Barbs and Shields

This could be an ethical violation. The line, backed up by council staff, is very interesting. what does that mean? Perhaps that is something that the ethics hearing board should discover.

Barbs and Shields Behind the scenes, some of his council colleagues have been livid about a series of mid-month meetings he held with three successful Democratic primary challengers. According to insiders, Democratic nominees ... were in for orientations hosted by Mr. Shields, backed up by council staff, which some of the ousted officials viewed as presumptuous. They're the likely replacements for Jeff Koch, Len Bodack and Twanda Carlisle, respectively.