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Ethics Commission grants narrow waiver so architect Yaku Askew can serve on Arts Commission
Summary
The Ethics Commission unanimously approved a limited waiver allowing architect Yaku Askew to serve on the Arts Commission while continuing specified client advocacy for his firm's clients before certain city bodies; staff recommended the waiver be narrowly tailored and require recusals when conflicts arise.
The Ethics Commission unanimously granted a narrowly tailored waiver allowing architect Yaku Askew to serve on the Arts Commission while continuing limited paid advocacy for clients of his firm before a defined set of city bodies.
What was asked: The mayor's office sought a waiver of the commission's rule against compensated advocacy for commissioners so that Mr. Askew, a small-firm practitioner whose practice occasionally requires appearances before city boards and…
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