Robert Sweeney is the attorney for the city of Arnold. He also works with the Jefferson County 9-1-1 Dispatch. He is also the vice president of POWER.
Considering that we now know that Forefront Organizing was hired by the Jefferson County Dispatch to run a voter education campaign, and we know that POWER ran the campaign for Forefront Organizing, it's fair to ask if Bob Sweeney makes any money from POWER, and specifically if he was paid on both ends for the 911 campaign.
This is a serious charge, and I'm not making it at this time, namely because I don't have his tax returns, but I do want to know if Bob Sweeney or any affiliated business or relative was paid by POWER for work on the Jefferson County Dispatch 911 campaign. And while we're at it:
1) Did Bob Sweeney introduce Forefront Organizing to Jefferson County Dispatch?
2) Did Bob Sweeney recommend the use of Forefront Organizing to Jefferson County Dispatch?
3) Did Bob Sweeney disclose that he was an officer in the union that would subcontract from Forefront Organizing?
4) Did Bob Sweeney bill any work to Jefferson County Dispatch concerning contracts or legal matters when he was an officer in the company that would perform the actual campaign?
This is the Missouri Office of the Chief Disciplinary Council. It's where you go to file ethics complaints against lawyers. The section on lawyer's ethics is down right now, but when it's up, and as we get further into it, perhaps a citizen of Jefferson County may decide to question whether it's in the best interest of Jefferson County to pay a lawyer to recommend a group he belongs to receive taxpayer funds with no formal bidding process, no investigation of who will perform the work involved, and no contractual requirement that the work be performed by principals and not subcontractors.
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