Toby Futrell Writes the 'Chronicle'
By Wells Dunbar, 1:13PM, Tue. Dec. 19, 2006
Over in Postmarks, City Manager Toby Futrell writes the Chronicle. An excerpt:
"Michael King circuitously questions my professional integrity while acknowledging he has no knowledge of either a conflict of interest or any inappropriate personal interventions [“Point Austin,” News, Dec. 15]. He then tries to draw a parallel about how I handle my job as city manager and my husband's employment to a past conflict-of-interest case involving a contract project manager on a major city utility project. In that particular case, the project manager did not disclose that he had a live-in relationship with an individual who obtained significant financial subcontracts at the same time and on the very same project he was hired to directly manage."
Read the rest over here.
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