Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera has been cleared of a conflict-of-interest complaint stemming from a deal to build a new headquarters for the U.S. Olympic Committee.
The finding by the city's Independent Ethics Commission was made public Monday.
Colorado Springs businessman Ron Johnson had filed the complaint after a construction contract for the USOC building was awarded to a company whose chairman was a former client of Rivera's at UBS Financial Services, where Rivera is a vice president.
Rivera called the complaint unfounded.
Johnson says he has no regrets about filing the complaint. He says Rivera should have recused himself from the process.
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