Rocky Talks for Adelphia, L.A.
By Linda Haugsted -- Multichannel News, 7/31/2002 3:59:00 PM
Adelphia Communications Corp.'s legal woes have triggered a spat between Los Angeles' publicity-seeking city attorney and another agency charged with negotiating a refranchise with the bankrupt operator.
The Board of Information Technology Commissioners has sent a letter to the attorney, Rocky Delgadillo, demanding that he recuse himself from negotiations with the operator. The board -- a panel of citizens appointed to make recommendations to the City Council on cable issues -- is angry that Delgadillo has held press conferences and divulged information that is the subject of private negotiations.
Mayor James Hahn, who also signed the letter, backs the board. They apparently believe the attorney is weakening the city's negotiating position with the operator by speaking out in public rather than working within the city hierarchy.
The Information Technology Agency has an outside legal firm -- Washington, D.C.-based Miller & Van Eaton PLLC -- assisting it on legal matters, and it wants to expand that firm's authority rather than continuing to deal with the chatty Delgadillo.
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