Scott, I remember being perplexed at the UT report. If correct, it would mean that at most Petty worked 5.5 hours a month for SEDC over a three year span. It is hard to believe the number is that small.

Posted by Paul | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 12:20 pm

Don't be too hard on the UT. What with all the layoffs and early retirements, I doubt the high school intern who writes for them now even knows what the term "redacted" means.

Posted by Larry | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 11:16 am

What's weird is how Carless, starting with Petty Watch 8, kept saying that no monthly bills were released -- when they were right there on the U-T's so-called "PolBlog" that same day! Was SEDC giving more info to the U-T because you guys have been such a thorn to them? (Or did Carless not notice the monthly totals?!)

Posted by Don | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 12:44 pm

Don, I don't think he ever said they didn't release documents. He just kept pointing out that they never released the monthly hours. That's what came out today.

Posted by Scott Lewis | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 1:39 pm

Well, I went back and looked, and here's what he said (in Petty Watch 8): ... "...the documents I received from SEDC don't detail how many hours Petty worked on the matters she billed SEDC for, nor do they show how much she charged the public agency each month for her work." ... I just remember this being suspicious, because the UT had the monthly bills, month by month, posted that same day -- (and about a half hour BEFORE the voice ... again, i think the SEDC must have given them the docs before you on purpose) ... did they not give you the monthly billing numbers on Oct. 15, or was that a mistake to say the bills lacked that?

Posted by Don | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 2:00 pm

The bills SEDC had released only showed a total amount of money for the work that three or four lawyers did each month. It did not break down the hours each lawyer billed. In the documents, they revealed merely the total the SEDC paid the whole firm. It didn't show how much she herself billed.

Posted by Scott Lewis | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 3:12 pm

Well, I went back and looked, and here's what he said (in Petty Watch 8): ... "...the documents I received from SEDC don't detail how many hours Petty worked on the matters she billed SEDC for, nor do they show how much she charged the public agency each month for her work." ... I just remember this being suspicious, because the UT had the monthly bills, month by month, posted that same day -- (and about a half hour BEFORE the voice ... again, i think the SEDC must have given them the docs before you on purpose) ... did they not give you the monthly billing numbers on Oct. 15, or was that a mistake to say the bills lacked that?

Posted by Don | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 2:00 pm

Don, I don't think he ever said they didn't release documents. He just kept pointing out that they never released the monthly hours. That's what came out today.

Posted by Scott Lewis | reply to this comment
October 30, 2008 1:39 pm

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