The end for the Eddie A. Perez corruption case that is.
Legal briefs are due to the Appellate Court by December 21, 2011 and a decision should be rendered shortly thereafter. Perez had appealed his conviction on corruption charges and his subsequent prison sentence. The corrupt former Mayor has remained free on an appeal bond pending the decision.
Kevin, is the former Mayor's brief due on 12/21, the State's, or the former Mayor's reply brief? If it's the former Mayor's initial brief, you are looking at several months before all the briefing is done, and then you have to have oral argument, which is usually a few months after the briefs are done. Then you wait for the written opinion, which can take several months, the exact amount of time depending on the complexity of the appeal, whether the judges are all in agreement, and a few other factors. To quote Churchill, this isn't the end, or even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning.
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In the mean time we should look at it as a stimulus for the lawyer industry. If, that is, if Eddie's attorneys aren't acting pro bono, in which case it is just the operation of an inefficient criminal justice operation. But, by the way, how is he paying atty's fees? Left over campaign funds? I think he'd be better off taking his punishment, and using some sort of Minnie Gonzales maneuver to get the campaign $ into his own acct. for when he gets out.
So, in other words, Eddie will be dead of old age before he ever goes to prison.
ReplyDeleteSoon eddie will make some new friends in prison. Im sure he will need all the sick time and vacation money to pay for protection from bubba. Good luck eddie. Watch ur rear in the showers ..
ReplyDeleteI like the way he still screwed Hartford on hi way out
ReplyDeleteJust saw in the Courant that Eddie won the arbitration decision for his "vacation pay" and the City is going to write him a check. Why is it that whenever one of its other employees win an arbitration award, they appeal and tie it up for years?
ReplyDeleteBut he left the 768 hours of sick time intact, and said they were worth $12,842.59.
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Putting aside the more obvious problem that Eddie was acting criminally while on the job, in general terms why should salaried guys get unused sick days? Unlike hourly guys they get paid whether they show up for work or not. I see Pedro is going mum on the Eddie matter, but does he have anything to say about amending the policies Eddie has exploited?
...and now Segarra has decided not to appeal the arbitrator's award to Eddie for his unused sick and vacation time. He had no problem appealing Dan Nolan's award. What gives?
ReplyDeleteappealing an award by the City is selective and based upon whether or not you have kissed the Mayor's rear often and hard enough,not upon the legal issues involved.
ReplyDeleteThe initial brief by Eddie's lawyer is due on 12/21/11, so Rich's scenario is very likely.
ReplyDeleteThe due date for this appellate brief has been extended at least 5 or 6 times already
ReplyDeletethe policies
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I guess my gripe is with rolling-over sick days in general. I'm led to believe it rarely happens in the dreaded private sector. It's suggested that if folks can't roll them over they'll take them without being sick;i.e., fraudulently. But, public servants aren't in it for the money, and in the case of big deals like our City's Strong Mayor do we even know if and when they show up for work? If the Mayor isn't feeling well, or wants us to think he's not, we can get by without him for a week or two. Get rid of the policy; give the taxpayer a break.