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  1. When An EC Member's Appointing Authority Comes Before the Commission

    ... 'I believe it is absolutely true but of course I don't have documents from the Governor telling Patrick Millsaps to get rid of me.'" ... Size ga ig kalberman memo 080911.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

  2. Self-Promotion in Maricopa, A Police County

    ... been carefully fed just the parts of the story that the news media in Phoenix wants you to have, and you follow their tune like a child ... obvious from the start that these people want to use the media attention directed at Arpaio for immigration enforcement and turn it ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

  3. San Diego: More Tension Between EC and Council

    ... make it illegal for people to knowingly lie or provide false documents to the EC. Three of the five committee members have been fined a ...

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

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

    ... board's chair is "a fervent defender of the mayor on social media." This is unacceptable. A political activist should not sit on an ethics ... to explain their reasoning, show their work. All seem to be content to point out the problems and offer nothing to solve them. ...

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

  5. Best Practices from the Book "Local Government Ethics Programs"

    ... 4. Ethics commission authority to subpoena witnesses and documents. 5. Ethics commission jurisdiction over all officials and ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2013-06-20 08:35 - 0 comments

  6. The Virtuous Circle of Ethics Laws and Legislative Immunity -- And the Legislators Who Stand Outside of It

    ... issue is how the legislator will participate and vote, the content of his or her legislative activity. On the other side of the circle, ... activity. Ethics enforcement has nothing to do with the content of legislative activity, which is what concerned the authors of the ...

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

  7. Old and New Local Independent Spending in Elections

    ... money into the race at the last second, paying primarily for media ads. The opposition candidate, presenting himself as the ... we do not channel money to or from any party. Contrary to media reports, the group does NOT make financial contributions to any political ...

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

  8. Guarding Ethics Guardians

    ... guardians include the criminal justice system, the news media, good government organizations, political parties, and the ballot box. ... be directly accountable to voters, but neither are the news media, the criminal justice system, political parties, or good government ...

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

  9. A County Attorney At War with the County: The Conflicts Fly in Maricopa County

    ... is the ethical propriety of the Board's attorney seeking documents as part of a grand jury investigation from the attorney's client. For ...

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

  10. Ethics in Congress IV - The Damaging Individual Corruption Paradigm (Summer Reading)

    ... just as if they had been accused of crimes. The news media treats ethics allegations no differently than criminal allegations. In ... It is so hard to get it across to officials, the media, and the public that government ethics is only about an ...

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

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