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  1. A City Pension Board Attorney's Fiefdom

    ... According to an article in the Detroit Free Press , Detroit's two pension boards (uniformed and general) have ... might restrict them. However, in October, after the Free Press started reporting about the lack of ethics on the boards, the general ...

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

  2. A Responsible Act of Non-Denial in San Diego, a Den of Denial

    Body:  It's great to read newspaper commentary that shows an understanding...

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

  3. The Ethics Elephant in the Press !

    Body:  In an article published in the Jacksonville Daily Record on Thursday, Carla Miller revealed her plans as the City's new Ethics Officer: 'In a very large city like Jacksonville you can't say that every single person who comes...

    donmc - 2007-09-07 00:09

  4. Collecting Ethics Commission Fines

    ... , officials, candidates, and lobbyists owe about $4 million in fines. Several owe hundreds of thousands of dollars each and, ... reports after April. Since the last filing in April 2006, 11 filing dates have passed. ... [EC general counsel] Hazelwood said the commission attempted several times throughout 2008 to contact Gilland through certified mail and phone calls. In January ...

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

  5. The Public's Right to a Public-Interested Representative

    Body:  Update : January 11, 2011 (see below) According to a July 2 unpublished opinion by Judge ... language is admittedly odd. Nevada Revised Statutes §281A.420 .8(a) defines an unusual term, "commitment in a private capacity to the ...

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

  6. Nevada Legislature Follow Louisiana's Example in Suing to Remove Themselves from Ethics Commission Jurisdiction

    ... heard by the Nevada Commission on Ethics on December 11. A court hearing is scheduled for November 24. I hope to be able to post ... three newspaper articles on the case: Las Vegas Business Press, 3/17/08 Las Vegas Review Journal, 7/3/08 Las Vegas ...

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

  7. New city ethics regulations face first challenges

    ... . The Florida Times-Union April 12, 2008 By BETH KORMANIK, The Times-Union The city's Ethics ... City Related City of Jacksonville Press for Carla Miller ...

    donmc - 2008-04-16 19:15

  8. Birmingham Mayor/Former Jefferson County Executive Arrested -- Gifts Central

    ... County to the edge of bankruptcy (see my March 2008 blog entry about this mess for more information). It doesn't seem ... verified) says: Thu, 2008-12-04 10:22 Permalink ...

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

  9. Family and Conflicts in Broward County (FL)

    ... in 2007 the state ethics commission, according to its press release , "found that no voting conflict would be created if a Broward ... for grants written by her husband [who] landed more than $11 million in county money for new parks in Southwest Ranches. State ...

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

  10. Summer Reading: Government Lawyers and Confidentiality

    ... and Government Lawyers ," 85 Wash. U. L. Rev. (2008), is on a topic I researched many years ago and never wrote about, ... them changed. For more on this topic, see sections 4 and 5 of the Local Government Attorneys chapter of my book Local ...

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

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