LINK WITH BEACH HOTEL DEVELOPERS QUESTIONED COUNCILMAN INVOLVED FINANCIALLY WITH PAIR BEHIND 31ST ST. PLANS.(FRONT)

From: The Virginian Pilot | Date: July 18, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: CLINT RILEY and JASON SKOG THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

VIRGINIA BEACH -- City Councilman Linwood O. Branch profited from a business relationship with the developers of the 31st Street hotel project for four years before severing it last month.

From 1997 until last month, Branch's hotel received more than $10,000 a year in room referrals from Gold Key Resorts Inc., a company owned by developers Bruce L. Thompson and Edmund C. Ruffin.

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