Here's something you might be interested in.
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed
Big Screen — Movie commentary
Blurt — Music's inside track
Booze News — San Diego spirits
Classical Music — Immortal beauty
Classifieds — Free and easy
Cover Stories — Front-page features
Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes
Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts
Feast! — Food & drink reviews
Feature Stories — Local news & stories
Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore
From the Archives — Spotlight on the past
Golden Dreams — Talk of the town
The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it
Letters — Our inbox
Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites
Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans
Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists
Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news
News Ticker — News & politics
Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated
Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna
Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated
Poetry — The old and the new
Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers
Reading — The hunt for intellectuals
Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails
San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds
SD on the QT — Almost factual news
Sheep and Goats — Places of worship
Special Issues — The best of
Street Style — San Diego streets have style
Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves
Theater — On stage in San Diego this week
Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative
Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work
Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego
Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads
Your Week — Daily event picks
Goldsmith’s lobby break
One-year post-employment cooling-off period
As a freshly minted Procopio employee, could former city attorney Jan Goldsmith “provide confidential information to the new employer that would be harmful to the City”?
As long expected by city hall insiders, ex–city attorney Jan Goldsmith is one more step along the road to his big-money reward in the lucrative world of influence-peddling. “As Of Counsel, Jan will be leading teams of Attorneys and support staff on a wide variety of matters ranging from government issues to business and business litigation, drawing on his varied experiences as a judge, city attorney, state legislator, and private attorney,” Kim Jewell, marketing director for the Procopio law firm, told the Union-Tribune.
“When employees leave City service, they often take with them insider information and close personal relationships with City decision makers that in some circumstances could be detrimental to the City or to other parties seeking to conduct business with the City,” notes the city’s website. “Without post-employment restrictions, that former City employee could provide confidential information to the new employer that would be harmful to the City in contract negotiations.”
Thus, a one-year “cooling-off” period prevents exiting officials “from being compensated to lobby the City on any matter for one year after they leave City service.” In a letter dispatched before she stopped the practice of issuing written advice, ethics chief Stacey Fulhorst told ex-mayor and newly hired chamber of commerce chief Jerry Sanders in May 2013, “During your one-year post-employment period (which commences on the date you left office as Mayor), the City’s post-employment lobbying provisions preclude you from engaging in any direct communications with a City Official on behalf of the Chamber for the purpose of influencing a municipal decision.”
The 12 months are expected to fly by for Goldsmith, at which time he could be doing all the influence peddling he wants. Current Procopio lobbying clients include North City builder Kilroy Realty; politically connected downtown developer OliverMcMillan; and multi-national mall owner Westfield, LLC.
Here's something you might be interested in.
Goldsmith’s lobby break
One-year post-employment cooling-off period
Goldsmith’s lobby break
One-year post-employment cooling-off period
As a freshly minted Procopio employee, could former city attorney Jan Goldsmith “provide confidential information to the new employer that would be harmful to the City”?
As long expected by city hall insiders, ex–city attorney Jan Goldsmith is one more step along the road to his big-money reward in the lucrative world of influence-peddling. “As Of Counsel, Jan will be leading teams of Attorneys and support staff on a wide variety of matters ranging from government issues to business and business litigation, drawing on his varied experiences as a judge, city attorney, state legislator, and private attorney,” Kim Jewell, marketing director for the Procopio law firm, told the Union-Tribune.
“When employees leave City service, they often take with them insider information and close personal relationships with City decision makers that in some circumstances could be detrimental to the City or to other parties seeking to conduct business with the City,” notes the city’s website. “Without post-employment restrictions, that former City employee could provide confidential information to the new employer that would be harmful to the City in contract negotiations.”
Thus, a one-year “cooling-off” period prevents exiting officials “from being compensated to lobby the City on any matter for one year after they leave City service.” In a letter dispatched before she stopped the practice of issuing written advice, ethics chief Stacey Fulhorst told ex-mayor and newly hired chamber of commerce chief Jerry Sanders in May 2013, “During your one-year post-employment period (which commences on the date you left office as Mayor), the City’s post-employment lobbying provisions preclude you from engaging in any direct communications with a City Official on behalf of the Chamber for the purpose of influencing a municipal decision.”
The 12 months are expected to fly by for Goldsmith, at which time he could be doing all the influence peddling he wants. Current Procopio lobbying clients include North City builder Kilroy Realty; politically connected downtown developer OliverMcMillan; and multi-national mall owner Westfield, LLC.
Comments