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A Good Ethics Settlement in Ohio
... Here is the story of a good settlement reached in an Ohio ethics proceeding involving a council member from a very small ... the matter to a prosecutor (ethics violations are crimes in Ohio) due to the following mitigating circumstances: 1. The city ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Serious Election-Oriented Conflict of Interest in Southwest Ohio
... the same time during a short window when this is allowed in Ohio? Three more facts worth knowing, according to an article in today's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Benefits of Hyperlinking Ethics Codes, and the Dependency of Children
... in the Cincinnati Enquirer, a county commissioner in Ohio voted on a contract that went to her non-dependent son, and she is being investigated by the Ohio Ethics Commission. Let me say first that I think it's outrageous for ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Elections Should Be Fought by Parties, Not Refereed by Parties
... Party suit against the Democratic Secretary of State in Ohio made it all the way to the Supreme Court, which threw the suit out. And ... of Justice to look into whether 200,000 registered Ohio voters must reconfirm their registration information before November 4 ...
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
... But the council member sought an advisory opinion from the Ohio Ethics Commission , which has jurisdiction over local government ethics ...
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A Model Ethics Advisory Opinion and Links to Major City and State Advisory Opinions
... Massachusetts Missouri Nevada Ohio Oregon Rhode Island West Virginia Robert Wechsler ...
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"De Minimis" Is a Big Term in Government Ethics
... as the one for Allegheny County (Pittsburgh). The Ohio Model Ethics Code for Local Agencies excepts de minimis interests in its ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Winter Reading: Zephyr Teachout's "The Forgotten Law of Lobbying"
... to contracts in Oscayan v. Arms Co. ., 103 US 261, 276 (1880): "[W]here, instead of placing before the officers of the ... Court in its decision in Marshall v. Baltimore Ohio Railroad Co. , 57 U.S. 314 (1853). The court found that lobbyists are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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False Statements in Elections
... shades of gray than a black-and-white movie. And yet Ohio has a false statements statute that has withstood attempts to declare it unconstitutional (see especially DeWine v. Ohio Elections Comm., 399 N.E.2d 99, 104 (1978)). It is limited, oddly, to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Legislators and Pension Plans: The Class Exception vs. The Appearance of Impropriety
... conflicts to the mix, but an investigation done by the Ohio Newspaper Association has uncovered a large number of state ... Akron Beacon Journal sets out the state of Ohio state legislators' pension conflicts, without inclusion of the ... to legislators at all. So to remove this conflict, all Ohio's legislators have to do is follow the lead of twenty states and choose ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments