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  1. Bid Rigging, Organized Crime, and State Takeover of Cities

    ... to rig the public bids on municipal bonds, a business worth $3.7 trillion. By conspiring to lower the interest rates that towns earn on ...

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

  2. Budget Games and Gimmicks

    ... The last year town officials got away with their games, 37 budget transfers from other departments were in the exact amount of $19,999, ...

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

  3. Chicago Task Force Second Report IV — Confidentiality and False Information

    ... negotiations, in order that the reporter would not print the false story that would have wrongfully "tainted" the official. ...

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

  4. Second Round of Chicago Ethics Reforms III - Independence and Confidentiality

    ... such as making sure a reporter doesn't print false statements about officials that could, yes, taint them. According ...

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

  5. The Big Picture

    ... Congress than about government ethics. The book is still in print. When I'm done reading it, I will be writing several blog posts applying ...

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

  6. Budgetary Hijinks

    ... out of the contingency fund). Last year the BoF approved 37 transfers each in the amount of $19,999, totaling $739,963. This ruse alone ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-04-09 15:48 - 0 comments

  7. A Six-Year Legal Battle Between a County Ethics Commission and a Former County Attorney

    ... appellate court later emphasized this point. It says on p. 37, "When a legislative body enacts a provision for the purpose of benefitting ...

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

  8. Chicago: Legislative IG and Mayoral Travel

    ... office. Self-regulation seems okay until you read the small print, as the Tribune has done. Then it looks self-serving. Kent ...

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

  9. A Responsible Act of Non-Denial in San Diego, a Den of Denial

    ... admit it as an error, but the town attorney reiterated it in print in an attack on me (even though I had not been politically involved in my ...

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

  10. What Is Free Speech?

    ... to talk and be heard, not on television, or on radio, but in print, which was plentiful and cheap, and at meetings and on the street. ...

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

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