| Attorney pens political thriller | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 2:46:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Madison County Attorney Jerome Teel may be known to his friends and colleagues as a lawman, a coach of youth sports and a family man with a wife and three children. But Teel also wears a new hat - author. Teel wrote "The Election" several years ago, but the book was released this September by Howard Books, a Christian division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. He said it's difficult for a new author to break into publishing and that he signed the deal with the publishers in 2004. In the last two years, the publisher edited, designed the cover art and figured out a due date. .... | |
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| | | Borough attorney calls bank 'illegal' | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 2:46:08 AM by Blog57 Team | | A bank started by several high-ranking Englewood Cliffs officials is illegal because it violates local zoning laws, the borough attorney says. North Jersey Community Bank -- whose co-founders include the mayor and council president -- was allowed to do business in a part of town that is not zoned for banks, according to attorney E. Carter Corriston. The borough construction official and zoning officer issued the permits, effectively approving the deal. .... | |
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| | | Attorney General says Blagojevich must release subpoenas | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 2:46:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois attorney general said Thursday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is violating state public-information law by refusing to release the subpoenas it has received in a federal corruption probe.Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office said in a letter to the governor that the subpoenas must be released under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act."A subpoena is not any different than any other piece of paper in state government," said Madigan spokeswoman Cara Smith. "There is no special exception."Blagojevich spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff said Thursday evening that the administration would have to review the letter before commenting.Federal prosecutors are investigating the Blagojevich administration on several fronts, including government hiring and allegations that companies seeking to do business with the state were pressed for illegal payments.... | |
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| | | Business People | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:45:38 AM by Blog57 Team | | Attorney Carl Horneman has rejoined Wyatt Tarrant & Combs' environmental practice group. Horneman was previously senior counsel of environmental law for GE Consumer & Industrial, where he worked for 15 years. Before working at GE, Horneman was an attorney at Wyatt, a clerk for the chief judge of the 6th U.S. Court of Appeals and a manager of the Enforcement Branch of the Kentucky Division of Waste Management. FINANCIAL SERVICES Deloitte & Touche LLP has named Mayfield native Diane Wallace as a partner, based in New York. Wallace, who joined the Louisville office of Deloitte & Touche in 1993 after graduating from Western Kentucky University, is part of the firm's audit and enterprise risk services practice. During her 13 years in Louisville, she focused on manufacturing, consumer business and financial services.... | |
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| | | Attorney Eino Zapata announces for Justice of the Peace, Pct. 3 | | Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 6:45:32 PM by Blog57 Team | | Local attorney Eino Zapata, Republican, has announced his candidacy for the office of Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3. He has been licensed to practice law in Texas for 33 years since his graduation from St. Mary's School of Law with a Doctorate of Jurisprudence in August of 1973. Attorney Zapata also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southwest Texas State University. Following his graduation from college, Eino served six years in the U. S. Naval Reserve. He served two years active duty. Attorney Zapata is literate in both English and Spanish. He has lived in Bandera for over twelve years and now resides in Lacey Park Estates. Eino is well respected in his profession and generally regarded as an upstanding citizen, a good neighbor, and a genuinely caring individual. All candidates are welcome to submit to the Bulletin an article of 350 words or less to announce their candidacy.... | |
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| | | Trial of Suspects Caught in Terror Sting Goes to Jury | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 12:45:43 PM by Blog57 Team | | ALBANY - Terrorist sympathizer or victim of an overzealous government? Money launderer or victim of government entrapment? Those are seemingly the bedrock questions today as a federal jury in Albany begins deliberations in the long and controversial case of U.S. v. Aref/U.S. v. Hossain, 04-CR-402. The case, which at one point generated national attention, centers on two Albany Muslims caught in a government sting more than two years ago. According to the government, Mohammed Mosharref Hossain, a U.S. citizen who ran a pizza shop, was approached by an informant claiming to be a wealthy importer. The informant, a Pakistani immigrant and con artist looking for leniency, eventually led the suspects to believe that he was an arms dealer. At one point, he displayed to Mr.... | |
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| | | The following are items of interest about Jefferson City area businesses and business people. | | Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 10:45:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | Matt Kujath, Winter-Dent & Company, received the designation of Certified Insurance Counselor following the completion of an insurance education program sponsored by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors.Kujath, a commercial insurance account executive, has been with the agency for four years.Christa Luebbering joined Reece and Nichols New Beginnings Realty as a salesperson-broker.She co-owns Clinton Luebbering Construction, LLC. Previously Luebbering worked at MoDOT and Exchange Bank.She received her master's degree in business administration from Lincoln University. .... | |
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| | | Newport seeking new city attorney | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 10:45:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | Newport is in the market for a new city attorney, and the Newport City Council this week approved a request for proposals to seek an individual or law firm to provide municipal legal services.Attorney Chris Minor has been providing that service to the city for nearly 35 years. When a partner with his law firm, Rob Connell, accepted a job with the Oregon Attorney General's office this year, Minor had some decisions to make.The city's need for legal services, like elsewhere across the nation, has grown considerably over the years, and Minor had enlisted help from other attorneys in his firm, most recently Connell, to meet the demand. "Rob was doing at least half of it (legal work for the city), and there isn't anybody else in the office that really focuses very much on municipal law," Minor said.... | |
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| | | Spitzer over comes hurdle, back to business | | Posted Friday, September 15, 2006 10:45:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | The morning after he claimed the Democratic nomination for governor, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer rode the momentum of an impressive victory and went about the business of raising money, a task at which he's shown great political skill. The primary left Democrats firmly behind Spitzer, more unified than they have been in a generation, and poised to take control of virtually every statewide office. .... | |
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| | | City hears update | | Posted Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:47:09 AM by Blog57 Team | | Two Columbia City companies presented reports to the city council Tuesday night that indicate they are in compliance with the conditions of the tax abatements the council had granted them.Precision Plastics of Indiana Inc., 900 W. Connexion Way, stated it has 135 employees and an annual payroll of $3.7 million.The company originally had estimated it would have 175 employees with an annual payroll of $3.7 million when it applied for the tax abatement.Warner Electric, 802 E. Short St., now has 155 employees with an annual payroll of $4.3 million. That represents an increase of 75 employees and $1.8 million in salaries. It has added $2.6 million in equipment and has increased its assessed valuation to $3.3 million.In other business, police chief Mike Petersen reported that the city has received a federal grant of $7,278 from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants in the U.S.... | |
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