Mayor Frinocchio!

The three articles below are very informative in how business gets done under the Frimark Administration.

Attorney and local political insider, Jack Owens, met privately before the City Council meeting to request assistance from Mayor Howard in getting the Council to discuss and act on a non-agenda item for an Owens' client, according to our sources. It probably helped that the architectural firm hired by Owens' client to do the build-out of the new space is another connected insider, Chipman Adams, of Executive Office Plaza infamy; the same architectural firm that designed the now troubled Public Works Service Center.

As many of our faithful PRU readers should know by now, the rules governing the Council in conducting public business means that only under the rarest of circumstances may the Council discuss and act on a non-agenda item. But discuss and act they did for these special "Friends of Frimark", and it's not as if either Owens or Chipman can make any claims about ignorance of our zoning codes.

And of course, Mayor Howard's response is so full of holes it's the press release equivalent of Swiss cheese. Curiously, Mayor Howard never mentions any of the facts surrounding the matter, such as his good buddy Jack Owens' name, the attorney for the owner of the property, nor the fact that again Chipman Adams is connected to the case and looking for a favor. It sure seems that Mayor Howard would rather give a wink and a nod in dealing with most subjects, and allow city staff to be used as lie-telling tools on behalf of his "friends".

PRUdos to Alderman Dave Schmidtzkrieg (1st Ward) for once again bringing to light the shady dealings of Mayor Howard and his cronies.

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