Paying the Price

THE ZINNA BILL LITIGATION EXPENSES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY RELATED TO DISPUTES WITH MIKE ZINNA JANUARY 2004-APRIL 2008 Outside Counsel Zinna v. Congrove $ 112,310.71 Zinna v. County $ 79,763.47 Open Records Requests $ 27,223.23 Stille v. Congrove $ 20,146.81 Zinna v. Beyer-Ulrich $ 18,205.95 Zinna v. Sheehan $ 17, 020.67...
By Alan Prendergast
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THE ZINNA BILL

LITIGATION EXPENSES FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY RELATED TO DISPUTES WITH MIKE ZINNA

JANUARY 2004-APRIL 2008

Outside Counsel

Zinna v. Congrove $ 112,310.71

Zinna v. County $ 79,763.47

Open Records Requests $ 27,223.23

Stille v. Congrove $ 20,146.81

Zinna v. Beyer-Ulrich $ 18,205.95

Zinna v. Sheehan $ 17, 020.67

D’Aurio v. Sheehan $ 8,508.74

Zinna v. Moore $ 6,603.99

Mark Paschall $ 792.00

Johnson v. Sheehan $ 649.00

$ 291,224.57

Internal County Attorney Time $ 142,530.00

TOTAL $ 433,754.57

Includes: “Pinky T” fallout, civil claims of constitutional violations and retaliation.

Does not include: cost of grand jury investigation of forgeries, sheriff’s investigation of missing files, CBI investigation of use of private investigator Daril Cinquanta, criminal prosecution of former treasurer Mark Paschall.

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Alan Prendergast is a former staff writer at Westword and is now a senior contributor. He writes about various topics but primarily focuses on news. He’s contributed to Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, Outside, USA Today, Men’s Journal and other publications and is the author of two nonfiction books, Gangbuster: One Man’s Battle Against Crime and The Poison Tree: A True Story of Family Violence and Revenge. He’s earned numerous accolades for his work including the Eugene Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award and two national feature writing awards from the Society of Professional Journalists.

alan.prendergast@westword.com

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