Lancaster Mayor Files New Report of Income
Lancaster Mayor William Pursley, responding to an investigation by the state’s political watchdog agency, has filed documents showing he failed to report at least several hundred thousand dollars in income and some real estate activities last year.
The discrepancies came to light this month when Pursley, a real estate agent and developer, filed a vastly expanded economic statement for 1989 at the behest of the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission listing previously undisclosed interests.
State law generally requires politicians to disclose their sources of income, property holdings and investments as a way of deterring potential conflicts of interest in their official decisions.
An FPPC spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that the agency has an investigation of Pursley under way, stemming from a complaint filed in July by an unidentified individual.
Pursley was in Mexico on a trip this week and unavailable for comment.
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