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High-Level Officials and Agencies Where Their Family Members Work
... This is the question that has been raised in Baltimore by council members, particularly the council president who, according to ... in the government or, where the ethics board feels this is not sufficient, for each matter or sort of matter that relates to the family ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Albert Hirschman's Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
... the public's trust in government. But public trust is not important simply in its own right. It is also important because, without ... Sun-Times article this week , members of Chicago's council have expressed strong opposition to allowing the council's inspector ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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How to Deal with a Conflict at the Center of a Conflict of Interest Program
... complaints against Concord's mayor and one of the city's council members. Since the mayor and city manager had not selected members for the city's ethics board, which was ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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Jax Ethics Code
... people must be their foremost concern. This Code shall serve not only as a basis for discipline of public servants who violate these ... the Mayor or by Constitutional Officers and confirmed by the Council; (2) Any other person appointed by the Mayor or by ...
donmc - 2023-08-02 15:13 - 0 comments
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Problems Involving Campaign Contributions by EC Members
... reviews campaign disclosure forms, so it would make sense not to be involved in any way with any of the candidates filing these forms. ... had also participated in a recent suit against the city council, as a co-litigant with the city's Mayor Pro Tem, and they are seeking ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Robert S. Bennett Report on D.C. Council Earmark Grants et al.
... Robert S. Bennett 's report on the District of Columbia council's earmark grants and personal services contracts was made public ... met shortly with two of Mr. Bennett's associates, but were not involved in any way in the investigation or preparation of the Bennett ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Members Should Respond Constructively, Not Destructively to Criticism of the EC
... case shows why it is inappropriate for ethics commission members to respond in destructive rather than constructive ways when the EC is criticized for not taking action against officials, something that happens all the time in a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Council Member Bidding on a Local Government Attorney Contract
Body: If a council member's law firm wants to bid on being the ... said that the term "conflict of interest" might not be right for this situation. He said that it sounded more like it might ... firm's competence and, in this case, the desire of council members to be represented by someone they know well. If they trust and respect ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Council Accounts - Conflicts and a Lack of Transparency
Body: A year ago, I wrote about New York City Council's earmark funds and the ways they were being abused. Atlanta's council members have a different sort of fund, not intended to help their constituents, but intended to help themselves. They ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Oakland Council Proposes Ethics Reform Charter Amendment
... in the San Francisco Chronicle last week , Oakland's council approved an amendment to the city charter , to go before voters ... finally be permitted to impose fines. In fact, it would also not be limited to the $1,000 limit on fines in the charter. It's not good, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
