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Conflict Of Interest

Saturday, December 8, 2012

County Attorney: Zimmerman's Employment Does Not Create Conflict

Opinion based on 'notoriously complex' state law.

Arlington County Board member Chris Zimmerman's consulting job with a subsidiary of a global company that works with the county does not constitute to a conflict of interest or appearance of conflict, according to County Attorney Stephen MacIssac. MacIssac put the opinion in a memo responding to questions raised this week by Arlington County Board member Libby Garvey. Thursday, Garvey released a series of emails in which she expressed concern over the county adopting guidelines based on the state's Public-Private Transportation Act, or PPTA, which the board will decide following a public hearing Monday. Specifically, Garvey is concerned with the lack of public safeguards in the law and with Zimmerman's involvement in the process. Adoption …

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Garvey Cautions Board to Avoid Appearance of Conflict of Interest (in Arlington Patch) and Arlington Board Meets with Transit Experts Ahead of Purchasing Rules Change (in Arlington Patch)

Peter

12:15 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

Seen on another blog: AECOM's corporate offices in Montreal were raided by Quebec provincial anti-corruption police on November 6th. Also seen on another blog: numerous photos and links to videos about state-of-the-art bus rapid transit.   more ›

Board to Consider Transparency Measure in Wake of Emails, Allegations

Chairwoman Mary Hynes announced resolution on Saturday. It will be discussed Monday in conjunction with public-private partnerships.

The Arlington County Board on Monday will consider a new transparency measure in an attempt to squash recent allegations that one of its member's employment creates a conflict of interest or appearance of a conflict. The resolution, announced in a statement Saturday by Chairwoman Mary Hynes and board members Walter Tejada and Jay Fisette, would complement the county's likely adoption of guidelines for public-private partnerships to fund major transportation projects. It is in direct response to board member Libby Garvey's release this week of a series of emails where she expressed concern about the new guidelines — specifically, about public safeguards and about board member Chris Zimmerman's involvement in the decision-making process. …

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Garvey Cautions Board to Avoid Appearance of Conflict of Interest (in Arlington Patch), County Attorney: Zimmerman's Employment Does Not Create Conflict, Arlington Board Meets with Transit Experts Ahead of Purchasing Rules Change (in Arlington Patch), and 1 more ›

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