Being from New Jersey (Westfield), I was excited to recently discover New Jersey Election and Campaign Finance Law Blog. The site’s maintained by New Jersey election lawyer Brian Nelson and there are posts going back to 2008. I look forward to following the blog closely.
Day: September 14, 2010
Did it just get a little less fun to be an elected official in Los Angeles?
The LA Times reports on new developments in a controversy involving free tickets for officeholders. The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission voted Tuesday to propose that high-level officials be barred from receiving free entry to concerts, sports events and other cultural activities if the donor of the ticket has business pending before the cit
Office of Congressional Ethics, 2008-2011?
Eliza Newlin Carney reports that the Office of Congressional Ethics may be in “serious jeopardy.” Two and a half years after the House set up a quasi-independent panel to investigate ethics abuses, the Office of Congressional Ethics appears poised to close its doors.