Former Police Chief AJ Perez and ex Personnel Director David Dunn are expected to enter guilty pleas Monday morning in federal court to rigging the
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Lopez Casts Spotlight On Municipal Targets At Taxpayer Expense
Remember that Aretha Franklin song from 1985, Who’s Zoomin’ Who? Well, these days Zoom delivers City Council meetings to the virtual destination of your choice.
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City Council President Strips Pereira Of Committee Assignments, Cites Chaos And Disruption
On Saturday, City Council President Aidee Nieves called a caucus at the Margaret Morton Government Center to rally a united front in advance of Monday
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City Attempts To Rationalize Taxpayer Legal Payments For Municipal Employees Targeted By Feds
City Attorney R. Christopher Meyer issued a legal opinion on Monday addressing the legal fees taxpayers have covered–to date more than $600,000 and counting–for the federal
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Lopez: Protect Taxpayers From Legal Bills In Criminal Probes Of Municipal Officials
Kill all the lawyers’ legal fees, especially when taxpayers are stuck with the bills in criminal probes of municipal officials. Retired Superior Court Judge Carmen
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Is It An Employment List?–The Machinations Of Selecting A New Police Chief Swirls With Controversy
Does the Civil Service Commission and City Attorney’s Office consider the testing results to select a chief in 2018 an active “employment list?” If so,
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UPDATE: City Charter’s Conflicting Language On Police Chief Vacancy Raises Questions
The city’s national search for a police chief in 2018–now engulfed in a federal imbroglio–produced three finalists from which the mayor appointed a top cop,
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Subterfuge And Betrayal–The Timeline Rigging The Police Chief Test Placing Perez Above Captain Porter On Short List
Just days after Captain Mark Straubel was placed on administrative leave in the summer of 2018 for racist texts against the department’s highest-ranking African American
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