FrançaisInfrastructure TeamInfrastructure Team | Suzanne LeClair | John V. Rider | Charles McKee Western Canada
Charles has practiced law for 40 years, 35 of which have been dedicated to the real estate and mortgage industry.
First Canadian Title, Charles has assisted owners and lenders in structuring complex commercial transactions.
areas of expertise are Indian Lands and infrastructure.
particular knowledge of the various types of tenures, licences and permits required for the development and operation of both hydro and PPP projects.
Most of these projects are developed wholly or partially on land not registered in the land title office.
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His particular areas of expertise are Indian Lands and infrastructure
Indian Lands and infrastructure
assisted owners and lenders in structuring complex commercial transactions
Most of these projects are developed wholly or partially on land not registered in the land title office.
Eight current and former Bell city leaders were arrested Tuesday on charges of misappropriating more than $5.5 million from the small, working-class community as prosecutors accused them of treating the city’s coffers as their personal piggy bank.
The charges follow months of nationwide outrage and renewed debate over public employee compensation since The Times reported in July that the city’s leaders were among the nation’s highest paid municipal officials.
Among those charged was former City Manager Robert Rizzo, who led the way with an annual salary and benefits package of more than $1.5 million. Prosecutors accused him of illegally writing his own employment contracts and steering nearly $1.9 million in unauthorized city loans to himself and others.He was booked into Los Angeles County jail and was being held on $3.2-million bail.
“This, needless to say, is corruption on steroids,” said Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley in announcing the charges.
Cooley described Rizzo as the “unelected and unaccountable czar” of Bell, accusing him of going to elaborate lengths to keep his salary secret. Prosecutors alleged that Rizzo gave himself huge pay raises without the City Council’s approval.
“This was calculated greed and theft accomplished by deceit and secrecy,” Cooley said.
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At a news conference, Cooley accused City Council members of failing to oversee Rizzo’s actions saying that they instead had collected more than $1.2 million in total pay since 2006 for presiding over city agency meetings that never occurred or lasted just a few minutes.
Many city residents greeted news of the charges with joy.
http://richardbrenneman.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/bell-officials-busted-55-million-fraud-alleged/
The charges follow months of nationwide outrage and renewed debate over public employee compensation since The Times reported in July that the city’s leaders were among the nation’s highest paid municipal officials.
Among those charged was former City Manager Robert Rizzo, who led the way with an annual salary and benefits package of more than $1.5 million. Prosecutors accused him of illegally writing his own employment contracts and steering nearly $1.9 million in unauthorized city loans to himself and others.He was booked into Los Angeles County jail and was being held on $3.2-million bail.
“This, needless to say, is corruption on steroids,” said Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley in announcing the charges.
Cooley described Rizzo as the “unelected and unaccountable czar” of Bell, accusing him of going to elaborate lengths to keep his salary secret. Prosecutors alleged that Rizzo gave himself huge pay raises without the City Council’s approval.
“This was calculated greed and theft accomplished by deceit and secrecy,” Cooley said.
>snip<
At a news conference, Cooley accused City Council members of failing to oversee Rizzo’s actions saying that they instead had collected more than $1.2 million in total pay since 2006 for presiding over city agency meetings that never occurred or lasted just a few minutes.
Many city residents greeted news of the charges with joy.
http://richardbrenneman.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/bell-officials-busted-55-million-fraud-alleged/
