Yates and the council say they can't even remove Conrad from office. They are powerless except to distribute money 1 time each year. How can anyone that powerless have a conflict of interest? The person who'd ordinarily be worried about that is the person he works for, since he could throw the case, but they're not. O'Connell's strategy seems to be go after the lawyers, when he should have already settled the case. Taking it to trial is going to bankrupt the city or at least force them to raise
Yates and the council say they can't even remove Conrad from office. They are powerless except to distribute money 1 time each year. How can anyone that powerless have a conflict of interest? The person who'd ordinarily be worried about that is the person he works for, since he could throw the case, but they're not. O'Connell's strategy seems to be go after the lawyers, when he should have already settled the case. Taking it to trial is going to bankrupt the city or at least force them to raise