By Paul Giblin and Craig Harris | The Republic | azcentral.com
Former Glendale City Attorney Craig Tindall, now general counsel for the Phoenix Coyotes, used his city e-mail account last year to encourage at least 40 people to obtain a state income-tax credit by contributing toward his son’s private high-school tuition.
Tindall, who earned more than $187,000 with the city last year, sent the request to current and former city employees, private attorneys and sports executives, most of whose firms had longstanding financial relationships with the city, according to public records obtained by The Arizona Republic.
An examination of Glendale’s policies suggests the e-mails may have violated city conflict-of-interest and information-technology rules. Melanie Sloan, a Washington, D.C., expert on government ethics, said such conduct also can be illegal if something of value was obtained.
