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Some Things We Can Take Away from Rep. Rangel's Ethics Proceeding
... out of a meeting of the adjudicatory subcommittee of the House ethics committee, insisting that he could not afford a lawyer and asking ... in dispute. He had the opportunity not to run up big legal bills and not to make his ethics problems big news for months. And he chose to ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Leing (sic) Down a Gift Law
... Those organizations lobby for and against substantive bills that may result in significant changes to State policy (e.g. civil ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Pension Forfeiture
... New York State: In 2007 Bills were introduced in both Chambers but never went anywhere because they ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment
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Unpaid Legal Services to a Candidate Committee
... of Litigation Fund Committees (click here to see a PDF of the campaign finance regulations , and scroll down to Subpart H). This ... ensure that no one can force a local candidate to run up big bills. Free legal services are not the only way to protect candidates from ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Holding Local Government Associations Accountable
... According to an nky.com article last month, bills have been filed in the state legislature to impose more oversight of the ... It's sad when local government officials can't get their own house in order. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, City ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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The Ethics of a City Filing for Bankruptcy
... the result of economic forces: recession, falling house prices and foreclosures, the closing of a shipyard and a Walmart. But ... in February that the city would be unable to pay its bills in a matter of weeks. It would be nice to have a bit more notice. ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Nepotism and Withdrawal
... was time to rid the state of nepotism, and there are pending bills in the state legislature to do this. He clearly didn't say this to be ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Candidates Promoting Their Company
... but handing them out at the polls? Why not hand out $20 bills? At least they wouldn't involve promotion of a company owned by the ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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Local Government Legal Defense Funds
... employee, and who must maintain records and pay bills by check. Checks must be signed by the fund manager and countersigned ... from the fund's website (the mayor hogged the URL www.mayordefensefund.org ) it appears that she participated. And here's ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
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A One-Way Prohibition on Misuse of Office for Clients
... this essential fact, he should not be sponsoring ethics bills or criticizing ethics programs the way he has been over the last several ... my blog posts on his activities ). Abruzzo says the House won't get to this otherwise valuable bill during the current legislative ...
Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments
