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1. San Diego: An Unappreciative Council and a Close Look at the Revolving Door

   ... illegal to lie to the ethics commission or to provide false documents. And one councilman took the ethics commission to task for ... of the City, except for classified employees as that term is defined in San Diego Charter section 117, who is required to file a ...

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

2. First Round of Changes to Model Code Project

   ... ignored. 2. Comment suggesting additional Misuse of City Property language , dealing with the misuse of the respect ... abstract, because information usually comes in the form of documents, paper or electronic, but not as concrete as a city truck. Too often, ...

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

3. Chicago: Legislative IG and Mayoral Travel

   ... IG] investigations. Some refuse to provide information or documents based on proper requests, while others fail to appear or answer ... a new travel policy, retroactive to the start of his term, whereby on trips in which city business is mixed with campaign work, ...

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

4. Mayor Peyton speech - Jacksonville City Council, 28 August, 2007

   ... text of Mayor John Peyton's speech to the Jacksonville City Council in which he appoints City Ethics' Carla Miller as Ethics Officer. ... will establish specific minimum requirements in all bid documents. Minimum requirements will be located in a prominent place within the ...

   donmc - 2007-08-29 23:06

5. The Importance of Public Financial Disclosure

   ... in New Orleans, but this time it involves a flood of public documents, as well as a trickle of financial disclosure forms. The battle is between the mayor and the city council, on one side, and a civil rights organization called the ...

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

6. Good and Bad News from Three Cities

   ... ethics code). That's a mess, and certainly not a good long-term setup for an ethics program. The ethics executive order follows on a ... than linked to) does not provide much faith that Memphis's documents will be easily accessible any time soon. The other good news ...

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

7. Ethics Proceeding Confidentiality Takes a Hit in Utah, Logically Enough

   ... time in Utah, according to an editorial in the Salt Lake City Tribune this week. Two state bills would make the Independent ... allowed, but everything the EC does, from meetings to documents. The Tribune editors point to an essential problem with such ...

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

8. A Campaign Ethics Pledge

   ... to read the rest of this blog entry. Bridgeport is a city known for its ethics and corruption problems over the years. According to ... the State Ethics Commission. Open Government: Government documents and the Mayor's office will be open to the public. The Mayor's daily ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2007-09-26 14:22 - 0 comments

9. A Miscellany

   ... of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) in producing documents as part of a federal investigation. The possible conflict seems ... mayor was involved in a purchase of property by the city from his grandfather's second's wife's daughter, whom the deputy ... was sought for another nearby property purchased by the city. Even if the deputy mayor had completely withdrawn from the matter ...

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

10. Why It is Important to Make It Clear That Conflicts of Interest Are Not Wrong

    ... (although it does have a few bad guys). But we do have documents - other local governments' ethics codes - that are considered ... in and of themselves. In a quick flip through a few big-city codes, I found such language in the ethics codes of Atlanta, Jacksonville, ...

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

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