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39111	2013/LyonsJim.pdf	The Commonwealth ofMassachusetts COMMISSION ENSE PETIT 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES QV STATE HOUSE, BOSTON 02133-1054 SEP - 9 PM 12: 45 Committees JAMES J. LYONS, JR. Public Health STATE REPRESENTATIVE Higher Education Global Warming and Climate Change 18TH ESSEX DISTRICT ANDOVER, BOXFORD, NORTH ANDOVER TEWKSBURY STATE HOUSE, ROOM 39 TEL (617) 722-2014 James.Lyons@MAhouse.gov September 9, 2013 State Ethics Commission One Ashburton Place, Room 619 Boston, MA 02108 Dear Ethics Commission: Please find enclosed my disclosure form regarding the Appearance of Conflict of Interest as required by G. L. C. 268A, § 23(b)(3). In addition, I have two newspaper articles one from December 3, 2011 and another from September 9, 2013. Please let me know if there are any other forms or information required. July DISCLOSURE OF APPEARANCE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS REQUIRED BY G. L. C. 268A, § 23(b)(3) RECEIVED PUBLIC EMPLOYEE INFORMATION SINNOO SOIHIB RIVIS Name of public employee. James J Lyons, Jr. 2013 SEP -9 PM 12:45 Title or Position: State Representative Agency/Department: House of Representatives Agency address: State House, Room 39, Boston, MA 02133 Office Phone: 617 722 2014 Office E-mail: James.lyons@mahouse.gov In my capacity as a state, county or municipal employee, 1 am expected to take certain actions in the performance of my official duties. Under the circumstances, a reasonable person could conclude that a person or organization could unduly enjoy my favor or improperly influence me when I perform my official duties, or that I am likely to act or fail to act as a result of kinship, rank, position or undue influence of a party or person. I am filing this disclosure to disclose the facts about this relationship or affiliation and to dispel the appearance of a conflict of interest. APPEARANCE OF FAVORITISM OR INFLUENCE Describe the issue Potential misuse of state funds for legal and other services. that is coming before you for action or decision. What responsibility do you have for As a legislator 1 vote on bills that impact state funding. taking action or making a decision? Explain your He and his wife are convicted of criminal harassment of me and my family. relationship or affiliation to the person or organization. How do your official I think there could be a violation of laws regarding benefits received by the people actions or decision involved with me. matter to the person or organization? Optional: Additional facts - e.g., why there is a low risk of undue favoritism or See Attachments (2) improper influence. WRITE AN X TO CONFIRM THE STATEMENT BELOW. If you cannot confirm this statement, Taking into account the facts that I have disclosed above, I feel that I can perform you should my official duties objectively and fairly. recuse yourself. Employee signature: Date: Jun 9/9/13 Attach additional pages if necessary. Not elected to your public position - file with your appointing authority. Elected state or county employees - file with the State Ethics Commission. Members of the General Court - file with the House or Senate clerk or the State Ethics Commission. Elected municipal employee - file with the City Clerk or Town Clerk. Elected regional school committee member - file with the clerk or secretary of the committee. Form revised July, 2012 Feud between Rep. Lyons and neighbor continues » EagleTribune.com http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x335464375/Feud-between-Rep-L. RECEIVED EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MAHICS COMMISSION 2013 SEP 9 PM 47 September 9, 2013 Feud between Rep. Lyons and neighbor continues By Dustin Luca dluca@eagletribune.com - LAWRENCE - State Rep. Jim Lyons, R-Andover, was back in court last week in the latest chapter in a nearly decade-long bitter property feud with a neighbor in the Ballardvale section of Andover In this latest volley, abutting property owner William Johnson was accused of violating the terms of a 2011 probation order in place after he and his wife were both convicted and served time for criminally harassing Lyons' family in 2008. The harassment - which included a false accusation of child molestation - followed Lyons' vocal opposition to plans by Johnson and his wife to build a 4,500-square-foot home on Reynolds Street on a site that backs up to the legislator's 12 High Vale Lane home. Lawrence District Court Judge Michael Brooks sided with Johnson in a probation violation hearing Wednesday, ruling that the "indirect contact" he had last month with Lyons' family did not violate the no-contact order that's part of his probation. But Brooks did order Johnson to stay away from his Reynolds Street property until he presents the court with "a plan to minimize contact" with the Lyons family. The court-ordered plan would require Johnson to let the Lyons family know when he expected to be on his Reynolds Street property during instances when his presence is necessary, Brooks said. "Minimize contact, not eliminate," Brooks told Johnson. "I'm not saying that the work can't continue - you can't be there for any reason." In addition to having no contact with the Lyonses, the Johnsons, under the terms of their probation, are prohibited from traveling on High Vale Lane. The Johnsons lived at 36 High Vale Lane, down the street from Lyons, when the harassment charges were first brought. An amendment to the probation order that expired in mid-August previously allowed the Johnsons to be at the house at 36 High Vale Lane, which the couple have since sold, having now moved to Reading. They have, however, bought the Reynolds Street property, which they had a purchase-and-sales agreement on for years, and are proceeding with construction of the house. According to the court hearing, the Planning Board has approved plans for the house and police documents indicate the Johnsons have hired a contractor to clear trees on part of the property. The site clearing is what led to last week's court hearing in a saga that predates Lyons' election to the Legislature in 2010. 1 of2 9/9/2013 11:47 AM