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Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals III - Placing Shackles on Countywide Ethics Programs
Body: This is the third of four blog posts on Florida Senate Bill 606 (attached; see below), one of ... The bill's sponsor, state senator Jeff Clemens, of Palm Beach County (which has one of these countywide programs), seems to be ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Florida EC Chair Calls for Some Wheels
... Body: Cheryl Forchilli, chair of the Florida Commission on Ethics (which deals with local government ... a must-read op-ed piece that appeared on the Florida Thinks blog yesterday. Forchilli's piece begins with a nice ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... website . A county supervisor wanted to give $100,000 of his discretionary funds to his wife’s charity project. Then he thought the ... make use of them. They act as if transparency was not the default value of our democracy, as if they were living in some other country ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Chick-fil-A Controversy Is Really a Government Ethics Issue
... ethics reforms, after the city's special ethics task force files its second report. Related blog posts: Council Fiefdoms He ... and It's Legal (in Chicago) Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Electronic Communications as Government Property
... New Haven Democracy Fund. I will turn over all of my paper files, computer files, and electronic communications to my successor. Since I have no office ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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A New Government Ethics Report from a New Florida Organization
Body: In recent years, Florida's elected officials have shown a great deal of leadership in the field ... Integrity Florida recently published an undated report , which makes useful recommendations for ethics reform at the state ... documents into an online, searchable database. 7. Audit a random sample of financial disclosure forms. These too are all ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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CRA Problems in Southern Florida
... County Fiscal Rangers blog , "A legal entity allowed by Florida law to be created usually by a city or county to divert normal future ... Two are to the state- Annual Financial Report and an Annual Audit – another is a registration report and fee to the state, the fourth is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Florida League of Cities' Ethics Reform Proposals II - Gifts, Ethics Advice, and Training
Body: This is the second of four blog posts on Florida Senate Bill 606 (attached; see below), one of the worst ethics reform ... as $50 a year, to cover basic refreshments. To have them report gifts sends the message that they're okay, and that the only issue is ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Good News from Florida Legislative Leaders
Body: After ripping apart one Florida ethics "reform" bill, it's nice to be able to say that Florida's legislative leaders are planning to do some good things this year. ... just like the legislature has to, annually, and apply many of the same ethics requirements presently in place for state lawmakers to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Civil Grand Jury Report on the San Francisco Ethics Commission
... Examiner yesterday, the board of supervisors' Government Audit and Oversight Committee met last week to discuss the civil grand jury ... 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
