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| Cities and towns may vote to adopt county's ethics measures in November |
| Wednesday, June 23, 2010 |
| Voters may get to decide this fall whether Palm Beach County's 38 cities and towns should follow the same ethics reform measures that now apply to all county workers.
County commissioners on Tuesday will consider asking voters in November to approve a change to the county's charter that would give the county inspector general and ethics commission the |
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| Palm Beach County is pressed to make changes in new ethics rules |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 |
| fl-ethics-rules-opposition-palm-20100615Opposition from local business leaders and tinkering from state lawmakers could bring early changes to scandal-plagued Palm Beach County's newly enacted ethics reforms.
Less than two months after the ethics rules took effect, the Business Forum of Palm Beach County this week has proposed watering down conflict of |
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| County's new anti-corruption inspector general selected |
| Thursday, May 6, 2010 |
| The woman responsible for ferreting out corruption for the state's Department of Children and Families was chosen today to serve as Palm Beach County's first-ever inspector general.
Sheryl Steckler, 48, was one of eight finalists for the newly created post, which will watchdog over the kind of waste and misdeeds that have sent five local elected officials |
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| New Palm Beach County inspector general inspired by girl's death: It was a calling |
| Thursday, May 6, 2010 |
| When Sheryl Steckler took over as the chief corruption watchdog for the state's Department of Children and Families in 2002, the agency had just endured one of its most horrific failures.
Rilya Wilson, a 5-year-old Miami foster child, had disappeared for more than a year before anyone noticed and was presumed dead. Rilya's caseworker, who was suppose to |
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| Palm Beach County picks DCF watchdog to guard against local corruption |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2010 |
| The watchdog for Florida's Department of Children & Families was picked Wednesday to become Palm Beach County's first-ever inspector general — charged with cleaning up scandal-plagued local government. Sheryl Steckler, DCF's inspector general, was selected from 98 applicants from across the country to serve as Palm Beach County's full-time government |
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| Big, bad corruption? Nah, we’re small potatoes |
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| If Orange County Commissioner Mildred Fernandez is guilty of soliciting a bribe from a developer, she has shamed the entire region. One thousand dollars? That's it? That's all we're worth? You couldn't get a Miami building official to sign off on watered-down cement for $1,000. You couldn't even buy off a public-corruption investigator in Miami for |
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| Palm Beach County veteran prosecutor named director of ethics commission |
| Thursday, April 29, 2010 |
| WEST PALM BEACH — After day-long interviews, members of Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics today selected the county's top corruption prosecutor as the commission's executive director.
Alan S. Johnson, a veteran prosecutor, was tapped by State Attorney Michael McAuliffe last year to head up a Public Integrity Unit to prosecute corruption cases.
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| Corruption ‘report card’ delivers praise for Palm Beach County |
| Friday, April 9, 2010 |
| Palm Beach County earned high marks in a corruption reform "report card" released Friday by a state grand jury, along with a warning of "unfinished work" still needed to protect the public.
While praising the scandal-ridden County Commission for enacting new anti-corruption measures, the grand jury also called for expanding those efforts to cities, the |
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