As noted Thursday, a Brooklyn state senator with clout over the issue of city school reorganization simultaneously, as a private attorney, represents a former assistant principal suing Chancellor Joel Klein for wrongful termination. The problem of two-hatted state lawmaker/attorneys is hardly confined to New York, as Massachusetts' Lowell Sun confirms in a report on a veteran state lawmaker whose private practice includes both representing local governmental units with extensive interests in statehouse affairs, and representing employees negotiating with such governments.
Lawmakers who wear two hats, cont'd
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



