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Convicted councilman is set to ask former colleagues for a 9th Ward zoning favor

Disgraced former City Councilman Jon Johnson plans a return to the Council Chambers Thursday, though from the other side of the dais as he begs for special after-the-fact permission from his former colleagues to build a three-plex.

by Karen Gadbois February 19, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Past deadline, Jon Johnson starts work on empty 9th Ward building

by Karen Gadbois July 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Busting Jon Johnson shows early promise of a new kind of news

by Eli Ackerman July 25, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

$166G in taxpayer loans, yet council member's property still a wreck

Nine-month deadline passes, but councilman's property shows little evidence of generous government support.

by Karen Gadbois May 17, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Two council members continue work stoppage

More reporters than City Council members attended today’s non-meeting of the city’s legislative branch, which again was stymied by the absence of Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell.

by Karen Gadbois May 17, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019