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Public speakers urge scrutiny of city attorney amid ethics and licensing allegations
Summary
Dozens of residents urged National City officials to scrutinize the city attorney’s conduct, citing alleged conflicts of interest, claimed failures in the cannabis licensing process and requests for disclosure about outside counsel; the council recessed into closed session to review the attorney’s performance.
Dozens of residents used the public-comment period to press the National City Council to scrutinize the city attorney’s conduct and the city’s handling of the cannabis licensing process.
Several speakers directly tied their concerns to the attorney’s work on the city’s legal matters. "He refuses to acknowledge his mistakes," said Laura Wilkerson, who alleged the city attorney "enabled and defended a fraudulent system in the cannabis licensing" and said the city had not audited other applications to ensure compliance.…
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