With an ethics complaint already moving forward
against Joe Licata, he voted YES at the July 21st meeting to pay his
attorney’s bills with Lodi tax dollars.
That is clearly another ethics violation.
So a month later, instead of approving minutes for
what actually occurred, he changed his vote to ABSTAIN. He didn’t abstain. He voted YES.
Minutes are supposed to reflect what votes were cast at the meeting, not
what was changed a month later.
Below are the minutes to the August 31st
meeting:
Joe Licata has a long history of changing his votes and
approving inaccurate minutes.
From 2013: