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1. Stock Ownership by Local Officials and Conflicts of Interest

   ... This is why high-level politicians often put their money in blind trusts. At the local level, this is less of a problem. Many fewer ...

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

2. Elected Officials and No-Bid or Improperly Bid Contracts: Two Case Studies

   ... owned by a congressional representative (through a blind trust), a state representative, and a big Dallas political player, former ...

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

3. Ethics Commissions: Independence and Managing Staff

   ... as was the case here, and the commission turns a blind eye to allegations of a leak on the part of the executive director, trust ...

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

4. EC Member Political Activity and the Perception of Fairness

   ... way; five is the minimum number for an EC). There are two spots to be filled. Before they could be filled, a complaint was brought ...

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

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

   ... 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

6. Ethics Provisions in Luzerne County Draft Charter

   ... local governments: the failure of officials to fill vacant spots on an ethics commission. If this failure occurs, a citizen may request ...

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

7. It Is Honorable for Government to Help People Act More Honorably

   ... reasonably, and when people don't let one man's arrogance blind them to their obligations. I don't mean to say that Greenspan is ...

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

8. Being Wrong II (Summer Reading)

   ... … Psychologists refer to this asymmetry as ‘the bias blind spot.’” This asymmetry is produced by the fact that we can look ... senses can fail us, our minds mislead us, our communities blind us. And we have seen, too, that certainty can be a moral catastrophe ...

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

9. It's Easy As ABC to Create Poor Ethics Environments

   ... the interest of the state and of local governments to turn a blind eye to profitable ABC boards; they're a good way to keep taxes down. ...

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

10. Government Ethics and Charlie Wilson's War

    ... Afghans. And even then, only when he has been assured that a blind woman who has been raped and put in prison (instead of the rapist) is let ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2008-01-01 11:41 - 1 comment

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