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1. Stamford Official's Attempt to Prevent Government Employees from Filing Ethics Complaints Is Nipped in the Bud

   ... According to this argument, a government employee who files an ethics complaint has a conflict of interest, because he is presumably ...

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

2. Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

   ... for a prelimary injunction (it's broken into two searchable PDF files, 1 and 2 ), the senator's petition for judicial review , and ...

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

3. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

   ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, ... not to stay out of it. In this way, ethical misconduct co-opts and corrupts others. This is the worst thing about it. And it is why it ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

4. General Advisory Opinions Are Very Useful

   ... something very wise and valuable:  it drafted an advisory opinion on nepotism rules , gathering information from years of partial, ... you need to know about it. The general advisory opinion is the latest index entry in the list of advisory opinions on ...

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

5. Voting For or Against Is Not the Question; Independence Is the Answer

   ... commission. This is what happened in a June 14 advisory opinion from the Mississippi Ethics Commission . The situation was that six ... in a "Caution Advised" section, at the end of the advisory opinion, the EC provides an accurate description of withdrawal. But in the ...

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

6. Why Local Party Leaders Should Be Part of a Local Ethics Program

   ... develop affordable housing in Brooklyn, Lopez secured vacant sites for the RBSCC, making it almost impossible for anyone else to ...

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

7. Very Problematic Fort Worth Ethics Reform Proposals

   ... get a zoning permit. The city attorney says he can. Someone files a complaint, and the official has the defense that he followed the city ...

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

8. An Official's Possibly Conflicting Interests Are Public Information

   ... of interest and asked the board's attorney for an advisory opinion. The city of 540,000 does not appear to have an ethics officer or ... was the most reasonable alternative. An Advisory Opinion Shouldn't Change the Recusal Process The board attorney gave his ...

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

9. Ethics Reform in Niles (IL): Don't Try This at Home

   ... village's board of ethics agreed, in a 3-2 vote, to send its draft ethics code to the village board, which could make changes to it or ... yet available on its webpage . The article summarizes the draft code, which is also not available online. Getting to this point is ...

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

10. A Very Short Rant on Financial Disclosure and Ethics Self-Regulation

    ... a businessperson or professional who knows how to keep files and how to work with an accountant. If they can't even be honest about ...

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

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