Emails Show Wage Debate in AG’S Office before Alleged Extortion

STATE HOUSE – Years before it became the centerpiece of a federal extortion case that rocked Boston City Hall, an outdoor music festival and its hiring practices were the subject of debate within the office of former Attorney General Martha Coakley. Boston Calling's offer to let music fans work to gain tickets to its weekend-long pop music festivals appeared "highly problematic" and seemed to violate the minimum wage law, a lawyer in the attorney general's Fair Labor Division told a top City Ha

STATE HOUSE – Years before it became the centerpiece of a federal extortion case that rocked Boston City Hall, an outdoor music festival and its hiring practices were the subject of debate within the office of former Attorney General Martha Coakley. Boston Calling's offer to let music fans work to gain tickets to its weekend-long pop music festivals appeared "highly problematic" and seemed to violate the minimum wage law, a lawyer in the attorney general's Fair Labor Division told a top City Ha…