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Ethics Awareness Day starts with warning against rationalizing bad behavior
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County???s Ethics Awareness Day started Friday with a lesson in how people rationalize breaking rules and what can be done to prevent wrongdoing. The county???s Ethics Commission today is hosting daylong activities featuring speeches, debates...Tags: Local Government, University of Miami, Colleges and Universities, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter
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Boynton Beach, Lantana volutarily accept county's new ethics rules
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsBoynton Beach and Lantana this week became the first two cities to voluntarily submit to the oversight of Palm Beach County???s new ethics reform measures. County commissioners on Tuesday approved agreements with Boynton Beach and Lantana to extend the...Tags: Local Government, Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Boynton Beach
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Ethics Commission calls for fixing Palm Beach County's Ethics Code loophole
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County???s Ethics Commission has endorsed closing a loophole in new anti-corruption rules that threatens to leave some misuse of power unpunished. The new county ethics code that took effect May 1 requires conflicts of interest or other misuse....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Lake Worth, Employees, Blackmail and Extortion
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Scandal-plagued Palm Beach County phasing out ethics advisory committee
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThanks but no thanks was the answer Tuesday from the Palm Beach County Commission when its Ethics Implementation Advisory Committee asked to stick around for another six months. The committee was created after the County Commission in December 2009...Tags: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Palm Beach County Commission, Corruption, Ethics
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Commissioner's "T.S." message raises eyebrows
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsPalm Beach County Commissioner Jeff Koons raised eyebrows Tuesday with a two letter abbreviation aimed at a crowd of residents raising concerns about the effectiveness of the county???s proposed ethics reforms. ???T.S.,??? Koons told the residents...Tags: Local Government, Politics, Palm Beach County, Ethics, Values
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Ethics reforms tweaked again, vote coming Tuesday
Palm Beach Politics - Sun-Sentinel BlogsWith a final vote on new ethics reforms coming Tuesday, Palm Beach County government lawyers have tweaked the rules to try to give more independence to a new proposed county watchdog. County commissioners on Dec. 1 gave preliminary approval to......Tags: Corporate Crime, Local Government, Politics, Corruption, Local Elections
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Roots of South Florida corruption: Apathy, complexity
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsI wrote about the latest corruption wave that???s devoured Broward in my Sunday column, but I didn???t get to unload all my thoughts in print. Namely, what has allowed things to deteriorate to this point? Feel free to offer your......Tags: Corporate Crime, Apathy, American Civil Liberties Union, Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois
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McCain FEC complaints filed, TV ad runs
The Swampby Jill Zuckman Campaign Money Watch, a non-profit watchdog group, files a complaint today with the Federal Election Commission asking it to investigate two possible violations of campaign finance law by Sen. John McCain's campaign. The group also...Tags: Politics, Armed Forces, Religion and Belief, Elections, Political Fundraising
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Rezko trial almost included more Obama
The Swampby Katie Fretland Recently unsealed court documents show that federal prosecutors considered presenting more evidence about campaign contributions to Barack Obama at the trial of Antoin "Tony Rezko," but decided against it. Rezko, a longtime contributor...Tags: Corporate Crime, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois, Witnesses
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Four arrested in protest of Karl Rove
The Swampby Katie Fretland Former Bush advisor Karl Rove was invited to speak at a GOP fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa, but he did not get the warmest of welcomes from four residents who pledged to arrest him. Law enforcement officers......Tags: Corporate Crime, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Social Issues, Parliament
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Battle for Michigan exposes divisions
The Swampby Jill Zuckman MT. CLEMENS, Mich. -- With its pounding beat and desperate lyrics, "Eight Mile" by Detroit rap artist Eminem isn't just a song. It's an ode to the highway that serves as a physical and psychological divider between......Tags: Corporate Crime, Voting, Diplomacy, George H.W. Bush, Automotive Equipment
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Send Rove to jail petition passes 100,000
The Swamp(Brave New Films used the video above to promote the petition) by Katie Fretland A petition to send former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has......Tags: Corporate Crime, Alabama, Corruption, White House, George W. Bush
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