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  1. Ethics Reports and Efforts in New Orleans

    ... a "community listening initiative," a series of "listening sessions" throughout the city to hear residents' views and perceptions of ...

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

  2. A New State Integrity Index Report

    ... but in situations handled in advance with advice, training sessions that inspire and engage officials and employees and in increased ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 4 comments

  3. Lobbying Subject Disclosure

    ... specific lobbying issues, some registrants have listed only House or Senate bill numbers on the issues page without further indication of ... not inform the public of the client’s specific issue. Many bills are lengthy and complex, or may contain various provisions that are not ...

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

  4. The Many Ways in Which Lawyers Can Do Nothing About an Unethical Environment

    ... But the district attorney's office was sometimes at these sessions and apparently said nothing about this illegal court, which ...

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

  5. Two Ethics Developments in Texas

    ... developments going on in Texas right now, and two bills that will be heard in committee today. One involves a request to the ... Local state representative Marisa Marquez has authored House Bill 2301 to allow El Paso County's ethics commission to have teeth. ...

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

  6. A Miscellany

    ... to silence dissenting voices and encouraging more executive sessions to keep council business from the public. Some are calling the ...

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

  7. Revolving Door Provisions in Local Government Ethics Codes

    ... a waiver is that it be done in public -- no executive sessions, and a clear decision setting out facts and conclusions -- and that it ...

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

  8. Spring Reading: Alan Rosenthal on Lobbying I

    ... and about the state level, Alan Rosenthal's The Third House: Lobbyists and Lobbying in the States (CQ Press, 1993) provides ... most important and effective when it comes to the minor bills and other matters that mean a lot to special interests, but little to the ...

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

  9. Intent and Criminal Penalties for Ethics Violations

    ... Tampa Times , the Florida Senate passed ethics reform bills this week that (1) require the state ethics commission (which has ... Size claypool on fl ethics reform 0313.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...

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

  10. Grand Jury Lays Into Broward County (FL) School Board

    ... at Board workshops and retreats or even during training sessions, and then ratifying their decisions by use of a consent agenda." (p. ...

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

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