You will remember that last month the Florida Ethics Commission (“FEC”), without so much as a second sniff, summarily bounced Holmes Beach resident John Cagnina’s ethics complaint against Commissioner Harry Stoltzfus. You will also remember that Richard Harrison, Stoltzfus’ attorney, offered City Attorney Jim Dye an opportunity to limit the City’s potential exposure for fees and costs associated with the Cagnina’s lame effort. However, Dye chose to risk further exposure to the City by advising that it ignore the reasonable offer therefore forcing Harrison to rack up even more fees and costs pursuing Cagnina first. Of course, should that prove unsuccessful, the tab, once again courtesy of the City’s thoughtful friend Cagnina, will be significantly higher.
On Thursday, Harrison filed a petition with the FEC seeking those fees and costs directly from Cagnina. You can view the fee petition and attachments by clicking HERE. We’ll keep you posted on Cagnina’s response, if any, and how much the FEC awards. For the sake of the City, and perhaps Dye’s track record of advice to his client, let’s hope Cagnina decides to man-up and pay his debt so the taxpayers do not have to do it for him.
UPDATE JULY 12th: The FEC has formally notified Cagnina of the fee petition HERE.
Friday, July 9, 2010
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