Court to Holloway: Case Should Proceed
Holloway's attempt to avoid his day in court is rebuffed by appeals court.
A state appeals court has denied Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway's bid to strike down the ethics case he is fighting.
The court said the appeal was premature because a county-appointed hearing examiner has not yet decided key issues in the matter. Holloway has contended the county Ethics Board didn't follow its own rules in issuing a 90-count complaint against him last June. The civil complaint alleges that Holloway used his office for personal gain and failed to disclose ownership of various rental properties.
The District 1 Appeals Court also agreed with Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Richard Sankovitz that any harm to Holloway's reputation while the case proceeds is slight in comparison to the public's interest in seeing the case promptly concluded at the county level.
The court denied a request by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to enter the case in support of Holloway, declaring that request moot because of its denial of Holloway's appeal. The NAACP has criticized the ethics prosecution as racially biased. Holloway is the first African-American chairman of the County Board.
Holloway and his backers claim I've found him guilty before his case was even heard. Well, let's proceed with the case, shall we?
2 Comments:
Oh no - a spreading taint cloud!!If Holloway is removed from the Chair before anything is proven, the terrosists have already won!!!!!
Fraley - the cloud - the distraction has been you and a handful of others obsessed with Holloway and making this an overblown screaming-point.
There simply has been no upswell of public outrage and the only problems have been with those few who want to forget about all other work until Holloway is destroyed.
Faux haysteria doesn't suit you. By the way, get your facts straight -- the case has been proceeding.
Again -- get your facts straight, the case has been proceeding; it wasn't held up by the court of appeals case.
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