Otradovec v. City of Green Bay

Richard P. Otradovec appeals a judgment 1 determining that, by accepting the office of alderman on the City of Green Bay Common Council while serving as a residential appraiser in the Green Bay assessor’s office, he violated the common law doctrine of incompatibility and sec. 946.13, Stats., and ordering him to choose between the office and position or be subject to prosecution. Otradovec contends that the doctrine and the statute apply only to prohibit persons from holding incompatible public offices. We conclude that the doctrine of incompatibility also prohibits a person holding a public…