In May and June, Mayor Ashton Hayward paid Beggs & Lane $95,846 to represent him and his administration on a variety of issues.
Mayor Hayward lost two cases – Pitts Slip Appeal – billing for 1/30/17-6/13/17: $30,936.86; Bayview Cross Litigation – billing for 4/25/17-6/20/17: $49,032.10.
These statements don’t represent all the expenses for these two cases. On the Bayview Cross, Mayor Hayward paid out $80,442 from June 2016 through April 2017. Total spent: $129,474.
On the Pitts Slip Appeal, the mayor had already paid $69,812.68, which brought the cost of the appeal alone to $100,749. This doesn’t include any legal expense prior to June 2016 on this issue.
The total Mayor Hayward paid – without City Council approval – to lose these two cases $230,223.
Other issues included in May and June billing:
Unwinding of CMPA
5/2/17-5/31/17: $15,635.50
Parking Lease Modification
4/20-4/24/17: $242.00
See public records: MX-2615N_20170714_114752
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Note: We earlier posted a Beggs & Lane statement regarding the Bayview Cross had an earlier charge of $11,233 that appeared to be for an airplane. We found the invoice and it’s not for an airplane – 83069. It’s unclear why the B&L statement referred to the invoice as “airport misc.”
As far as the cross at Bayview Park is concerned. We should defend it at any cost. How did those people bring that lawsuit in the first place. We love that cross. Millions for defense not a penny in tribute.
I knew it was ridiculous, however, the Mayor has some other “huge” legal matters pending with the Fire Chief’s federal lawsuits that the Mayor will eventually lose because of the “publicly reported record” surrounding this matter.