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1. The Obligations of a County Administrator on the Way Out After a Scandal

   Body:  As if Florida hasn't had enough scandals lately, there is now a mess in Sarasota ... policies and procedures that apparently allowed a lot of unethical behavior to occur. But as is usually the case, the center of the ... the county's procurement policies and procedures. A draft report was published this month. An Administrator's Obligations on ...

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

2. Palm Beach Council Sneakily Opposes County Ethics Reform

   ... to an article in the Palm Beach Daily News , Florida law "forbids government bodies from advocating for voters to vote yes ... there are ways to end-run this prohibition, and the town of Palm Beach's council and city attorney found a way. The subject of the ...

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

3. The Good and Bad of Palm Beach County's EC Selection Process

   Body:  The independent selection of EC members is a great thing for making a government ethics program appear ... accomplished matters, too. There is good and bad in the Palm Beach County (FL) ethics commission selection process, as can be seen from ... When the term of the member selected by the president of Florida Atlantic University ended, the seat was quickly filled. And, according ...

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

4. Spring Reading: Alan Rosenthal on Lobbying I

   ... for thought about lobbying at the local level. This first of two posts looks at such topics as the importance of relationships to ... illustrates why it's so necessary to have a lobbyist. The Florida League of Cities was lobbying for a state program to facilitate urban ...

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

5. Municipal Program - 2005 COGEL Conference

   ... Carla Miller , Co-Ethics Officer, City of Jacksonville Florida Helen Valkavich , Assistant City Attorney, San Antonio, Texas ...

   donmc - 2005-11-24 09:52 - 0 comments

6. Don McClintock

   ... City Ethics Inc. - a non-profit established with the goal of making it easier to establish effective ethics programs in Cities and ...  and served on the Ethics Commission for the City of Jacksonville, FL. He is currently the IT Director for CityEthics, an international non-profit devoted to the establishment of government ethics programs. Mr. McClintock has also served at the request of ...

   donmc - 2018-01-31 19:02

7. When a High-Level Official Seeks Special Treatment

   ... special treatment.gif Body:  One of the things that really ticks citizens off is when a local official uses his ... is asking for special treatment. The sheriff, on vacation in Florida, would not likely have done the same for any citizen. And even if he ...

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

8. An ethical approach to business

   ... the massive downtown hotel project as an example, members of the city Ethics Commission are pondering whether companies that receive ... an 18-story complex downtown, the largest hotel in Northeast Florida. Last month, the U.S. Justice Department filed a suit claiming the ...

   donmc - 2006-01-12 11:56 - 0 comments

9. An Ethics Officer Worth Emulating

   ... Patterson Wed, Dec 26, 2012 @ 7:04 pm In November the Florida Commission on Ethics lawyers offered an opinion on Jacksonville ... Miller in September whether state law required him to report the cut-rate purchase as a gift. Getting the answer right mattered ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2013-01-17 08:58 - 0 comments

10. Compliance and Conflicts in Tallahassee: The Organization Interest vs. The Public Interest

    ... the ethics program. As occurs in big corporations, an audit of this ethics program was done this year (with a follow-up in ... with its own conflict of interest. It is true that Florida's state ethics commission has jurisdiction over local governments, but ...

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

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