Van De Yacht v. the City of Wausau

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

In early 2006, plaintiff Christine Van De Yacht, then a member of the Wausau Common Council, was investigated by the city’s ethics board at the request of the council after she purchased property that had been awarded money from a blight elimination fund on which plaintiff had voted as an alderperson. After a public hearing, the ethics board found that plaintiffs conduct had violated the code of ethics and recommended that she be censured. Less than two weeks later, plaintiffs term on the council ended without any action being taken by the…