AWARDING OF CONTRACT PROMPTS REVIEW.Byline: Patrick McGreevy Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. voted Tuesday to ask City Attorney
James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see .James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California to report how he can improve communications between his attorneys after the city awarded a $1.7 million contract to a firm facing criminal charges. The Parks Commission awarded a contract to build a new gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. at the Pacific Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). Recreation Center to Guy Construction Co. on Feb. 18, one day after the City Attorney's Office charged the head of the company with allegedly bilking the city out of $35,000. Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skitball Cultural Center in its beginning stages. expressed outrage over the contract, saying the deputy city attorney who advises the commission didn't know that the criminal charges had been filed. ``It was just appalling to me that literally one hand didn't know what the other hand was doing,'' Miscikowski told her council colleagues. The criminal charges were filed against Moshe Levy Moshe Levy is an author, and a survivor of the Israeli destroyer named "Eilat". Moshe was born in Iraq in 1948. In 1951, he fled as a child with his parents from Iraq in an airlift organised by Israel, where he now lives with his family. , who operates the Agoura Hills-based construction firm, for allegedly joining another man in collecting $35,321 in Housing Department funds for earthquake-rehabilitation work they did not do. Levy said Tuesday that he plans to fight any effort to take away the parks contract and he denied any wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do , saying the charges were
filed over a technical problem involving mistakes by the city in judging
the work that was done.
``It's not criminal wrongdoing,'' Levy said, adding that his attorney hopes to negotiate a civil settlement with the city. To take away the contract before he has his day in court would be unfair, he said. ``They have no right to do that,'' Levy said. ``How are they going to take the contract away? They are allegations. I have not been convicted.'' The City Attorney's Office says there is no database that would allow one attorney to know what an attorney in another section is doing. Matt Middlebrook, a spokesman for Hahn, said Tuesday that it was up to the Parks Department, not the City Attorney's Office, to screen potential contractors for criminal histories, although in the case debated Tuesday, the contractor had not gone to trial on the charges. Miscikowski said the deputy city attorney assigned to the Parks Department signs off on all contracts according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their legality le·gal·i·ty n. pl. le·gal·i·ties 1. The state or quality of being legal; lawfulness. 2. Adherence to or observance of the law. 3. A requirement enjoined by law. Often used in the plural. and is in a position to stop contracts involving people who are facing charges by the City Attorney's Office. Councilwoman Laura Chick said she wants the review to be broadened to look at how all city departments can better track past performance of contractors who are up again for contracts. ``I think we have a variety of glitches,'' Chick said. The Parks Commission is scheduled today to reconsider the contract award after it was notified of the criminal charges. ``We were lucky this was brought to our attention,'' Miscikowski said. |
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