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  1. Ways Not to Select the Members of an Ethics Commission

    Body:  There are many right and wrong ways to select an ethics commission. The rightest ways take the selection process out ... good, but it actually gives the board an opportunity to select anyone it wants. And as long as the county's legislative body does the ...

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

  2. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

    Body:  See Update Below ...

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

  3. How ECs Can Preserve Their Full Allotment of Members

    ... this year, and the mayor, whose responsibility it is to select board members, has chosen not to participate in the program. Whatever ... committee of representatives from community organizations to select a pool of possible appointees to the ethics commission (see my blog ...

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

  4. Chicago Task Force Second Report III — Ethics Program Independence

    ... special expertise). Independence means that officials do not select ethics board members, ethics board staff, or IGs, as is now done in ... . The best ways are to have community organizations select ethics board members, and to have ethics board members select their ...

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

  5. The Good and Bad of Palm Beach County's EC Selection Process

    ... EC selection process. One is that the organizations tend to select their own members or former members. The police chiefs selected a ... come before them. Organizations given the authority to select EC members should be told that they should not necessarily pick their ...

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

  6. A New Local Ethics Program's First Matter Raises Some Important Issues

    ... so that community organizations rather than the mayor select ethics board members . But it should do an overall review of the ... of no meaning. But the Common Council does not have to select ethics board members. It could ask a group of community organizations ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments

  7. Telling Local Government Officials About Honest Services Fraud

    ... the statutory definition of honest services fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1346, part of the mail and wire fraud statute ): For ... fraud case, as varied as they are, is a lie or a secret, and usually personal, although not necessarily financial, gain. In 1987, in McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350, the Supreme Court overruled prior decisions on ...

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

  8. A Debate About the EC Selection Process

    ... County, GA's county commission is having a debate on how to select its three-member ethics board and its alternates. Unfortunately, it's a ... program. It recommended that the bar association continue to select one ethics board member, with the other two to be appointed respectively ...

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

  9. The Selection of Ethics Commission Members by Community Organizations

    ... Atlanta , which has each of the following organizations select one member: the League of Women Voters the Chamber of Commerce ... Milwaukee does it the same way . Seven organizations select one member each: the Public Policy Forum the Milwaukee Branch ...

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

  10. A Local Government Association Board Member's Possible Conflicts

    ... yesterday on seacoastonline.com , a committee of the Select Board of North Hampton, NH (pop. 4,500) brought to the Select Board its concern about the town administrator dealing with health ...

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

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