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Public raises conflict-of-interest concerns over interim Freeport city attorney; council moves interviews into executive session
Summary
A public commenter accused the city council of hiring an interim city attorney with conflicts of interest; the council moved interviews for city attorney applicants and a property presentation into executive session.
Tom Pearson, a resident of 110 South Hunt Street, told the council on Oct. 6 that he believes the city “did little research” before hiring Chris Duncan as interim city attorney and said Duncan is listed as attorney of record in litigation involving Councilman Jeff Pena.
Pearson named two case numbers he said list Duncan as attorney of record: 125934 (Pena v. Board of Adjustments) and 266626687 (Jeff Pena v. City of Freeport over hotel-motel taxes). He said the record…
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