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First Round of Changes to Model Code Project
... abstract, because information usually comes in the form of documents, paper or electronic, but not as concrete as a city truck. Too often, ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Chicago: Legislative IG and Mayoral Travel
... IG] investigations. Some refuse to provide information or documents based on proper requests, while others fail to appear or answer ... Size Chic Leg IG Letter 082214.pdf 0 bytes Robert Wechsler's blog ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Full Text of Model Ethics Code
... on the city's informal oversight resources (citizen and media), since such gifts would be out of the jurisdiction of official boards. ... through the hotline, by referral, in the public news media, or otherwise that a violation of this code may exist, and prepare a ...
donmc - 2015-08-18 14:41 - 0 comments
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Should Legislator-Lobbyist Communications Be Subject to the Legislative Immunity Privilege?
... the realm of protected legislative information-gathering, i.e., the gathering of information to inform the Committee's views on the necessity for, and appropriate content of, legislation. The Protection of Confidential Information ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Legislative Immunity, Local Government Attorneys, and Bell, California
Body: Going by the reaction of the news media and the Pulitzer committee, the most serious government ethics scandal of ... is that state EC decisions are usually not about the content of a vote, such as the amount of an official's salary, but rather about ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Should an Unaccountable Former Officeholder Retain Power over Public Information? - Personal vs. Public Interest
... order. But the argument has been about access to government documents, ignoring the issue of who is the holder of executive and ... checked by a court. Simply repealing the Executive Order (I'm assuming this can be done) and reinstating the earlier Executive Order seems ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A Miscellany
... commissioner said she's keeping a "stupid list.'' "On it she documents the invitations and items she's had to refuse, which she thinks are ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Chicago Alderman Expense Allowances: Conflicts Between Public, Political, and Personal Interests
... in detail and placed up on a website, not hidden in piles of documents that require a major investment from the news media. If the rules are to be relatively open-ended, at least let the people of ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Complicity and Knowledge
... Mr. Flood, and Judge Conahan sealed the suit to limit other documents’ getting out. His decision was later overturned. “Everyone ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Detroit's Mayor Kilpatrick Piles His Unethical Behavior Skyscraper High
Body: Detroit’s mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick is the new poster boy for misuse of office, lack of transparency, ... ends. City lawyers continue to seek to protect further documents from being revealed, even after a judge has ordered them to be made ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
