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Attorney General Opinion Confirms Local Agencies Cannot Purchase Products from Companies Co-owned by Their Elected Officials

by on December 2, 2014

posted in Ethics,

The question is one that small local agencies often face.  What happens when the agency needs to purchase goods or services from a company that is at least partially owned by one of its elected officials?   A very recent Attorney General opinion answers this question clearly: find somewhere else to get the goods or services.  ... Continue Reading

tags: 1090, Attorney General opinion, Cannella, conflicts of interest, Political Reform Act,