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Ignorance or Faux Ignorance re Government Ethics?
... proposed consolidation of all the state ethics agencies in Connecticut (my state) in order, it is being said, to save money. I wrote ... But if you think this is a tactic, check out how the Connecticut chair of the one of the two principal political parties has ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Advice on Advisory Opinions
... Honolulu New York City Seattle California Connecticut Hawaii Indiana Massachusetts New York state FOI Ohio ... uniform. Here are some interesting ideas. Connecticut puts draft written opinions online for comment before the EC meets ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Commission Political Activity
... topic. The issue has arisen this week with respect to Connecticut's Office of State Ethics , according to Jon Lender's ... has sent all the wrong messages to government officials in Connecticut. He should say this, and resign. No ethics board should have a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Ethics Program Jurisdiction Over Boards of Education
... In a 2010 blog post on a debate about this issue in a Connecticut town, I quoted a selectman (local legislator) as saying that ... expressly allow school board cooperation. Here is one from Connecticut: Sec. 10-239k. Shared service agreements. Any two or ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Outside Auditors and Local Government Ethics
... In my area, an accounting firm was brought before the Connecticut Board of Accountancy in 2008 relating to the auditing of four ... Transparency A new administration in one of the four Connecticut cities asked for all working documents relating to the relevant ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Anti-Government Anger Is Misplaced With Respect to Local Government Ethics Programs
... that the first selectman's son would be chosen? Forgive us, and the other candidates, too, for harboring suspicions to that effect. ... government officials are taking care of their own. In Connecticut, an ethics code is also not a new policy, but instead a program to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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What Plaxico Burress Can Teach Us About Government Ethics
... ethics issues. In a nearby town in the wild west of Connecticut, a mayor brought a gun to work with him, and it caused quite a ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Quote of the Day
... to President Clinton and gubernatorial candidate in Connecticut. From his March 11 column on the Libby trial and lying among ...
Robert Wechsler - 2007-04-04 14:27 - 0 comments
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Centralized vs. Disbursed Ethics Programs
... program. It earned a 1 out of 10 from my 2004 grading of Connecticut ethics codes. The town has, in the past, created two ad hoc ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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When Is an Ethics Commission "Independent"?
... ago, I did work for and sat on the board of Common Cause Connecticut). The court agreed, and ordered that the word “independent” be ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
