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ARREAZA KEEPS SWINGING

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SUN SENTINEL BROWARD POLITICS BLOGPublic defender candidate: Incumbent misused office resources"Broward public defender candidate Alex Arreaza has accused incumbent Howard Finkelstein of misusing office resources and staff to research his legal-advice news segment ?Help Me Howard? on WSVN-Ch. 7.Finkelstein has denied the allegation, saying he pays one of his supervisors out-of-pocket for legal research. Income-tax records, dating from 2004 through 2007, show that Finkelstein paid Steve Michaelson a total of $27,880 for his work... ?Even if he reports it, he can?t be doing that work on taxpayer time,? Arreaza said Friday. ?The public has a right to know if [Finkelstein?s] public defenders are doing work for him in the middle of the day.? Finkelstein said he and his supervisors work ?obsessive? hours that go beyond standard 9 to 5...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).