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Oakland gets legal opinion on whether councilor should vote on fire department matters

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Oakland Town Councilor David Groder is a volunteer on-call first responder. Groder and other councilors voted Jan. 17 to give four firefighters $1 stipends per hour. Lawyer says state, local rules do not prohibit him from being both councilor and rescue worker.

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Oakland gets legal opinion on whether councilor should vote on fire department matters

Town Councilor David Groder, who is a volunteer, on-call emergency responder, voted last month to approve pay raises for firefighters, a move that resident Kelly Roderick deemed a conflict of interest and asked that he abstain from voting on department items.

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Oakland gets legal opinion on whether councilor should vote on fire department matters

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Oakland gets legal opinion on whether councilor should vote on fire department matters

Oakland gets legal opinion on whether councilor should vote on fire department matters

The financial meltdown of a major Oakland foundation has groups asking where the money went

The financial meltdown of a major Oakland foundation has groups asking where the money went

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