BexarMet delayed the release of contract
As the Bexar Metropolitan Water District was fighting for its life last year in the Texas Legislature, the utility stalled the release of public information that could have shed light on a controversial contract worth an estimated $177 million.
“I want us to delay anything as long as we can,” [...]

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PR man indicted again over campaign contributions
Atkinson allegedly had money funneled to her from one of Connolly’s employees and an acquaintance of Connolly.
She reacted angrily Friday when asked about the new indictment and whether she had knowledge of its illegality.
“There is no contributions and I don’t want to give no comment,” Atkinson said, before hanging [...]

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Connolly Indicted For Illegal Contributions To City Councilman | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
T. J. Connolly has been indicted again for illegal campaign contributions.
The indictment, which is against Connolly and his company, alleges he gave illegal campaign contributions to City Councilman Philip Cortez.
This week’s indictment comes just four months after Connolly was indicted for funneling [...]

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Walker Report – Shedding Light on Bexar County
T.J. Connolly
After six long months…Judge Susan Reed and District Attorney’s Office is completing their investigation of our firm’s (my involvement) as it pertains to the the May, 2007, BexarMet elections.

The Walker Report has a letter up from T.J. Connolly himself about the investigation and that he [...]

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Audit Reveals More Problems At Bexar Met | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News
An independent audit is revealing more problems at Bexar Met Water District.
The audit found Bexar Met paid employees overtime that wasn’t approved, didn’t keep track of mistakes in customers’ bills, and entered into a contract with public relations guru T.J. Connolly that wound [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
Connolly declined to answer questions about the probe, but said in a gently worded statement that he believed he’d be cleared of wrongdoing.
“My hope is that the district attorney’s office is able to do their work without outside distractions, and when all the facts have been reviewed, I am confident that [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
Even casual watchers of the Bexar Metropolitan Water District were aware of how fast a bond developed between General Manager Gil Olivares and his handpicked contract mouthpiece, T.J. Connolly.
Whether it was business or public relations, both men in recent months relished a take-no-prisoners approach to defending the water agency from foes that [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
Investigators with the district attorney’s office searched the office of public relations guru T.J. Connolly on Thursday looking for records connected to one of his clients — the Bexar Metropolitan Water District.The investigators seized records and computer equipment connected to allegations that Connolly, whose $10,000 a month contract to represent BexarMet ran [...]

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MySA.com: Columnists
The district attorney’s office is now looking into the political machinations at the Bexar Metropolitan Water District, where the agency’s contract spokesman and his employees have heavily funded the campaigns of two board candidates.
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Campaign records revealed last week that T.J. Connolly and five other members of his firm, Connolly & Company, had given District [...]

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