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Abusing Right to Bring Ethics Complaints
... for the purpose of political harassment" with respect to Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. But then I discovered that the particular ethics ... an editorial about some other ethics complaints against Gov. Palin and how they abused the right of citizens to make such complaints. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-05-27 19:40 - 0 comments
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Citizens and the Advisory Opinion Process
... to whether citizens should be allowed to ask for advisory opinions that have to do with local government officials, as can be seen in the ... Ethics Model Code Project. On the one hand, advisory opinions are generally seen as dealing with the requestor's conduct, which I ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Pay-to-Play Culture of Prince George's County, MD
... disclosure information, training materials, or advisory opinions, not even a link to the ethics code (click link and go to Division ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Book Excerpt 2: A Checklist of Ethics Commission Activities
... complaints to be filed and requests for advisory opinions to be made (sometimes they also have trouble getting a quorum; ... about the one we have, no complaints are filed, few advisory opinions are sought. Therefore, there must not be any ethical problems, ... this book together, as well as selecting advisory opinions from other jurisdictions to discuss. When ethics commissions do not ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Quote of the Day
... Reaction of Rhode Island House Speaker William J. Murphy to Gov. Carcieri's suggestion that the state legislature place a constitutional amendment on the 2010 ballot, giving the public a chance to give the state ethics commission ...
Robert Wechsler - 2009-07-01 10:13 - 1 comment
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The Use of Subordinates as Means and Benefitting a Personal Interest
... candidate, found in a report that, among other things, Gov. Palin abused her power by violating the following provision of the Alaska ... a pattern, as I discussed in a recent blog entry about Gov. Palin. People who use others as means cannot take No as an answer, can ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Broward County (FL) Ethics Reform Talk: Gifts and Advice
... bans are like Hollywood monsters: they never die (see my 2010 blog post on the last such discussion I covered). In Broward County, ... "an independent board of attorneys" to issue advisory opinions. This is not a good idea. Most ethics advice is needed quickly ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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An Advisory Opinion Concerning Constituent Services
... services (attached; see below). The issuing of advisory opinions that cover more than a very specific set of facts, what I call ... one big file of its opinions (HTML rather than the usual PDF, so that readers don't have to download a huge file), which would then make ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Effects of Ethics Reform in Louisiana
... enforcement since the reforms instituted by Gov. Jindal became applicable in 2009. Louisiana's ethics program ... One involves settlements, which Louisiana calls "consent opinions." According to the article, "in each year since the Ethics Adjudicatory Board took over, there have been fewer 'consent opinions,' in which the accused admits wrongdoing and usually pays a fine. In ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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