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He Zones, She Sells, and It's Legal (in Chicago)
Body: No one does unethics like Chicago. It's been four months since I've written about the city, so it's long ... in the year before the article ran. Assume a commission of 2.5%, and that means the household received $550,000, less what the real estate ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chicago Alderman Expense Allowances: Conflicts Between Public, Political, and Personal Interests
... that an alderman's office is a political office," said Chicago alderman Suarez, one of 50 aldermen to get their expense allowances ... another article in the Chicago Tribune . And when part-time local government legislators are given over $70,000 in expenses ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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A Civil Grand Jury Report on the San Francisco Ethics Commission
... the agency that finds violations (the Sunshine Agency Task Force) to be dependent on another non-judicial, non-legislative agency to ... prized value in government ethics. And making dismissal the default is not a good way to gain the public's trust. As for setting the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An IG-Compliance Battle in Chicago
... February 19, 2010 (see below) This blog post is about Chicago, and things are more complicated in Chicago than in other American ... compliance director's lawyer has been saying about the IG's report: "This is a classic Chicago power grab. This report is politically ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Problems with a New Report on Chicago's Level of Corruption
... All very confusing. Yesterday, a report entitled " Chicago and Illinois, Leading the Pack in Corruption " was published by the ... science department, timed to coincide with the Chicago Task Force on Ethics Reform 's first public hearing. While calling for ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chicago Task Force Second Report III — Ethics Program Independence
chicago tf report 2.jpg Body: Ethics program independence ... clear from the second report of the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force that the task force members care about making the Chicago's ethics ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Circuit Judge in Chicago Gets the Government Attorney-Client Privilege Wrong
... It's that simple. According to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times , a circuit court judge dismissed an attempt by ... to a January article in the Chicago Tribune , an IG report stated that (quoting the article, not the report) "[the IG's] ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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New Chicago Mayor Emanuel's Ethics-Related Executive Orders
... Body: On December 6, according to an article on the Chicago Talks website , Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel promised that ... reaffirming that it is the duty of every City employee to report wrongdoing to the Inspector General. The big deal in these ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chicago Task Force Second Report I — The Good Recommendations
chicago tf report 2.jpg Body: The second report of the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force came out this week (see my posts on the first report and on the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Chicago Task Force Second Report II — The Roles of the Ethics Board and the IGs
chicago tf report 2.jpg Body: The principal topic of the second report of the Chicago Ethics Reform Task Force is the relationship between the Board of Ethics and the city's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
