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Los Alamitos Council Adopts Censure Resolution After Outside Investigator Finds Councilmember Used Position to Seek Confidential Records
Summary
The Los Alamitos City Council on Dec. 16 adopted a resolution censuring Councilmember Tricia Murphy after an outside investigator, as summarized by city counsel, concluded it was "more likely than not" Murphy used her council title to request confidential financial records; public commenters called the move retaliatory and asked for an independent audit.
The Los Alamitos City Council voted Dec. 16 to adopt a resolution censuring Councilmember Tricia Murphy after the city's outside counsel summarized an investigator's report that concluded it was "more likely than not" Murphy used her status as a councilmember when seeking confidential financial records from a vendor and a community foundation.
The council's outside counsel, an attorney with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, told the council the matter began with a letter from TNT Fireworks to the Los Alamitos Community Foundation and a subsequent letter from the foundation to the council that threatened legal action. The city retained investigator Karen Kramer in July; counsel said Kramer completed her inquiry in December…
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