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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: University of Miami, Religion and Belief, Local Government, Palm Beach 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: Corruption, Elections, Corporate Crime, Local Government, Ethics
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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: Lake Worth, Employees, Finance, Ethics, Crimes
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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: Palm Beach County Commission, Corruption, Corporate Crime, Ethics, Crime, Law and Justice
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H.S. friend: Rothstein could have won American Idol
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsBack after a day off and don???t know where to begin to catch up on Rothstein-palooza. Ready, set, go: --I???ve been in touch with all sorts of people connected to Scott Rothstein, the former Fort Lauderdale attorney whom the feds......Tags: Government, Scott Rothstein, Charlie Crist, Corruption, Corporate Crime
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Aarrrgghh, I almost forgot
Dining@LargeNext Friday I'm up for the 10 Spot feature. The editors took pity on me because they knew how much I would enjoy doing an extra Top 10, so they are reprinting one that appeared before Top 10 Tuesday became......Tags: Oregon, Foods and Beverages, Restaurants, Alcoholic Beverages, Mount Vernon
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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: Politics, Local Government, Ethics, Palm Beach County, 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: Local Elections, Corruption, Politics, Corporate Crime, Local Government
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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: Government, Corruption, Corporate Crime, Local Government, Public Officials
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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, Elections, Defense, Lobbying, Religion and Belief
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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: Corruption, Elections, Corporate Crime, Religion and Belief, Prosecution
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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: Republican Party, FBI, Police Arrests, Corruption, Police
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