Archive for May, 2012

Mayor withholds his emails from City Records – and 3 Employee “Resignation” Contracts now public

Mayor Eric Richardson, despite GRAMA request dated March 5th, asking for all city business emails from “whatever email address”, continues to withhold these public records from the city record. Additionally, a portion of another  GRAMA request February 10th was also withheld by the city, claiming the document had a “draft” or a “personal note” privilege, […]

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Another Buffalo Chip awarded to Mayor

Buffalo Chip to Mayor Eric Richardson for hunkering down and hiding out after being sued by the feds for his alleged participation in a Ponzi scheme. Richardson evidently wants to weather the storm. But it’s going to be a long storm, and the city won’t benefit from going through it with him. City manager Konrad […]

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Daily Herald: “CH Mayor should resign” – 21 year vet City Recorder says she was pushed for “political” reasons

A person is innocent until proved guilty, but that doesn’t mean Mayor Eric Richardson of Cedar Hills should not resign immediately.     His case is not one of innocence or guilt but of liability for civil damages arising from what federal authorities likened to a Ponzi scheme in futures trading that bilked investors of at least […]

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Cedar Hills mayor accused of $2M investment scheme; city officials resign

KSL.com CEDAR HILLS — The resignation Tuesday of three Cedar Hills city officials energized a coalition of residents to keep digging in its pursuit to also oust Mayor Eric Richardson over the management of city finance. "This is a tangled web," said coalition member Ken Cromar. "Lots and lots of money is involved." Adding to […]

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City Manager Resigns

For months, Cedar Hills Citizen for Responsible Government have been researching, requesting public records, and preparing official complaints documenting questionable actions by City officials.  January 23, 2012 a complaint was filed with the Fourth District Court seeking the investigation and prosecution of City Manager Konrad Hildebrandt and Mayor Eric Richardson.  At the Tuesday, April 24th […]

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