply out of ego since it's free, I would post and comment all over the web. But I don't. Log in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 3 comments
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Responding to Arguments Against Significant Restrictions on Pay-to-Play
... a firm that represents officials and companies in government ethics matters, criticized the proposal's requirement that everyone from ... these goals. As Georgia Common Cause points out in its comment to the blog post, there is lots of Atlanta campaign finance information ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Cure for Transparency Problems: A Model Website and Blog
... goes on at night. At its heart, transparency is just another ethics issue: putting personal interests ahead of the public interest. That ... Meetings were inadequately or improperly noticed. Public comment sections of meetings were not televised. The town website did not even ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Houston Ethics Reform II: The Ethics Provisions
... Body: There are several problems with Houston's new ethics provisions, in addition to what I pointed out in my last blog post. Some ... should appear in an aspirational part of the code, or in a comment to this provision. The fourth ethics provision includes two ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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[CityEthics] A Citizen Transparency Initiative
Published on CityEthics.org ( http://www.cityethics.org ) A Cure for Transparency Problems: A Model Website and ... Meetings were inadequately or improperly noticed. Public comment sections of meetings were not televised. The town website did not even ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How Entitled Should Voter Registration Employees Feel?
... bigoted views is appalling. See the text of the specific comment below: [quote=Comment Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:43 pm]“Statom said ... and that this was a big to do over nothing.” http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/11/141541/838/455/493809 Statom has to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Who Is Covered by an Ethics Code's Provisions
... Sometimes, those who write or amend local government ethics codes forget to make it clear exactly who is covered by an ethics code. ... a special provision for consultants , which includes a comment with links to all provisions that apply to consultants. This is a good ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Top Ten Ethics Films
... have come up with the following list: The Top Ten BEST ETHICS Movies of all time 1. Man for All Seasons Paul Scofield ... be worthy of a place in the list. Please feel free to make a comment if you feel strongly about any of these, or wish to add to the list ! ...
donmc - 2015-05-15 13:22 - 10 comments
