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SHOULD CASE BE MOVED? – 03/05/14 11:54 S.S.

A  LOCAL  ATTORNEY HAS  ASKED  THAT  A  MONTEREY  COUNTY  CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST  CASE  BE  SHIFTED  TO  THE  STATE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL’S  OFFICE.     FORMER  BOARD  MEMBER  OF  THE  MONTEREY  COUNTY  WATER  RESOURCES  AGENCY  (STEVE  COLLINS)  FACES  FELONY    CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST  CHARGES  BECAUSE  HE  WORKED  AS  A  CONSULTANT  ON  THE  REGIONAL  DESALINATION  PROJECT  (AT  THE  SAME  TIME  AS  HE  WAS  A  MEMBER  OF  THE  WATER  BOARD).    

IT  APPEARS  THAT  ATTEMPTING  TO  PROSECUTING  HIM  AT  THE  LOCAL  LEVEL  COULD  JUST  CREATE  MORE  CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST  CASES  BECAUSE  ALL  MONTEREY COUNTY EMPLOYEES  (INCLUDING  THOSE  IN  THE  MONTEREY  COUNTY  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY’S  OFFICE, AND  ALL  COUNTY  SUPERVISORS)  ARE  CONSIDERED TO  BE  PART  OF  THE  WATER  AGENCY  (BECAUSE  OF  THE  AGENCY’S  “ENABLING ACT”).     

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