This is another story missed while I was on vacation. —Steve Thurston
Official misconduct charges against former Public Works Commissioner Jason Golub were dropped last year, and Golub has filed suit to have his attorney’s fees in the misconduct case reimbursed by the City of Saratoga Springs, a story in the Times Union says. Golub first filed notice that he planned to sue over the summer. (Read about that here.)
“The City’s grotesque mistreatment of Jason, ranging from a glaringly politicized police investigation to denying Jason his clear right to indemnification of thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees to defend against the manufactured case is reprehensible,” Golub’s attorney, Brian Mahoney wrote to the Daily Gazette.
Golub is trying to win back over $47,000 that he spent defending himself against the charges. The city refused, citing a recent court decision that said they cannot reimburse for criminal lawsuits, but Golub is maintaining, among other problems, that the city must reimburse since he was not guilty in the act.
In December 2023 a city plumber spent eight minutes at Golub’s home to pour an unclogging liquid down a drain in his kitchen sink. In dismissing the charge, Judge Jeffrey Wait found that the evidence in the case did not support that Golub “knew or had reason to know” that the city employee was on the clock when he conducted the work, the Times Union story says.