The files of the Phoenixville Borough Secretary show that as of August 20th a majority of the five members of the Parking Authority (Messrs. Friday, Cummins, and Abbott) have failed to file their Statements of Financial Interest as required by Pennsylvania’s Ethics Law. And, not surprisingly, there is no filing for the Authority’s Director, Barry Cassidy. The filing deadline was May 1st.
The pertinent parts of the Ethics Act state:
65 Pa.C.S. §1104(d) Failure to file required statement.--No public official shall be allowed to take the oath of office or enter or continue upon his duties, nor shall he receive compensation from public funds, unless he has filed a statement of financial interests as required by this chapter.
65 Pa.C.S. §1109(b) Financial interests statement violation.--Any person who violates the provisions of section 1103(d) through (j), 1104 (relating to statement of financial interests required to be filed) or 1105(a) (relating to statement of financial interests) commits a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Something to think about as Borough Council moves to blindly guarantee the Authority’s borrowing.
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And, so what else is new in Phoenixville?
What do the members of the PA have to hide.Maybe financial interests in the Downtown area?
It may have been an oversite but I doubt it since the Boro sends out the form to all the members on Commissions and Boards.
The Borough Secretary's file contains a memo about the required filing that was sent February 1, 2009 and repeated as a second request on April 2, 2009.
Parking Authority members Deveney and Lolli filed their statements, as did the Authority's solicitor, Patrick O'Donnell.
The filing requirement couldn't be a surprise, unless these people just don't talk to each other.
They are public officers, I believe. I wonder what part of "Misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official" or malfeasance they don't understand.
A lot of malfeasance-misfeasance-misappropriation of funds-unauthorized use of credit cards-hanky panky on St Paddy's day,just what the hell is going on in this Boro.Must be something in the water.
That is the only common denominator that I can see.
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