It has been three months since the Fountain Hills Town Council belatedly approved the Professional Services Agreement appointing Timothy La Sota, PLC, a firm that twice sued the Town, to serve as Town Attorney.
Although Jennifer Wright’s name does not appear in the Professional Services Agreement, she has been designated to act as our “primary designated attorney.” In the Professional Services Agreement, the La Sota firm undertook to provide “adequate, experienced personnel” to serve as the designated attorney. Wright had no meaningful prior professional experience and has repeatedly demonstrated that she is not “adequate.”
Wright’s apparent lack of a basic understanding of Arizona’s Open Meetings Law and the limitations imposed on local governments by the state and federal constitutions has resulted in multiple AG investigations and claims, with more on the horizon. Unfortunately for taxpayers, that’s what happens when you hire a lawyer more interested in furthering the political ends of the current leadership than in protecting the interests of the public.
