At the Post Bulletin, Heather Carlson reported on Friday in [Chuck] Michael says he wasn't paid for consulting work:
Olmsted County rail consultant Chuck Michael said he was not paid by the private company seeking to build a high-speed rail line from Rochester to the Twin Cities.
Michael sent an email to the Post-Bulletin following an article published that reported Michael did some consulting work for North American High Speed Rail Group last year. In the email, Michael wrote, "you should be interested to know that my total compensation from NAHSR was $0."
In an interview, Michael said he does a lot of voluntary, pro bono work and didn't think about mentioning this was one of those cases. . . .
Read the rest in the Post Bulletin. The original Post Bulletin article was County rail consultant also did work for private rail group.
We had looked at the issue in our post, CEO out at North American High Speed Rail Group; consultant's contracts draw scrutiny.
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