Comments on: Another council conflict?

By: vjp

vjp — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:38:51 +0000

Actually, Flash, it’s not because I like him. Rather, it is about what Brian refers to. And it is what you are alluding to: that other conflicts may not be handled the same way.

By: Flash

Flash — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:16:45 +0000

First, you seem to be mincing the issue of conflict of interest because you like this guy. Would you do the same thing if you did not like him? On the other hand, people need to define when something is and is not a conflict of interest. If he were a subcontractor to a subcontractors, would it have been a conflict?

Second, what about the people working on the light rail in Norfolk? Fraim is Chairman of the Board of TowneBank. How many contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers have bank accounts and/or loans through Fraim’s bank? This is certainly a much more serious conflict of interest. Many object to this train to nowhere, as Kerry Doughery described it. Perhaps the decisions to push this , expensive, and questionable choice of mass transit due to conflicts of interest?

By: willibilli

willibilli — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:35:35 +0000

finance conflict?

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:28:21 +0000

the question isn’t about the violation. The question is whom did Winn tick off.

This is what I call a “tree” story.

“Where’d that tree come from?”

“Why, someone planted it there.”