Washington Post Series on Loudoun
Loudoun's
Exclusive Club
Editorial by the Washington Post, 06/03/07
It shouldn't be too much to ask that elected officials refrain from mixing their
personal financial dealings with their duties in office and abstain from voting
on projects that would directly benefit themselves or their friends -- even if
doing so is not technically illegal under Virginia's flimsy ethics laws.
Loudoun
Official Tried to Capitalize on Contacts
By David S. Fallis and Michael Laris, Washington Post, 06/01/07
Loudoun County Supervisor Bruce E. Tulloch has repeatedly tried
to leverage contacts he has developed as a public official to promote
his personal interests, according to interviews and records.
FBI
Meets With Loudoun Officials, Staff
By Michael Laris and David S. Fallis, Washington Post, 03/18/07
Federal officials have stepped up their investigation into potential
public corruption in Loudoun County in recent days, interviewing
supervisors and senior county staff and collecting official documents
from county offices.
Influence
of Developers, Allies Runs Deep
By Michael Laris and David S. Fallis, Washington Post, 01/21/07
Six months after they took office in 2004, members of the Loudoun
Board of Supervisors demonstrated in a single afternoon their ability
to help a friend....Such coziness has become routine among some
Loudoun officials and a group of politically connected developers,
landowners and others in the real estate industry, The Washington
Post found in a year-long investigation.
Supervisor
Voted on Issue in Which Friend Had Interest
By David S. Fallis and Michael Laris, Washington Post, 01/21/07
County Supervisor Bruce E. Tulloch and Leesburg lawyer Douglas
L. Fleming Jr. are close friends....And on several occasions, Tulloch's
public role has overlapped with Fleming's professional world.
Official
Backed Plans of Business Connections
By David S. Fallis and Michael Laris, Washington Post, 01/21/07
Beerman, who held sway over land decisions in Loudoun for nearly
a decade, voted multiple times in favor of companies with which
he had business ties, according to records and interviews.
Loudoun
Launches Probe into Land-Use Decisions
By Michael Laris and David S. Fallis, Washington Post, 01/27/07
Loudoun County prosecutors have launched a broad investigation
into development decisions in the county and whether public officials
or others acted improperly, Commonwealth's Attorney James E. Plowman
said yesterday.
Loudoun
Land Deals Subject of U.S. Probe
By Michael Laris and Sandhya Somashekhar, Washington Post, 02/07/07
Federal prosecutors have launched a far-reaching investigation
into potential public corruption in Loudoun County, where officials
have overseen billions of dollars' worth of development projects
in one of the nation's fastest-growing areas.
Ethics
Measures on Development Proposed
By Michael Laris and David S. Fallis, Washington Post, 01/31/07
A group of Loudoun County supervisors proposed far-reaching ethics
and campaign finance measures yesterday that they said would increase
public confidence in local decisions on development.
The
Sleaze in Loudoun
Editorial by the Washington Post, 01/29/07
Ever since a slate of pro-growth politicians was swept into office
in 2003, supported by hundreds of thousands of dollars of contributions
from the development industry, sweetheart deals and behind-the-scenes
arrangements have given local governance there the aspect of an
exclusive club operated for the benefit of the well-connected.
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