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  1. Grand Jury Lays Into Broward County (FL) School Board

    ... that you be all but abolished. This is the case with the Broward County School Board, according to a report published on Frday . It ... and foremost recommendation would have been to abolish the Broward County School Board altogether." The grand jury notes that the ...

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

  2. Plain Language in NSW, Oz

    ... The ABC interview is reported here: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2716096.htm donmc's blog Story ...

    donmc - 2009-11-10 15:06 - 0 comments

  3. An Appreciative Look at the Draft Broward County Ethics Code for County Commissioners

    ... to an article in Tuesday's Sun-Sentinel , Broward County (FL) Commissioner Ilene Lieberman feels that the ethics code ... finance ordinances have to be as strict or stricter, in content or penalty, as state laws ( there is such a provision, however, for ...

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

  4. The Broward County Commission Should Not Be Challenging the Constitutionality of a Lobbying Provision

    ... In a memo dated June 14, 2010 (attached; see below), the Broward County (FL) county attorney told the county commission that ... lawsuit (9-0) so the judge could rule that the ordinance is legal. However, after thinking about it more, I doubt that any court could rule ...

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

  5. Broward County Legislators Drag the County's Ethics Feet

    ... Body:  As I mentioned in a recent blog post , the Broward County (FL; home of Ft. Lauderdale) commissioners are seeking to have ... senators and representatives whose constituency touches on Broward County. According to an article last week in the ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18

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

    ... 9, 2010 (see below) You've got to hand it to them:  Broward County (FL) commissioners don't give up. Some of them have fought and ... by citizen initiative as referenced in Section 7.01 of the Broward County Charter. That seems pretty ironclad. Which is why the glitch ...

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

  7. Broward County (FL) Ethics Reform Talk: Gifts and Advice

    ... to an article this week in the Sun-Sentinel , the Broward County, FL commission is discussing changes to the countywide ethics ... officer will be a lawyer, there is no further need for legal expertise on an ethics commission. Other professionals who are trained ...

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

  8. Family and Conflicts in Broward County (FL)

    ... of local government officials, as can be seen in Broward County (FL, home of Ft. Lauderdale) according to an article in the ... are often worse than direct conflicts because there are more legal defenses available. And local government attorneys as well as ...

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

  9. Legislative Involvement in Administration: Problems in Broward County, FL

    ... to equally serious ethics problems. This is why, when Broward County, FL instituted major ethics reforms (they became effective at ... for the inclusion of this provision and its preservation (Broward County created an inspector general instead of an ethics commission; ...

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

  10. A Second Constitutionality Opinion in Broward County, Just Like the First

    ... constitutionality of a lobbying provision in the proposed Broward County ethics code, the Broward county attorney (who wrote the first ... broward county opinion letter 2 062510.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

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