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Los Alamitos council adopts censure for Council Member Tricia Murphy after outside investigator's findings
Summary
The Los Alamitos City Council on Dec. 16 adopted a resolution censuring Council Member Tricia Murphy after an outside investigator found it 'more likely than not' she used her council position to seek financial records from the Los Alamitos Community Foundation; public commenters urged an outside audit and called the action retaliatory.
The Los Alamitos City Council on Dec. 16 adopted a resolution censuring Council Member Tricia Murphy following the findings of an outside investigator that examined her attempts to obtain financial records tied to the Los Alamitos Community Foundation and TNT Fireworks.
In a summary of the investigator's report read to the council, attorney Shailene Bennett, a managing partner with the law firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore who assisted the city, said the investigator "found it more likely than not that Council Member Murphy used her position as a council member to obtain records that she was not otherwise entitled to receive." Bennett also told the council the documents at issue were confidential between TNT and the foundation and that the city had no…
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