Recorder Of Deeds

County officials react to Supreme Court ruling on ethics

&Ldquo;In one sentence, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the District Attorney alone has the authority to supervise the District Attorney’s Office. The Supreme Court’s ruling is a victory for the independence of prosecutors throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prosecutors must operate free from outside political or personal influences. This ordinance was an attempt by two commissioners to control the operation and policy of the district attorney and other independently-elected row officers using the pretext of ‘ethics’. Under the internal rules of the district attorney’s office and the mandates of state law, there are strict ethical rules governing the conduct of the DA’s employees. Members of the DA’s office are already governed by the State Ethics Code, the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, and the District Attorney’s Ethical Code of Conduct and Policy Manual. We hold ourselves to the highest possible ethical standards. The Court’s unanimous ruling makes clear that elected officials do not have the authority to interfere in the operation of other independently elected officials’ offices. We undertook this fight to maintain the integrity and the independence of the district attorney’s office in Montgomery County. The rule of law is now clear in Pennsylvania — only the district attorney may hire, fire or supervise her employees.”

1 2 See Full Story “In one sentence, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the District Attorney alone has the authority to supervise the District Attorney’s Office. The Supreme Court’s ruling is a victory for the independence of prosecutors throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Prosecutors must operate free from outside political or personal influences. This ordinance was an attempt by two commissioners to control the operation and policy of the district attorney and other independently-elected row officers using the pretext of ‘ethics’. Under the internal rules of the district attorney’s office and the mandates of state law, there are strict ethical rules governing the conduct of the DA’s employees. Members of the DA’s office are already governed by the State Ethics Code, the Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, and the District Attorney’s Ethical Code of Conduct and Policy Manual. We hold ourselves to the highest possible ethical standards. The Court’s unanimous ruling makes clear that elected officials do not have the authority to interfere in the operation of other independently elected officials’ offices. We undertook this fight to maintain the integrity and the independence of the district attorney’s office in Montgomery County. The rule of law is now clear in Pennsylvania — only the district attorney may hire, fire or supervise her employees.

The Irony: Recorder of Deeds Eugene 'Gene' Moore Faces Foreclosure ...

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In this Great Recession, foreclosure has affected almost every group within our society. Unfortunately for much of the American public, losing one's home has happened to anyone, regardless of class, and if you are Eugene "Gene" Moore (pictured), who maintains federal income tax liens and mortgage foreclosure notifications as a deeds recorder for Cooks County, Ill., you now have to open up a file on yourself. Moore has been slapped with not only a debt of nearly $78,000 in unpaid income taxes, but his banking institution is waiting to foreclose on his home due to delinquent mortgage payments.

The once-successful public official could join the unfortunate ranks of the more than 1-million homes that are expected to be repossessed this year.  Foreclosures are at an all time high, with 1 in 8 Americans behind on their mortgage payments, and economists are predicting that the housing crisis is far from over. A lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court states that Moore took out a loan back in fall of 2007 to the tune of a $620,000 mortgage for his two-story home located in the historic and high-priced district of Maywood.  The mortgage was paid through May of last year, but there was a remaining debt of $603,586 in principal when the Hudson City Savings Bank sued Moore last October. Although the 68-year-old makes a substantial yearly salary as a recorder, $105,000, he attributed his recent cash flow problems to rental property problems and a now-unsuccessful side business that once fetched him as much as $150,000 a year in profits.  Moore is to meet with the IRS to possibly work out a mutually satisfying payment plan that will enable him to keep his home. As the county recorder, Moore manages an annual budget of nearly $8.9 million and administers records for Cook County properties, including notices of mortgages, sales and foreclosures.  Now that the recorder's office is on the ballot again for next year, Moore is uncertain whether he will seek another term. If he does, an opponent could besmirch him by dragging up his current financial situation. There doesn't seem to be much light at the end of Moore's tunnel.

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That's as dumb as the current Recorder of Deeds, who ran because he didn't like the direction Obama was taking us.

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The revised statutes of the state of Missouri, 1879

OF RECORDERS OF DEEDS. Suction. 8805. Office of recorder in each county. 3806. Ollice, where anil how to be kept. 3807. Circuit clerks to lie ex-qfflcio ...

The Pacific reporter

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County Courthouse Book

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The statutes of the state of Missouri, To which are prefixed the constitutions of the United States and the state of Missouri

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