Your money and Mayor Glover's dog park legal fees...

Since May 24th there's been an item on Shreveport City Council's agenda that would give the approval for Mayor Glover's outside legal council, Ronald?Lattier,?to not only continue being paid but paid for issues covered under general liability.

The dog park and the 3132 issues fall under this category. The problem is are the payments and their timing. Taxpayer money has already been used to pay attorney Ronald Lattier without approval from city council.

Looking at the dog park issue alone, $18,354.00 has been spent on the mayor's legal representation in all matters dog park. Issues for 3132 go back a number of years.

There was an oversight on the city's administrative side. Since 1997 attorney Lattier has been representing the city as outside legal council when it comes to lawsuits involving personal injury and workers' compensation. That's why the city's attorney's office has been asking council to vote and change the legislation to include general liability. This vote and approval is required by the City's charter.

Since June 1st payments have been in hold for the legal fees and will continue to be frozen until council makes a decision. While taxpayer money goes untouched, it's possible the attorney's work goes unpaid.

Source: http://arklatexhomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=343152

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