From the <A href="http://www.latimes.com"><CITE>Los Angeles Times</CITE></A>, 29 July 2005<P>By <b>David Rosenzweig</b><br />
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Albert Robles, the charismatic and volatile South Gate treasurer who dominated politics in the small, blue-collar city during two tumultuous years, was convicted Thursday of soliciting more than $1.8 million in bribes from bidders on municipal contracts.<br />
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The [Jacksonville] City Council's now notorious green room had members of the city's Ethics Commission seeing red earlier this week. Well, if not exactly red, pretty darn close.

The commissioners were reacting to news reports about how the green room is used, or perhaps abused.

The room is adjacent to the City Council chambers and is accessible through the chambers and through a side door at the front of City Hall that is locked.

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<p><table width="380" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td>By Andy Grimm / Post-Tribune staff writer</td></tr></table>
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<p><b>HAMMOND '' </b>What ever happened to 'indictment Fridays'?
<p>This time last spring, the tension in Lake County political circles used to build like a lottery jackpot each week before Friday news conferences hosted by U.S. Attorney Joseph Van Bokkelen.

<em>This story was published on April 6th, 2005 in the Philadelphia Weekly</em>
<a href="http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=9285">www.philadelphiawee…;

<strong>With City Hall in the throes of an FBI probe and Philadelphia's reputation in the dumps, will support for ethics reforms get trashed too?</strong>

by <em>Gwen Shaffer</em>

I am an attorney, the ethics officer for the city of Jacksonville, Fla., officer of COGEL (Council on Governmental Ethics Laws) for the United States and founder of City Ethics. I'm also originally from Philly.

I'm aware of the struggles many cities across the United States are experiencing in establishing ethical governments. Recently I've had several people from Philadelphia contact me to talk about your government and potential ethics reforms that are being discussed.

<strong>City would link incentives, behavior</strong>

By <em>Steve Patterson</em>
<strong>Times-Union staff writer</strong> - <em>published in 2000 in the Jacksonville Times Union</em>

Racism charges at the Adam's Mark hotel chain are helping fuel an ethical debate at Jacksonville City Hall.

<h3>Community Outreach: Public schools</h3>
<p><strong>Model Student Ethics Commission Program (MSECP)</strong></p>

<p>The program is designed to teach and to engage students in the policies and issues concerning ethics, good governance and accountability in the administration of government. Students will review case studies regarding ethical dilemmas, identify solutions to various ethical issues within the local to international arenas and participate in mock public hearings to discuss/debate public policy issues.</p>