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  1. Retired Citizens of Florida Speak out on Ethics

    ... have to sit on their hands and do nothing unless a citizen files a complaint. Also, the resolution calls for the creation of independent ... Study of Public Corruption in Florida" by the 19th Statewide Grand Jury. According to the grand jury report, between 2000 and 2010 a ...

    cmiller - 2012-06-20 07:14 - 0 comments

  2. The Political Use of Ethics Complaints, and the Manipulation of the Press

    ... campaign thinks it has the goods on its opponent, so an ally files an ethics complaint. Then the campaign publicizes said complaint, and it ... that a complaint had been filed ... for a 'failure to report' income," even though the matter had not yet been investigated. ...

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

  3. Nevada Senator Given Legislative Immunity from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

    ... for a prelimary injunction (it's broken into two searchable PDF files, 1 and 2 ), the senator's petition for judicial review , and ...

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

  4. Fire, Smoke, and Snowballs

    ... Rosenfeld spent thirty years getting hold of FBI files on its surveillance of the University of California at Berkeley, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

  5. Stamford Official's Attempt to Prevent Government Employees from Filing Ethics Complaints Is Nipped in the Bud

    ... According to this argument, a government employee who files an ethics complaint has a conflict of interest, because he is presumably ...

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

  6. How Massachusetts Handles Favors and Favoritism

    Body:  In my recent blog posts about Gwinnett County, especially the first , I spoke about how the problem of not ... (see the EC's press release ). In this situation, as in Gwinnett County, the cause of the failure was doing a favor for a friend. The ...

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

  7. Why Local Party Leaders Should Be Part of a Local Ethics Program

    ... develop affordable housing in Brooklyn, Lopez secured vacant sites for the RBSCC, making it almost impossible for anyone else to ...

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

  8. A Miscellany

    ... on neighboring governments. This appears to be the case with Gwinnett County, GA, whose scandal I wrote about in three blog posts this ... , its chair said with respect to the problems in Gwinnett County, " We have seen in other counties how unethical behavior can ...

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

  9. Very Problematic Fort Worth Ethics Reform Proposals

    ... get a zoning permit. The city attorney says he can. Someone files a complaint, and the official has the defense that he followed the city ...

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

  10. A Very Short Rant on Financial Disclosure and Ethics Self-Regulation

    ... a businessperson or professional who knows how to keep files and how to work with an accountant. If they can't even be honest about ...

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

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