Mayor Morris' office chipped in this 4-page response at about 5 p.m.
In it, he applauds the DAs work, says it confirms what he thought previously and vows to continue to tighten the bolts in his beleagured program.
He also slams the City Attorney for providing those damning emails between Hawkins, Martin-Robinson and Baude to the press ...
Click below to read Morris' response ...
SBNOW last night broke the news that Mayor Pat Morris has added 7th Ward challenger Jim Mulvihill to his endorsement list.
Turns out Mulvihill, pictured below, was the last to know ....
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The following was submitted to this reporter via email at 3:52 p.m. in response to calls to discuss Mayor Pat Morris' daughter, Kathleen Willis, being contracted with the city for two years without the knowledge of any councilmembers, the city attorney or city manager.
Mayor Pat Morris writes: "The Inland Empire Gymnastics Academy has very small contractual relationship with the City that predates my election as Mayor. My daughter, Katie Willis, is the owner and operator of this local business. The relationship provides community children the opportunity to sign-up for gymnastics classes at the Academy through the Parks & Recreation Department. The Department has a similar relationship with a number of other recreational contractors. Over the last 2 years, the total amount of money that has come to the Inland Empire Gymnastics Academy from signups through the Department has totaled $5,247, which conservatively represents approximately 1.6% of the Academy’s total gross revenue over this same period ...
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In Wednesday's newspaper, a small story will appear in the Sun about Mayor Pat Morris' daughter having a contract with the city to provide youth gymnastics training.
The story states that at the Oct. 15 City Council meeting, 7th Ward Councilwoman Wendy McCammack and then City Attorney James F. Penman publicly questioned the procedure by which Morris' daughter was granted a contract that has paid her $5,248 since September 2005.
We have found no overt impropriety or influence by Morris on the contract received by his 41-year-old daughter, Kathleen Willis ...
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