Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Lemuel Williams
Introduction of Speaker
Why we are here
Primary Ethics complain
Accomplishments at SxSW
A story of donations and party affiliation
Secondary Ethics complain
What harm did it cause to citizens?
What can we do?
Introduction of Speaker
Name: Pinaki Ghosh
Occupation: Consultant
Contact: pinak@utexas.edu / 5125772170
Residence: District 1
Ex Commissioner for Community Technology and Telecommunication
Commission (CTTC)
Date of Resignation: March 31st, 2016
Reason of Resignation: To protest against corruption in TARA* /CTTC**
*TARA Telecommunication and Regulatory Affairs ** Community Technology and Telecommunication Commission
Exhibit 7, 9, 9a
City clerk, City Legal or most of the other commissioners were not informed
Four commission members colluded to keep it hidden from other commission members.
Mr. Williams ensures that nobody else is copied in his email while asking for the badges
Mr. Williams is asking for badges for himself specifically himself.
Mr. Williams had received these tickets last year also but did not mention that before inviting Mr.
Forest which is clear conflict of interest considering SXSW gets few millions dollars from the city
every year.
$4800
Exhibit 23
Exhibit 23, 25
Exhibit 7, 9, 9a
One city employee lost his job for just creating a training to work with women council members
Here Lemuel Williams is creating a segregation policy with a deliberate will to create influence which
often came in handy during voting
Mr. Williams is trying to create a inequity to keep control over the commission.
Exhibit 8, 9, 24
As far as singling out the women mentioned in the complaint, I asked everyone after the meeting
what my intention is going to be to solicit SXSW for these passes and majority of everyone
declined and Mr. Pinaki chose not to take part in any conversation. - Lemuel Williams
Exhibit 14
Exhibit 7
This shows the disregard that Mr. Williams has towards the other commission member
This also shows his complete lack of common sense, maturity and civility
This also shows a close relations between Mr. Williams and Mr. Forest which Mr. Williams did not
disclose before inviting Mr. Forest to the commission
Exhibit 7
Mr. Williams does not even understand the boundaries of his power as a commissioner and he has
no authority to chose a leader. It is chosen by the commission members.
Mr. Williams has the audacity to discuss that with an external agent who is getting lots of benefits
from city.
Exhibit 7
This is also called racketeering because he is trying to silence Ms. Narissa Johnson this is almost
criminal
http://austintx.swagit.com/play/02102016-983
$4800
Lemuel Williams has taken such gifts before too in his own
confession
Minimum $9600
Accomplishments at SXSW
Mr. Williams attends and tweets
about things that benefits his job
and the company he works for
Exhibit 15, 22
Witness Request
Dr. Sumit Dasgupta commissioner from CTTC
Mr. Tanner Vaughn commissioner from CTTC
Mrs. Ora Houston Council member District 1
Mrs. Don Zimmerman Council member District 6
Mayor Steve Adler
Mrs. Rondella Hawkins (TARA Employee)
Rey Arellano Assistant City Manager
Mark Washington Assistant City Manager