BATON ROUGE – An ethics complaint was filed on Thursday, May 21 against seven Metro Council members who voted to approve a new parish attorney on April 30.
The complaint claims that at the time of the vote, attorney John McLindon was the private defense attorney for Councilwoman Laurie Adams’ husband in an active criminal investigation. It also claims the other council members were aware of this.
The complaint further claims councilwoman Adams’ own vote was unethical because, under state law, a public servant cannot participate in a transaction where a family member has a substantial economic interest…