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1. A Miscellany

   ... rescinded the issuance of a variance for a sign, due to a council member's conflict. According to an article in the Nanaimo News ... happening again. A second reason is to let the public know how bad (or not so bad) things were, so that moving on does not look ...

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

2. Ethics Advice and the Importance of Being a Daddy's Boy

   ... Jr. (an attorney who has taken many campaign finance cases to the Supreme Court for organizations that oppose certain campaign finance ... to give you permission to talk about the government." How is having candidates use their power and position to raise money for what ...

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

3. Yet Another Underhanded Attempt to Water Down the Broward County Ethics Commission's New Ethics Code

   ... Update: August 9, 2010 (see below) You've got to hand it to them:  Broward County (FL) commissioners don't give up. Some of ... August 9, 2010 For the sake of entertainment, here is how Fred Grimm began his Miami Herald column this weekend : "You've got ...

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

4. Local Officials Dealing with the Unethical Conduct of Other Local Officials

   ... government officials is not a good thing. According to an article today in the San Francisco Chronicle , the city of ... appears to be above board so it will be interesting to see how this all shakes out.    It’s no surprise that the only people listed by ...

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

5. A Functional Definition of a Government Employee

   Body:  In many jurisdictions, lawyers have sought to be excluded from ethics program jurisdiction, arguing that their conduct is ... special influence over public decisions, it doesn't matter how private they otherwise are. The contractors association attorney also ...

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

6. The Collateral Damage of No Ethics Program

   ... Independent agencies, especially those with lots of money to spend and contracts to enter into, require not just ethics policies, but ... according to the report. Collateral Damage How could there be so little concern regarding the creation of an ...

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

7. Being Indirect -- A Gift Loophole to Watch Out For

   ... ethics law that I felt was too severe. Today I'm going to write about a Louisiana ethics provision, a fairly typical gift provision ... kosher. That's the loophole. Plugging the Loophole How is this loophole plugged? Very easily, with the words "directly ...

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

8. The Revolving Door Between Board Membershp and a Job Approved by the Board

   ... makes it look as if the board member were using her position to get herself a nice job, and exclude others. It also puts the board members ... open for six months. Yet even here, it should be asked how hard the commission tried. Perhaps its members wanted this candidate to get ...

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

9. Extension of Legislative Immunity in Recent Case of New York Municipality

   ... for so old a constitutional concept and a serious threat to local government ethics enforcement that, I feel, the government ... to any unethical activity. That's where we are right now. How are we going to get out? As I suggested recently, the whole idea of ...

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

10. Abramoff on Lobbying, Gifts, and Campaign Contributions

    ... abramoff.jpg Body:  A good followup to my last blog post , on Lawrence Lessig's book, is what Jack Abramoff ... he gave 80% of his earnings to charity. It is amazing how often charitable donations are part of government corruption, one way or ...

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

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