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Posted by Pepe Bonmot
on May 19, 2002 at 06:36:18:
... "When I advised you that your political directors [Joseph] Cardwell and [Bobby] Jackson were receiving at least $20,000 per month from the waterfront corporations mostly affected by these rate charges, you immediately alleged that you had no knowledge of this fact," Booth's memo states. "You also claimed that Bobby and Joe had not asked you to roll back these fees and charges." Cunningham denied the charges in the memo. Along with the pending lawsuit, Cunningham said that the connection fees also affected some affordable housing projects, causing him to rethink how to implement them. He said that he terminated Booth because Booth wanted to privatize the MUA and restructure the debt service. The reason for firing DiNardo, Cunningham said, had to do with a provision she put in the connection fee ordinance that would have required a legal fee to be paid to her firm with each connection. "That is a fee that is unjustifiable, to charge a developer for legal work that [DiNardo] is already contracted to do as a legal representative of the JCMUA," said Bill Ayala, Cunningham's chief of staff. "That is why the mayor supported the termination of both of them." DiNardo could not be reached for comment. ... See the Link for the entire article. |
