Today I discovered that the links to our published documents were broken.
I have fixed it now, so please come on back and help yourselves!
You can find the links here: http://www.cityethics.org/publications
I just watched this 6.5 Minute TED Talk that pulls apart all the reasons that we become "disengaged" in the political process.
I think he has hit the nail on the head - he left me feeling a faint ray of hope - that we can use our power as voters to push for reforms of all of his points.
Please watch - only 6 minutes, and it gives us some answers and maybe a way forward !
https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy
Watch it on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMK4rbGJkNw Lots of coverage of the Summit here on the official website: https://unrigsummit.com/
A front-page article in Monday's New York Times quotes Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general who currently rules Thailand, and who declared a net worth of $4 million (nearly half in cash) on an annual army salary of $40,000, as saying in a televised speech, "Do not judge people based on your perceptions."
When gifts from lobbyists to government officials are discussed, what they consist of is usually money (including campaign contributions), meals, trips, and services. A pending Missouri House bill (2059; attached, see below) seeks to extend the definition of reportable "gift" from lobbyists in this context to include: