- State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division Alleges Townsend Water Department Superintendent David Vigeant Violated Conflict of Interest Law
The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division issued an Order to Show Cause today alleging that Townsend Water Department Superintendent David Vigeant violated the conflict of interest law by, prior to a water main project going out to bid, providing the project plans to Townsend Fire Chief and local business operator Gary Shepherd, whose private business was later awarded the $4.7 million contract for the work. - Attorney Patrick Hanley appointed to State Ethics Commission
Patrick Hanley, a partner at Boston-based law firm Butters Brazilian, LLP, has been appointed by Governor Maura Healey to the State Ethics Commission. Commissioner Hanley succeeds former Commission member and Vice Chair Josefina Martinez. - State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division Alleges Northeast Material Handling Violated Conflict of Interest Law
The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division issued an Order to Show Cause today alleging that Northeast Material Handling, Inc. violated the conflict of interest law by paying now-retired MBTA Environmental Compliance Manager Thomas Daly in relation to the award of MBTA contracts and other MBTA matters. - State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division Alleges Former MBTA Environmental Compliance Manager Thomas Daly Violated Conflict of Interest Law
The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division issued an Order to Show Cause today alleging that now retired MBTA Environmental Compliance Manager Thomas Daly violated the conflict of interest law on multiple occasions, including by unfairly favoring his friend’s company – for which Daly also worked – in a $1.3 million per year MBTA procurement, by being paid by the company in relation to MBTA matters, and by providing the friend with information about other companies’ responses. - Medfield High School Counselor and Football Coach Erik Ormberg pays $16,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Medfield High School Counselor and Head Football Coach Erik Ormberg has paid a $16,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law by using his public position and public resources to promote and encourage students to attend his private, for-profit football and athletic conditioning camps. The State Ethics Commission has approved a Disposition Agreement in which Ormberg admitted the violations, agreed to cease and desist from all such conduct in violation of the conflict of interest law, and waived his right to a public hearing. - Former Bristol Community College Counselor Bridget Baker Pays $4,000 Civil Penalty for Violating Conflict of Interest Law
Former Bristol Community College Mental Health Counselor Bridget Baker has paid a $4,000 civil penalty for violating the conflict of interest law through her actions as a state employee regarding a student and counseling client with whom she had a commercial relationship and personal friendship. Baker signed a Disposition Agreement in which she admitted to the violation and waived her right to a hearing. - State Ethics Commission Finds Auburn Water District Foreman Scott Callahan Violated Conflict of Interest Law
The State Ethics Commission has issued a Decision and Order finding that Auburn Water District Foreman Scott Callahan violated the conflict of interest law by accepting two free ski trips from a water meter manufacturer and its distributor. Callahan was ordered to pay civil penalties totaling $6,000 for the violations. - State Ethics Commission Finds Jessica Santiago Violated Conflict of Interest Law while employed by both DCR and the City of Revere
The State Ethics Commission has issued a Decision and Order finding that Jessica Santiago, while simultaneously an employee of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and the City of Revere, violated the conflict of interest law by repeatedly using paid work time and sick leave from each of her public positions to perform paid work in her other public position and by submitting false timesheets to each of her employers to be paid for hours she did not work for that employer. The Commission ordered Santiago to pay a $20,000 civil penalty for the violations.
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