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1. Winter Reading: Zephyr Teachout's "The Forgotten Law of Lobbying"

   ... to make." Criminalization of Lobbying for Private Bills In 1877, Georgia's draft constitution included a ... of dollars a year, especially with respect to private bills. Teachout writes, "The representative body had become a set of auctions ... the local level deals with the local equivalent of private bills, that is, contracts, grants, land use planning and permits, and business ...

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

2. D.C. Legislative Immunity in a Case Alleging Retaliation Against a Whistleblower

   ... to:  Everything said, written or done during legislative sessions, meetings, or investigations of the Council or any committee of ...

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

3. The Supreme Court's Local Government Recusal Decision Is Limited to Voting and Legislative Debate

   ... that recusal from voting is not protected speech is that House members were subject to a recusal provision when they voted to submit the ... on voting is not. And with good reason. Legislative sessions would become massive town-hall meetings if those who had a right to ...

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

4. An Ethics Commission's Role and Authority: Two Case Studies

   ... ethics reforms, and then the city council drafted new ethics bills that differ greatly from the recommended reforms, and even include ... than the board of ethics to critique the council's ethics bills. According to the article, "All [ethics board] members agreed they should ...

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

5. A County Ethics Commission Resigns En Masse

   ... The public entity that conducts its most important sessions in private? Yes, this sounds exactly like the kind of panel that the ...

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

6. Ethics Pledges -- Make Them Stick

   ... it on the floor, because as this editorial recognizes, these bills and ordinances never make it to the floor. Even pledging a vote in ... when you know the legislative leaders won't let the bills come to the floor. The pledge must include voting out any legislative leaders who refuse to bring the bills or ordinances to the floor of the legislative body. News from ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

7. Basing Ethics Decisions on Unenforceable Code Provisions Undermines Trust in the Ethics Process

   ... ethics provide for confidentiality and executive sessions only in the investigation stage of an ethics proceeding. The ...

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

8. Florida Legislature Drops the Ethics Ball

   ... Broward and Palm Beach, responded with ethics reform. And bills did appear in the state legislature. But according to a long Sunday ... like this." The Senate President let the two major bills die in committee. Not coincidentally, he had been formally reprimanded by ...

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

9. Prince George's County (MD) Ethics Reforms Good, But Incomplete

   ... the county's pay-to-play culture. On February 11, three bills ( HB 1076 , HB 993 , HB 1103 ) were introduced to the Maryland House that would make extensive ethics changes. The bills would deal with the ...

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

10. Not Much to Get Excited About in Baltimore's Ethics Reforms

    Body:  Update: The bills discussed below passed the council on March 22. Just down the road ... in response to the work of a task force. There are two bills before the Baltimore council, both of them introduced while the new mayor ...

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

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