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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12:15 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
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