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Kovach victory seen as message
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| Last Edited | RBH Jan 15, 2011 03:57am |
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| Author | Adam Taylor |
| Media | Newspaper - Wilmington (DE) News Journal |
| News Date | Saturday, January 15, 2011 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican Tom Kovach's victory over Democrat Tim Sheldon was a clear message from voters that they are uneasy about potential conflicts between County Executive Paul Clark and his wife, a land-use attorney who represents developers on major projects that require government approval, council members from both parties said Friday.
Kovach beat Sheldon by nearly 16 percentage points in a special election Thursday. Kovach successfully portrayed himself as an outsider and noted that Clark and Sheldon served on the council together for six years.
"This wasn't a defeat of Tim Sheldon -- it was truly a referendum on Paul Clark," said Councilman Bob Weiner, one of three Republicans on the 13-member council. "I hope he understands that people have real difficulty believing he can create some sort of Chinese wall between himself and his wife's law firm. His employees will be making decisions about the firm instead of him, but those decisions could still benefit Clark financially and guarantee the continued employment of the county employees who make them."
Weiner, who supported Kovach, was referring to the executive order Clark issued that told county employees to exclude him from all land-use cases handled by Saul Ewing, the law firm of his wife, Pam Scott. |
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