Sorry, but they
just aren’t the same.
Select
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Has the appropriate administrative
official reviewed the State Comptroller's June 25, 2013 Report with
respect to local government legal fees, and does your municipality follow the
best practices outlined in the checklist annexed as an Appendix to the
report?
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Luna and Cuccia answered “Yes” to the above question
two years in a row.
When I questioned their response last year, Alan
Spiniello said that Lodi does not follow the checklist.
In December, I asked the following question:
“Lodi’s legal fees are skyrocketing. You don’t follow the Appendix of the Best
Practices Checklist for Engaging and Managing Legal Counsel. You
answered YES last year. Mr. Spiniello
acknowledged at a council meeting afterwards that you don’t follow it. This year, you answered YES again. Instead of lying about following it, why
don’t you just follow it?”
I received no answer.
I asked the question again
tonight.
Alan Spiniello said that Lodi follows the checklist and that he never
said that Lodi didn’t follow it last year.
I told him that I would put
the checklist online tonight. Lodi does
not follow it. The checklist can be found
in this old post.
