Disgraceful Legal Fees

The exhibit below represents legal fees paid by the City of South Euclid for the first 10 months only of the year 2007. The information was provided by the city in response to a public information request. Please note that South Euclid Oversight interprets the information provided. Indecipherable or unverifiable expenditures have been EXCLUDED to err in favor of the city. The calculated totals shown are most likely TOO LOW.

• According to the calculations, the total amount spent on legal fees for the Law Director (including the base salary) and "outside" or contractual legal counsel for this administration's first term in office, January 2004-October 2007 = $728,107.53

• Of that total, the amount paid to the Law Director for the same period of time was at least $474,365.30 including his "PART-TIME" base salary as noted in the exhibit, but excluding benefits.

Please click on the link below to view the summary of legal fees for 2004, 2005 and 2006:

http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/2007/03/south-euclid-legal-fees_13.html

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Well Said

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YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

CONTACT ROBERT SCHOENEWALD TO JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO REPEAL ORDINANCE 65-05 AT: rschoenewald@roadrunner.com or call 216-381-9933.

• Please also view the entire text of Ordinance 65-05 by clicking on the following link: http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/2007/09/point-of-sale-ordinance-65-05.html

• Also click on the link below to view Sun Messenger editorial regarding Point-of-Sale: http://southeuclidoversight.blogspot.com/2007/07/blog-post_26.html
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