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  1. A Miscellany

    ... Island Supreme Court to hear the appeal by the Rhode Island Ethics Commission of the decision upholding the old constitutional ... the legislative immunity front, according to an Associated Press article , a bill has unanimously passed the Nevada Senate Judiciary ...

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

  2. Lessons to share from ethics reform in Winter Park

    ... , of CityEthics, in a workshop presented in the spring of 2007. From: ... December 17, 2007 Winter Park recently adopted an ethics-reform package, becoming the first local government to accept the ... Topics:  County Related In the news Press for Carla Miller ...

    donmc - 2007-12-18 10:27 - 0 comments

  3. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

    ... alleged leak is editorials like the one in the New York Daily News yesterday, which begins: "New York State's ethics watchdog, the ... sort of editorial. For more on this, see 3-page press release from the Inspector General 24-page Executive summary and ...

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

  4. Local Government Regulation of Political Robocalls

    ... context. An article in Thursday's Bangor Daily News discusses a state ethics commission investigation into anonymous ... campaigns, not to the origin of the robocalls. For the record, here's the very complicated Maine law, which clearly arose not out of ...

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

  5. A Miscellany

    ... the same language. Sue Prent, in the Green Mountain Daily this August , wrote about the huge amount of nepotism in local ... To illustrate the problem, she shares a story from 2007, when a clerk-treasurer confessed to having embezzled $100,000 from a town ...

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

  6. Procurement Ethics Discussions in Jacksonville

    Body:  Jacksonville's ethics commission continues to explore interesting and valuable ideas, ... this week in the Jacksonville Financial News & Daily Record . At the first meeting of the commission's new procurement ...

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

  7. Juggling Two Types of Ethics Reform in DuPage County (IL)

    ... Chicago (its largest town is Naperville), is juggling two ethics ordinance revision processes, one for the county, the other for the ... But according to an article this week in the Daily Herald , some county board members want to make more changes to the ...

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

  8. A Miscellany

    ... officials, including the mayor. The judge gave him 6 months in prison out of the possible 27 months. The judge did not, however, ... according to an article in the Philadelphia Daily News this week . The reform involved the creation of a lobbyist ...

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

  9. Holding Local Government Associations Accountable

    ... the Kentucky League of Cities (KLC). According to the press release on the KACo report , the state auditor "found a ... contract, $83,000 for donations and sponsorships, and $12,600 for use of two condominiums." In addition, there was a lack of ...

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

  10. The Enforcement of Ethics Laws Against Local Government Legislators

    ... legislators. A newspaper article about a similar 2007 controversy between the Rhode Island Ethics Commission and the state ... Wechsler says: Thu, 2008-06-05 15:23 Permalink ...

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

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