Category Archives: Government Ethics

A bad news day for government

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Guest Blogger

Tweet Written by: CCGA Board Member, Terry Taylor My happy weekend mood took a nosedive when I looked at the front page of the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Saturday, May 11. Here are the titles for three out of the … Continue reading →

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Job Opening, with Conditions

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Guest Blogger

Tweet This is a recent blog posted by Bill Kraus – Chair of Common Cause Wisconsin since 1995 and Common Cause National Governing Board Member from 2003 to 2007. Due to the unhappy, unexpected, too early demise of Common Cause’s … Continue reading →

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Top 9 Ethics Bill Loopholes

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Rachel Bradley

Tweet Although HB 142 does rectify some issues with the ethics laws in Georgia. There are several loopholes that keep the bill from achieving it’s true purpose: ending unlimited giving from lobbyists to legislators. Lobbyists can split tickets with other … Continue reading →

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Speaker’s Bill would turn his $17K trip to Europe into a $13K trip – that’s not a gimmick?

Posted on February 25, 2013 by William Perry

Tweet I get accused of not praising the steps the House Leadership has taken toward ethics reform. While I have praised them for offering to restore the rulemaking authority for what use to be known as the State Ethics Commission, requiring … Continue reading →

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Speaker Ralston’s Bad Toupee Bill

Posted on February 8, 2013 by William Perry

Tweet “More of a sun visor than a cap,” is how Georgia House Speaker David Ralston described the Senate’s Rule limiting gifts from lobbyists to $100. He is so critical because of the exceptions the rule allows. He pledged to … Continue reading →

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Ralston’s Reform Too Good to Be True

Posted on January 30, 2013 by William Perry

Tweet How wonderful it would be for Georgia’s ethics commission to be able to write rules again. It would be a marvelous thing for lobbyists to lose their ability to give unlimited gifts to government officials in this state. The … Continue reading →

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Atlanta Fails for Spending Transparency

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Rachel Bradley

Tweet A recent report from the Georgia Public Interest Research Group Education Fund found that the City of Atlanta’s spending transparency is not up to par with current standards. The report analyzed thirty of the country’s largest cities’ transparency practices. Atlanta was … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Ethics Reform

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Rachel Bradley

Tweet For years the Georgia Alliance for Ethics Reform has been emphasizing how ethics reform isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue, but a right or wrong issue. Well it seems like the legislators under the Gold Dome don’t quite agree. … Continue reading →

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Fifty Pledge Signers Elected to General Assembly

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Rachel Bradley

Tweet With the elections finally over, we can now see which Lobbyist Gift Cap Pledge signers have made it through the finish line. When these fifty men and women take their seats under the Gold Dome in January, they will … Continue reading →

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A Look at the Ethics Commission by the Numbers

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rachel Bradley

Tweet There’s been a lot of talk recently about the “State Ethics Commission”, and all it’s inefficiency. The three graphics below illustrate just how far the Ethics Commission has fallen in a short amount of time. Hover over the images … Continue reading →

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