Some of the comments misstate the situation by a mile.
HERE'S the summary opinion of the Attorney General. Read it for yourself.
As you can see from the above opinion, all the AG is saying is that it's not a settled matter whether there is a conflict in this situation and that a court should decide whether the two offices are incompatible or not.
Look, folks, if the AG can't figure out if there is a conflict or not, then how is someone such as Fitzpatrick, who is just an ordinary citizen trying to serve the community, supposed to know if there's a conflict?
That's where we are. The question is whether or not Fitzpatrick's duties on the Planning Commission somehow substantially overlap with his duties on the Sanitary District such that a decision made on Planning might also impact a decision he would make on Sanitary, and vice versa?
The question is similar to what one might ask in a small town where the only police officer is also the only judge. So, if you get a traffic ticket issued by the police officer, you must then face the same guy who is also the judge. How do you think the judge will rule? Right. Clearly there's a conflict here. However, it is not so clear as between the Planning Commission and the Sanitary District.
Remember also, that one guy over at the Sanitary District was also serving on the Sanitary District and the Newport-Mesa Unified School Board at the same time a couple of years ago. Conflict? Probably not, but had anyone questioned the dual roles, the AG might well have given an opinion that the courts should decide, just as the AG has done in the Fitzpatrick matter now.
Actually, since Fitzpatrick has resigned from the Planning Commission, the court might just say the question is moot.
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TEEN WHOSE TEACHER TOLD HER TO TAKE OFF PRO-ROMNEY T-SHIRT IS SUING
Stupid lefty teacher just got her school district in hot water.
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POPE TO FIGHT GAY MARRIAGE
Nature (or God, if you prefer) screams out to all individual organisms that reproduce as we do: Make more like yourself or you will go extinct both personally and as a group.
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