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  1. Phoenix Mayor Forms Ethics Task Force

    Body:  According to an official press release , yesterday the mayor of Phoenix announced the formation of an ... are key to good city governance.” According to the press release, the task force has the following three goals: Evaluate the ... the mayor and whoever helped his office draft the press release have a limited understanding of government ethics. The task force ...

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

  2. Atlantic City Council Votes to Abolish the City's Ethics Board

    ... right? Well, according to an article in yesterday's Press of Atlantic City , that's the decision the Atlantic ... background story, according to another article in the Press of Atlantic City. The resurrection of the city's Ethics Board ...

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

  3. Ethics Commission Allegations Against a Candidate Soon Before an Election, and a Resulting Suit

    ... According to the settlement agreement , on December 31, 2008, the McCaffery committee accepted a contribution check from his own law ... There are some errors in the ethics board's press release . The primary factual error is saying that McCaffery was ...

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

  4. Penalties

    ... not be imposed for a violation of 100(9) of this code. 4. Damages. Any person or entity that violates any provision of this code is ... or by any of its members or full-time staff members. 11. Penalties imposed by the Ethics Commission are exclusive of, and not ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 09:39 - 1 comment

  5. Orange County, NY Grand Jury Ethics Reform Recommendations

    ... goes for counsel, a secretary, and office supplies. 4. Mandate ethics training, and provide an online course. 5. Pass ... forms and advisory opinions on the county website. 11. Change the ethics board selection process, but only to even out the ...

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

  6. Ethics Commission: Jurisdiction, Powers, and Duties

    ... registered or certified mail, or by personal service. 4. Unless otherwise stated, all Ethics Commission decisions or determinations ... pursuant to section 219. Comment: Subsection 4: "Sitting members" means those members, regular or alternate, who are sitting ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2007-02-17 10:07 - 1 comment

  7. Local Official Involvement in Shadow Banking

    ... loans he made. The ones he did not disclose totaled about $1.1 million. He did not disclose them because they were made through companies ...

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

  8. Too Conflicted to Sit on an Ethics Commission

    ... he is also the president of Civitas Action , a 501(c)(4) political organization that supports and attacks candidates in North ... way to handle conflict situations. Yet his own institute's press release announcing his nomination to the EC says nothing about his ...

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

  9. D.C. Mayor Is Burned by a Contractor's Participation in His Election

    ... once again, in the District of Columbia. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and the ... D.C. council candidates between 2006 and 2011. In his press release, the U.S. Attorney stated, “Election after election, Jeff ...

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

  10. Police Officers' Failure to Report Criminal Activity for Their Own Personal Interest

    ... Island Railroad disability scam I wrote about in a 2008 blog post . But there is one big difference here. It is the job of ...

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

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