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Seattle Rejects Public Financing and Embraces District Council Elections
... One was a public campaign financing program for citywide council elections. The other was a change from citywide council elections to ... purpose than public financing, and they are generally not considered effective by good government experts. They do mean that career ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Parties and the Selection of Ethics Board Members
... government ethics. That is the selection of ethics board members, usually by the local legislative body. One common issue is the ... of partisan individuals, whose decisions will be viewed not as neutral or independent, but as partisan. Most board votes on ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Dallas Council Facilitates Pay to Play In Secret Based on Questionable Legal Advice
... in an earlier blog post , eighteen months ago the Dallas council, under the prodding of the mayor at the time, passed some ethics ... to include contributions to all council candidates, not just candidates who are already council members. In other words, they ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Mayoral and Council Interference with EC Member and Staff Selection
... ethics code. So the news from Washington, DC and Atlanta is not good. Last year, the District of Columbia passed a new ethics ... issue that I haven't considered with respect to mayoral or council appointment of ethics commission members: Since taking office in ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New York City Council Member Indicted for Misuse of Slush Fund, But He Was Enabled by Many Other Officials
... Times broke the story on the abuses of New York City council earmarks slush fund, which totaled about $50 million a year. This week, ... by a federal grand jury for much the same sort of conduct. Not the violence, but the misuse of council earmarks to help himself and his ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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D.C. Council Inappropriately Overrides EC Advisory Opinion
... on the use of office for someone's personal benefit in the council's code of conduct. The opinion was made in response to a matter ... was to provide clarity and guidance, especially to council members. I gave the advisory opinion a high grade, but noted a few positions ... person’s behalf; provided, that the employee does not, directly or indirectly, (A) Threaten reprisal or promise ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Surprise! Philadelphia Council Drafts New Ethics Bills
... , just three months later, fifteen of seventeen city council members have co-sponsored a series of ethics reform bills. That sounds ... of many of their stricter requirements, and its sponsor was not part of the process of drafting the new bills. Considering that ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Cincinnati Council Member's Situation Touches on a Number of Important Ethics Issues
Body: There is a situation involving a Cincinnati council member that touches on many important government ethics issues, which I ... year, the city solicitor told the council member he did not need to recuse himself with respect to the streetcar project, because ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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EC Member Conflicts, Anonymous Complaints, and the Relocation of an Airport
... an article on jacksonville.com , four members of the city council wrote the state attorney general asking for a ruling on whether a ... council members' letter was signed on a date the council did not meet (possibly a violation of the state open meetings act), two anonymous ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Council Ethics Committees
... Some local ethics programs consist of nothing more than a council ethics committee and code of conduct, but that situation is not the topic of this blog post. Council ethics committees can be ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
