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Chicago Alderman Expense Allowances: Conflicts Between Public, Political, and Personal Interests
... the Chicago Tribune . Suarez, however, refused to use city funds to pay for his ward office, because "it's hard to draw a precise ... in detail and placed up on a website, not hidden in piles of documents that require a major investment from the news media. If the rules are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Lincoln, Nebraska Raises Interesting Questions Regarding City Contracts with City Officials
... been happening recently in Lincoln, Nebraska, concerning city officials having contracts with the city, provides food for thought on a ... of this blog entry. Earlier this year, the city’s Charter Revision Committee proposed unanimously (14-0) that “no elected ...
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Disclosure, Investigation, and What To Do With a Loophole
... the logic of following law rather than ethics is short-term. Laws that punch loopholes in ethics should be used not as a way of ... LLC, in 11 minutes while on air ( click here to see the documents required). Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18
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An Audit Report on the Palm Beach County EC
... and a final determination is based on additional documents, witnesses, and arguments. A finding of probable cause does not in ... them. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Attachment Size ...
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A Dream Machine
... The dream of every machine politician is to have his city controlled by those who work for him. Unfortunately, every city has ... is “an exclusively industrial city,” which is a fancy term for one big conflict of interest. Here’s how it works, according to ...
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Abuse of Citizen Ignorance in an Ethics-Related Referendum
... the improvement of ethics programs also favor such things as term limits, referendums and initiatives, and pension forfeiture by those found ... at the official Supervisor of Elections website (BrowardSOE.org) before the election, nor on the sample ballot (which many in Pompano Beach ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments
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"Interest" vs. "Benefit"
... approach: the language of benefits . Here is the City Ethics Model Code's principal conflict of interest provision : An ... Another advantage of "benefit" is that using this term makes it clear why gifts are conflicts of interest. In fact, many ethics ...
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The Revolving Door Between Board Membershp and a Job Approved by the Board
... when the ethics commission was asked for a waiver (a term that better describes the action than the term "approval"). The EC waived ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog Story ...
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A Minneapolis Study of Conflicts on Development-Related Boards
... from participation due to a conflict of interest. The city's ethics officer, who is an assistant city attorney, spoke with the mayor ... at only one issue that might prevent such conflicts: term limits. It finds that term limits do not reduce the number of conflicts, ...
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A New Government Ethics Report from a New Florida Organization
... for ethics fines. 6. Post all core ethics commission documents into an online, searchable database. 7. Audit a random sample of ... Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics 203-859-1959 Robert Wechsler's blog ...
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