Committee Split on Alderwoman's Legal Fee Reimbursement
Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings is looking to have the city pay for the attorney she hired to represent her in an ethics complaint.
Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings has to wait a week to learn if the city will reimburse her for legal fees she incurred over an ethics complaint filed against her. The Finance Committee was split Tuesday night when it was taking up Cummings' request to have the city pay $240 to local attorney Shawn Reilly for his representation on the matter. “I take this very seriously,” Cummings told the Finance Committee. Because the ethics complaint “would affect my reputation and affect how I would conduct business,” she told the committee she hired the attorney because she wanted to be prepared going before the Ethics Board. Leather Restorations owner Shay Johnson alleged it was unethical for her to vote on the future of the city’s dispatch center …
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Johnny Paycheck
2:03 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
You are asking why a lawyer would twist the truth? That has got to be one of the funniest things I have heard all week. Thanks Rose! more ›