{"id":1123,"date":"2012-02-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/attorney-refuses-to-work-with-tainted-town-of-quartzite.html"},"modified":"2012-02-08T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T15:00:00","slug":"attorney-refuses-to-work-with-tainted-town-of-quartzite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/attorney-refuses-to-work-with-tainted-town-of-quartzite.html","title":{"rendered":"Attorney refuses to work with &#8220;tainted&#8221; town of Quartzite"},"content":{"rendered":"Remember that\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/02\/quartzite-council-cited-by-arizona-attorney-general.html\">\nletter from the Arizona Attorney General to the Town Attorney of Quarzsite?<\/a>\nWell, there are alleged problems with the Town Attorney, as well.\n<p>\nParker Live wrote 13 January 2012,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parkerliveonline.com\/2012\/01\/13\/attorney-refuses-to-work-with-town-of-quartzsite\/\">\nAttorney refuses to work with Town of Quartzsite<\/a>,\n<blockquote>\nLocal attorney Matt Newman is apparently refusing to do further\nbusiness with the Town of Quartzsite, &ldquo;at any hourly\nrate&rdquo;, calling the current administration\n&ldquo;tainted.&rdquo;\n<p>\nThis comes after Public Defender Michael Frame refused to work on\n<a href=\"http:\/\/qtown.us\/blog\/2011\/12\/23\/gilbert-confident-in-brannan\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/qtown.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Brannan-643-150x150.jpg\"><\/a>\ncases involving the Town&#8217;s Attorney Martin Brannan, citing conflicts\nof interest and what he believes are politically-motivated actions\nagainst his clients by Brannan and the Town.\n<p>\nNewman adds his voice to this dissent in a Refusal of Appointment, saying:\n<blockquote>\nIt is my belief that the current administration of the Town has\ncreated an inherent conflict of interest by appointing the Town\nProsecutor as the Town Attorney and Town Parliamentarian. It is also\nmy belief that the current administration is specifically targeting\ncertain individuals for prosecution due to their political views.\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\nHis letter continues, elaborating on why he doesn&#8217;t want to do business\nwith the town.\nThis wasn&#8217;t just a personal letter or a letter from his law firm, by the way,\nit was a <a href=\"http:\/\/qtown.us\/blog\/2012\/01\/12\/public-defender-tiff-arms-town-of-quartzsite\/\">court motion.<\/a>\n<p>\nSo a Council can manage to get such a bad reputation that a lawyer\nwon&#8217;t do business with it.\n<P>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remember that letter from the Arizona Attorney General to the Town Attorney of Quarzsite? Well, there are alleged problems with the Town Attorney, as well. 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