10/16/2006: "Prosecutor To Ask For Help"

SJC Prosecutor Randy Gaylord will ask the County Council on Tuesday for an Emergency Appropriation Consideration for Outside Council for ADU Litigation. With the recent departure of Deputy Prosecutor Cameron Carter , Gaylord has been running a tad short on staff to handle the increasingly large work load coming out of the Council chambers.

It is speculated by some court house observers that in addition to the current lack of staff, Gaylord may also simply want to get the ADU litigation out of his office, and the resignation of Carter may provide a means to that end.

If the Council decides to appropriate additional funding for the ADU legal expenses, they may also attempt to influence who will be retained. The County Council and Gaylord have been at odds over how to handle the guest house legal issues, and the Council has made no secret that they are as frustrated with Gaylord, as he with them, and there has been more than one instant when individual Council members have made it clear that they have received outside legal advise on County issues, and have put it up as counter argument to Gaylord's advice to them.

The Request to the Council is expected to occur shortly after the Council convenes on Tuesday (10-17-06) at 10 a.m. The Council will not be able to put this request off for long, since the clock is running on the appeals, and some responses are due within the next two weeks.