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1. Restorative Justice in Government Ethics

   ... There is also a strong desire among the public and the news media to see politicians as untrustworthy rather than to find a way to ... would be told in a way that the public, including the news media, could understand far better than something resembling a trial. And the ...

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

2. Why It Is Important To Ensure That Legislators Show Up to Work

   ... easy ways to get this information across:  through the news media and through one's website. Cook's website has no press releases, ... illness or her absences. There are very few mentions in news media available online. Cook is herself doing what no civil or criminal ...

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

3. Self-Interest and the Transparency of Local Government Ethics Proceedings

   ... him the right to demand that the complaint and all other documents be made public. Or perhaps that's not the real issue. What seems ... board didn't stop Staggers, because it's all over the news media. But Staggers did not want to talk about the issues, he wanted to attack ...

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

4. An Analysis of League City TX's Ethics Program

   ... board is discussing this. So, hopefully, all the necessary documents will become easily available to those who are supposed to be guided ... undermine the harassment that occurs online and in the news media by providing advice and quickly dismissing frivolous complaints to ...

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

5. The Gifts Dilemma

   ... allows officials to accept gifts to the extent the news media or citizen organizations do not make an issue about them. Disclosure also puts the burden on the news media and citizen organizations, including political parties, which ends up ...

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

6. State-Mandated Ethics Reform and Political Culture

   ... compliance, because there was no oversight regarding the content of the compliance. Four types of ethics provision were required, ... participation, degree of electoral competition, local media presence). By values, they meant primarily citizen tolerance for ...

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

7. A Circuit Judge in Chicago Gets the Government Attorney-Client Privilege Wrong

   ... privilege to stop him from obtaining crucial documents; the mayor's compliance office does not share key information; and ... discussions about it must not protect the discussions or documents from an IG or ethics board investigation. A government attorney ...

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

8. Campaign Ideas for Local Government Ethics Reform

   ... that it is better to use audio, web availability, and social media. Yee calls for all commissions to be open to penalty for ... it's easier to find original ideas in campaign documents than in actual discussions about ethics reform. Robert Wechsler ...

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

9. The Death of a Government Ethics Activist and a March on a City Ethics Commission

   ... the EC. The first, in 2004, disclosed the destruction of documents. In 2008, he disclosed the fact that a database switchover would destroy a large number of documents. And in May 2009, he said that the EC was overcharging an official ...

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

10. New Government Ethics Organization Mischaracterizes the State of Government Ethics, and Acts Politically

    ... and only independent oversight and action by non-partisan media and law enforcement can restore the credibility of our ... in bringing unethical conduct to the attention of the news media and, where relevant, law enforcement agencies. But it does not appear ...

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

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