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Article: Holloway ethics case trimmed: 60 charges against county official dismissed.
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2006
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Byline: Steve Schultze
Apr. 11--Two-thirds of about 90 non-criminal ethics charges against Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway were dismissed Monday a hearing examiner. That still leaves about 30 of the more serious counts intact, including allegations that Holloway had a conflict of interest in voting for county funding for a local social service agency that paid Holloway some $165,000 in a never-consummated property deal.
The future of the ethics prosecution remains uncertain, however.
The special prosecutor in the case, John Fiorenza, quit over the weekend on the heels of resignations of two county Ethics Board members, ...