CHRONICLE EXCLUSIVEAlleged HISD fee scheme detailedConsultant paid trustee thousands of dollars over several yearsBy Ericka Mellon
HISD trustee Larry Marshall voted repeatedly to award taxpayer-funded contracts to companies that hired his longtime business associate who gave him a cut of her earnings, according to court records, deposition testimony and interviews. Marshall, the Houston Independent School Districts most senior trustee, has received tens of thousands of dollars through the arrangement with consultant Joyce Moss-Clay, who also is his political campaign treasurer, records show. The partnership dates back several years, and in 2009 alone netted the elected official more than $59,000.
The payments to Marshall are at the center of an ongoing civil lawsuit that alleges a bribery and kickback scheme tainted the bidding process in the nations seventh-largest school district.
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