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  1. Florida Legislature Drops the Ethics Ball

    ... At the very end of last year, a grand jury filed a report that found a great deal of corruption in Florida's state and local governments, and made numerous recommendations for ...

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

  2. Florida Local Government Ethics Officials to Cooperate

    ... Carla Miller, is taking best practices to a new level in Florida. She is organizing a statewide local government ethics swap meeting, ... Times-Union . Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics --- Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

  3. A Government Attorney Ethics Advice Case Study from Florida

    ... ethics advice that protects local officials, a problem that Florida state senator Jeff Clemens and the Florida League of Cities want to ... found probable cause that a county sheriff had failed to report gifts from a contractor and campaign supporter, but recommended that no ...

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

  4. A new Sunshine Law suit in Florida...

    ... sue the governor and Cabinet for sunshine violation The Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associated Press, a Tampa lawyer and a coalition of ...

    donmc - 2015-04-08 20:56 - 0 comments

  5. More on Florida's Ethics Reform Bills

    ... In a blog post ten days ago , I predicted that Florida state senator Joe Abruzzo, the sponsor of SB 1474, would realize that the newly amended bill would not do what he ...

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

  6. Absentee Ballot Fraud in Southern Florida

    Body:  In this year of endless talk about voter fraud, there is not all that much talk about one ... profession, the absentee ballot broker (boletera in southern Florida). Boleteras are hired by local campaigns to go into nursing ... on one of the ballots, and two counts of violating a new county ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to have more than two ballots ...

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

  7. A Court Decision in Florida Validates an Inspector General's Advice

    ... The good news is that, two years later, only one of the three city commissioners who voted for the contract extension remains in ... voiding the illegally extended contract, said it right, "The Florida Supreme Court made it clear that competitive bidding requirements for ...

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

  8. Jacksonville's Recent Ethics Code Revisions

    ... Commission recently went through a two year revision process of their City's Ethics Code. The resulting updates were finally ratified by ... . The Florida Times-Union November 30, 2007 New ethics legislation ... and fisheries from the proposed withdrawals." Neptune Beach and Jacksonville Beach have passed similar resolutions. And Mayor John ...

    donmc - 2007-12-03 10:52 - 0 comments

  9. Toward Better Ethics Rules, Training, Oversight, and Enforcement in a Florida School District

    ... a lot about the controversies surrounding a new Broward County (FL) ethics code, but there's also been controversy in the Broward ... School District that is likely to lead to an ethics code of its own (according to a Miami Herald editorial on Saturday , a former ...

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

  10. Taking the Big Ethical Step from Government Lawyer to Mayor

    ... three major sports with three stadiums (and there's talk of a fourth, which the lawyer has publicly supported). The lawyer is ... to the blog Musings (with links to official sites for each piece of information), the city's mayor appoints half the ...

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

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