Local Government Ethics Conference To Be Held This Week in Miami

It's not every day that there is an all-day conference on local government ethics. It's not even every year. So I'm happy to be able to share with you the fact that, this week, there will be such a conference in Miami, convened by the Center for Ethics at St. Thomas University (a center about which there appears to be no information online), in conjunction with the St. Thomas University School of Law, the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics & Public Trust, and the Daily Business Review. Here are links to the flyer and the application form.

The conference, to be held on April 15 from 8-3 at the St. Thomas University Law School, costs only $40 in advance ($50 at the door), a bargain. CLE credits are available.

Four panels are scheduled, on the following topics:

South Florida’s Climate of Corruption: Better Weather Ahead?
What Hat Do I Have on Today? Lawyers, Lobbyists & Elected Officials
Judges and Other Politicians: Learning From Each Other
The Appearance of Impropriety: Undermining the Confidence of the Public

The panelists include:

Executive Director of the Miami-Dade County EC Robert Meyers

Florida Atlantic Univ. Public Ethics Academy Director and Former West Palm Beach Ethics Officer Norm Ostrau
Former County Commissioner and President of the University of Miami Good Government Initiative Katy Sorenson
Retired Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogan
Broward County Mayor Sue Gunzburger
Assistant Miami-Dade State Attorney Joe Centorino
Former Miami-Dade County Manager and School Superintendent Merrett Stierheim
Former Miami Mayor and Miami-Dade County Commissioner Maurice Ferre

Thanks to the Sun-Sentinel for putting up the flyer for what appears to be an insufficiently publicized conference.

Robert Wechsler
Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics

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