He sees no conflict as a city employee doing work that could benefit a potential city contractor and said he is pushing for the red-light ordinance because the HPOU supports it. "It is what it is," Clark said. "No one is trying to play games about it. I wouldn't do it if it was a conflict of interest. I'm not trying to give an advantage to anybody."

"ACS is wired in more than an ex-councilman ever was," [Nestor lobbyist] Keller said. "There's no sure thing in our spending the money we are to lobby the Legislature. We could be the ones investing a lot of time and may not get the business."