In the commentary, Struture and Colonial Park Taxpayer explained their concerns with Mayor Picard's continued association with American Express:
At 9/09/2006 9:48 PM, Strutrue said... I agree it's okay to have another job or an association as I did say that in my comments. But I do recall mayor Picard saying we need a full time hands on mayor. I took that to mean dedicated to one job. (...)Personally, I didn't have as strong a feeling as these two did regarding Mayor Picard and American Express. The New Haven Register article explains Mayor Picard's side of things, which is as I expected -- that he has kept his broker's license, but has turned his accounts over to others to maintain while he is mayor.
At 9/11/2006 11:57 AM, Colonial Park Taxpayer said...If in fact Mayor Picard is working another job during his term as amyor it should be an issue is seriously investigated. The residents of West haven elected him into office with the understaning that he would be "full-time" and dedicated to his "job' as mayor.....
However, he does admit that he spends up to one hour a month on the financial business, including signing any contracts that need his direct attention. Now this is something that does catch my attention. If you are signing contracts, then you must be spending time reading them, and understanding what went into them... if you aren't, you're a bigger fool than keeping a potential conflict of interest.
Additionally, the article mentions that he didn't disclose the information on the city ethic's disclosure form... why not? It seems to me that it would be better to mention ANY potential conflict of interest, whether or not affiliated entity does business with the city. Certainly, if he has nothing to hide, and this isn't a conflict of interest, why not disclose it???
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