Committee will revisit whether to suspend Curren Price, who is facing corruption charges, until its Aug. 25 meeting.
to let them choose their own representative.
With the committee room only able to accommodate several dozen members of the public, some of those who came to speak in support of Price had to wait in his council office until called to speak. “We ask that the City Council suspends Price and puts the interests of our South Central District 9 community first over Curren Price’s personal legal matters,” she said., saying it would be “inappropriate” to do so before he’s had a chance to address the charges in court. Price is expected to be arraigned July 13.county District Attorney’s Office filed charges
Last week’s complaint from the D.A. also said that between 2019 and 2021, the consulting firm Del Richardson & Associates, which belongs to Price’s second wife, was paid more than $150,000 by developers. After the payments, Price voted on issues involving those developers, according to the complaint. Price also allegedly failed to report those connections, or the money paid to his wife’s company, on city disclosure forms.
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