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Aquinnah select board member Gary Haley is appealing a decision by the state Ethics Commission that he violated the state’s conflict of interest law by doing work for the town and then approving payment to himself. Haley’s appeal was filed in Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston because that’s the commission’s “usual place of business.” […]
The state Ethics Commission ruled an Aquinnah official violated conflict of interest rules approving a $17,000 invoice for his own electrical work.
The Aquinnah select board reached a consensus to have a final draft of the leases for lots on Aquinnah Cliffs by January during a Tuesday afternoon meeting. The board had two leases, one for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and another for individual leaseholders, who are also tribal members. However, a tribe council […]
The Aquinnah select board unanimously approved a shared-use agreement for Vern Welch’s Menemsha dock lease with the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group during a Thursday afternoon meeting. After the vote, The Times questioned whether board chair Juli Vanderhoop should have disclosed her relationship with the shellfish group before voting. Vanderhoop is listed as vice president of […]
An Aquinnah select board member was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for choosing himself to do town work and then approving the payment he received from the town, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the state panel. Gary Haley, who could not immediately be reached for comment on the decision, had maintained […]