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Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/04-1528.ZS.html">Randall v. Sorrell</a> is a setback for municipal efforts at campaign finance reform (CFR). CFR is a municipal ethics issue, because the justification for campaign spending and contribution limits is that such limits help to prevent corruption.

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<h2>Brief History of Denver in Politics</h2>

As the official name implies, the City and County San Francisco is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_city-county&quot; title="Consolidated city-county">consolidated city-county</a>, being simultaneously a charter city and charter county with a consolidated government, a status it has had since 1856. It is the only such consolidation in California and the only California county with a mayor who is also the county executive.

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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland%2C_California&quot; target="_blank">Wikipedia Page: Oakland, CA</a>
<h2>Public Ethics Commission</h2>
<p>The City of Oakland Public Ethics Commission was established in November, 1996.</p>
<p>The mission of the Public Ethics Commission is to promote the highest confidence in
the ethics of the government of the City of Oakland. We help ensure that government

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<h2>Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission</h2>
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One of the missions of The Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission is to administer,
interpret and enforce the Seattle Code of Ethics, Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 4.16

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<h3><a name="TOC31"> Los Angeles City Ethics Commission </a></h3>
<p>The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission is a semi-independent agency authorized and funded by Los Angeles voters to administer and enforce a governmental ethics ordinance for the City of Los Angeles.

<p class="header2"> Published Winter 2005/2006 </p>
<h3>Times are Changing for the Better in our Region </h3>

I would like to hear how many people have had similar experiences to the one I will describe below, and what people think should be done in response. It concerns conflicts of interest, and the way a discussion of them within the context of a particular possible instance can so easily be turned into a personal, emotional issue, undermining the public's view of the importance of dealing with conflicts.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivered a blow to municipal government employee rights in its decision in <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/05pdf/04-473.pdf">Garcetti et al v. Ceballos.</a>