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  1. The New, Leaky Utah Legislative Ethics Complaint Process

    ... ethics complaint. In this light, the brand new Utah legislative ethics complaint procedures statute flies in the face not ... a year, not enough to do much damage, or even hire staff. Utah state legislators seem safe from the commission, but not from public ...

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

  2. An Ethics Reform Petition Moves Forward in Utah

    ... far from easy reading. How bad are the ethics laws in Utah? In the words of the petition sponsor, Utahns for Ethical Government ... are free to inject unlimited amounts of corporate money into Utah’s political system, often by invitation from legislators who, again and ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 3 comments

  3. A New Sort of Regional EC in Utah

    ... out a blog post , "Type 'ethics' into the search line at utah.gov, and all that comes up is Archery Ethics Course Online." That is no ... ethics commission act. And in response to that act, some Utah municipalities have set up ethics commissions or hearing officers, and one ...

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

  4. Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Takes a Hit in Utah, Logically Enough

    ... before I look at what has been happening in Utah this last week. Government ethics is intended to protect the public ... at least some officials choose to take, this time in Utah, according to an editorial in the Salt Lake City Tribune this ...

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

  5. What Plaxico Burress Can Teach Us About Government Ethics

    ... opposing ethics reform initiatives, but an organization in Utah has pulled a Plaxico Burress with the stupidest of all. The organization, Gun Owners of Utah, opposes Utah's ethics reform initiative because "it contains a ...

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

  6. How Not to Educate the Public About Government Ethics

    ... news. Here are two arguments against an amendment to the Utah constitution that, if approved by voters on November 2, would establish a ... this proposed Independent Commission will not make angels of us all. This will do very little to stop the truly ambitious and evil among us. ...

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

  7. How Should Ethics Reform Be Done?

    ... Body:  The ethics reforms coming out of New York and Utah provide two contrasting, yet equally questionable approaches. In New York ... entry. The Albany Times Union wrote , "[P]ardon us, then, for having to note both the lack of public participation in this ...

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

  8. Ethics Pledges -- Make Them Stick

    ... call that place hell. But the correct name, of course, is Utah, home of some of the most lax campaign finance laws and weakest ethics ... get away with. We're here, aren't we, and you're voting for us, aren't you? So tell me why we should lift a finger against ourselves. ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

  9. Local Government Website Transparency Awards

    ... Georgia Cobb County, Georgia Davis School District, Utah Duval County, Florida Harris County, Texas Hillsborough County ... Arizona Richmond County, Georgia Salt Lake County, Utah San Francisco County, California Williamson County, Texas ...

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

  10. Fighting Last Year's War Is Not the Way to Draft an Ethics Code

    Body:  Type "ethics" into the search line at utah.gov, and all that comes up is Archery Ethics Course Online. In response to what are referred to in Utah as last year's "ethics wars," a new legislative ethics bill has been ...

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