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1. A Miscellany

   ... EC's website is abominable (for instance, the most recent press release is from 2008). It is generally inappropriate (and very ... According to an article yesterday in the Troy (NY) Record , Troy's ethics commission, after receiving a request from a city ...

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

2. Officials Accepting Tickets to Events Where They Have a Ceremonial Function

   ... Angeles, according to an article in Sunday's Los Angeles Daily News . In a city with one of the best and most complete ethics codes ... with meals and even a limousine to the ballpark. §2-156-040(d)(4). ... reasonable hosting, including travel and expenses, ...

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

3. A Second Baltimore Legislative Immunity Decision: There Are Limits!

   Body:  There are limits on the legislative immunity of local government...

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

4. Fishing for Conflicts

   ... According to an article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press , even the city attorney felt that "one could argue" that there was a ... according to another article in the Times Free Press ). And yet the campaign contribution isn't even close to creating ...

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

5. Old and New Local Independent Spending in Elections

   Body:  Update: February 7, 2014 It took the Jon Stewart Show three months to catch up with the City ... with the knowledge of what's what. Update: November 7, 2013 As it turns out, in Coralville the situation did backfire on ...

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

6. It Should Come As No Surprise When Government Counsel Advises the Individual (Joseph Bruno) Rather Than the Office

   ... is sadly not surprising. According to an Associated Press article yesterday, former senate legal counsel told Bruno ... business with the state. According to a New York Daily News article , the judge said of the hand-delivery advice, "That's the ...

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

7. A News Miscellany

   ... Massachusetts, according to an article in the Milford Daily News , a town meeting moderator whose firm was also town attorney ... According to an article in the Clayton (GA) News Daily , the Clayton County board of education censured one of its members for ...

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

8. D.C. Mayor Is Burned by a Contractor's Participation in His Election

   ... once again, in the District of Columbia. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and the ... candidates and multiple D.C. council candidates between 2006 and 2011. In his press release, the U.S. Attorney stated, ...

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

9. Collecting Ethics Commission Fines

   ... , officials, candidates, and lobbyists owe about $4 million in fines. Several owe hundreds of thousands of dollars each and, ... a county council chair who ran for re-election in 2006 and didn't file any campaign finance reports after April. Since the last filing in April 2006, 11 filing dates have passed. ... [EC general counsel] Hazelwood said the ...

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

10. Thumbs Up and Down Today

    ... an editorial in today's Charlottesville Daily Progress , this House committee greatly improved a Senate bill ... to an editorial in today's Mitchell Daily Republic , when a state rep from one party publicly raised a question ...

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

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