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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Ind. Gov't. - More on "Marion County Sheriff has spent $3M on law firm"
Updating this entry from Oct. 27th, the Indianapolis Star has an editorial today headed "Time to bail out of sweetheart legal deal." It begins:
As Star reporter Brendan O'Shaughnessy revealed this week, Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson has shelled out $3.1 million in public money to the Locke Reynolds law firm since he took office in 2003. Last year, he signed five contracts with Locke Reynolds that could cost the public another $1.5 million.Who's the attorney handling most of this work for the sheriff? It just happens to be Kevin Murray, who just happened to run Anderson's election campaigns in 2002 and 2006.
Anderson argues that he needs all of this extra legal assistance, despite the 27 public lawyers already employed to represent city and county agencies, because his department is so large and complex.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 29, 2008 09:25 AM
Posted to Indiana Government