Earlier today I did
a post titled Article 10's ~ unbalanced playing field...
At the BP
Article 10, information workshop Thursday night ,Clif Schneider said
that he assumed that BP and their Attorney John Harris have had access to entities involved in the article 10, decision making process, giving them an unfair advantage when it comes to
determining the decision about the Cape Vincent wind farm.
Harris did not deny
this; as a matter of fact he justified this access as a requirement of Article
10.
I became curious about
this and Googled ~ Harris Public Service Commission.
I clicked on the
top link that appeared and to my surprise the following name appeared
Maureen
Finnegan Harris.
Interestingly
enough, Maureen Harris was appointed Commissioner of the New York State
Public Service Commission on June 14, 2006. Her term runs through February 1,
2012.
The
big question is.
Is this Harris somehow related to BP attorney John Harris?
Is this Harris somehow related to BP attorney John Harris?
Maureen Harris
ReplyDeleteGender:
Female
Hometown:
Slingerlands, NY
Family:
Husband: John; 2 Children
Education:
JD, Albany Law School of Union University
BA, Siena College.
Professions:
Assistant Attorney General, Litigation Department, New York State Attorney General's Office
Attorney, Private Practice
Holy Crap! This mouthpiece is sleeping with another mouthpiece who is a PSC commissioner.
ReplyDeleteSurprise,surprise, !!
ReplyDeletewho would guess that Cuomo's Art. X siting process could be rigged to benefit a developer? !!
I suppose it could be worse. He could be sleeping with Maz.
ReplyDeleteArt, after all the times you jab at people for not using their name, you make a post as Anonymous
ReplyDelete11:39
Too funny!
Maureen Harris is the sister of Pataki's former counsel, Michael
ReplyDeleteFinnegan.
Harris' husband, John S. Harris, contributed $500 to Cuomo's attorney
general campaign in 2006 among many contributions to Democrats and
Republicans, state Board of Elections records show.
He is a partner in a law firm in Albany that specializes in public
policy and regulatory affairs and represents clients to state
agencies on issues including energy and utility legislation,
according to the firm's Web site.
Maureen Harris' 2006 state ethics disclosure record shows her husband
also is a shareholder in the Plunkett & Jaffe law firm, to which
Pataki and his chief of staff used to belong.
Lawyers to pay to close pension cases
ReplyDeleteBy MICHAEL GORMLEY, The Associated Press
ALBANY ó A New York Public Service Commission member has agreed to
pay $50,000 to end an investigation into state benefits she was
improperly awarded while working as a school district lawyer,
officials said Thursday.
Maureen Harris, who was appointed to the utility regulator in 2006 by
former Republican Gov. George Pataki, agreed to the settlement that
ends the investigation into her past private practice, Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo said.