Council to award Sky Train contract

06-10-2009 • AzCentral.com

Winning city hall

Bombardier tapped Policy Development Group, whose principals, Gail Gordon and Ron Ober, are Mayor Gordon's sister and brother-in-law.

 

The firm also hired Phoenix International Consultants, led by Ronnie Lopez, who chaired election campaigns for both the mayor and Councilman Claude Mattox.

 

Meanwhile, Sumitomo brought on former Phoenix firefighters union President Billy Shields, a close friend and fundraiser of Gordon, who now runs lobbying firm Shields Consulting/Public Policy Partners.

 

A Bombardier spokeswoman declined to comment until after today's vote, and Lopez did not return a News Link • Global Reported By Ernest Hancock

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