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1. Duty Does Not Equal Right, Duty Does Not Equal Right . . .

   ... below) Last week, the Texas Attorney General issued a legal opinion on the role of the county attorney in representing and advising ... the EC, but also to approve the hiring of alternative legal counsel. The EC chair, himself an attorney, expressly requested ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 3 comments

2. A Government Ethics Approach to Open Records

   ... a charge of only 25 cents per page for copies of documents, court decisions have allowed agencies to charge for research time in ... that most towns charge 50 cents (which is, by the way, the legal limit). The clerk had a political interest in preventing the records ...

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

3. The Problems with Requiring a Sworn Ethics Complaint Based on Personally Known Facts

   ... professional investigation to obtain the facts and relevant documents. This is why investigations by journalists are so valuable. What they ... if meetings are closed and they cannot get access to public documents. Conflicts of interest, on the other hand, are everyone's concern. ...

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

4. Louisville's Middling Ethics Reforms

   ... changes are positive, providing easier access to some ethics documents, broadening ethics jurisdiction to those who should never have been ... on Friday: Increases transparency by requiring ethics documents and disclosure forms to be placed on the Metro website. ...

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

5. County Attorney Conflicts and a Lack of Transparency in Maricopa County

   ... it did respond to the TV station's document request, but the documents consist primary of heavy black lines, redacting nearly all ... best. The reality is just a bunch of heavy black lines and documents kept under lock and key. Robert Wechsler Director of ...

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

6. The Chick-fil-A Controversy Is Really a Government Ethics Issue

   ... Council Fiefdoms He Zones, She Sells, and It's Legal (in Chicago) Chicago Ethics Task Force Files First Report ... are in the hands of professionals who are expected to apply legal standards or whether they're in the hands of politicians who are expected ...

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

7. The Enforcement of Ethics Laws Against Local Government Legislators

   ... enforcement. Helstoski and Brewster involve the content and motive of the legislative act, and would require the presentation ... of Research-Retired, City Ethics rwechsler@cityethics.org Log in or register to post comments ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 2 comments

8. The Importance of Characterizing an Ethics Provision

   ... city. A council member had a state senator ask for a legal opinion from the state attorney general on the validity of the proposed ... op-ed piece on Sunday . He also noted that "A legal opinion is not a guarantee of the outcome of any future legal challenge ...

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

9. Conference Attachments...

   ... As we present at various conferences, we are always creating content that people may wish to have access to later, via the website. So this ... listing conferences at which we promised to put up certain documents for later access. National League of Cities - RISC - May 2007 ...

   donmc - 2015-05-15 14:26

10. Detroit and the Loyalties of Local Government Attorneys

    ... The Detroit Free Press asked for all the settlement documents, but the city law department, acting under the guidance of the division chief, only provided the newspaper with the public documents, knowingly withholding documents solely to protect the personal ...

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

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