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Fired D.C. insurance commissioner tried to apologize for criticizing Obamacare fix
The Washington Post ^ | November 18, 2013 | Aaron C. Davis

Posted on 11/18/2013 7:34:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A fuller accounting of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s firing of the city’s insurance commissioner came into view Monday as the mayor’s staff worked to head off any threat of a council probe of the firing.

Documents and interviews showed that criticism of William P. White was immediate and fierce inside Gray’s office late last week, when White issued a statement critical of President Obama’s proposed fix to part of the botched rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

Tempers flared on Thursday and White was fired less than a day later despite a late-night apology in a voice mail left on Gray’s cellphone and a lengthy mea culpa via e-mail to the mayor’s senior staff.

According to a copy of that e-mail reviewed by The Washington Post, White wrote that he took “full responsibility” for his statement questioning the wisdom of Obama’s plan. He also wrote that he would work to fix “any problems or misconceptions that might result from my action.”

Gray’s staff reached out to D.C. Council members on Saturday after The Post reported White’s firing. Despite the politically sensitive nature of White’s comments, council members were assured that Gray (D) had simply lost faith in White’s judgment — and that his firing was the mayor’s prerogative....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: obama; obamacare
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To: Repeal 16-17
Heresy against the Liberal Messiah is not free speech! [/sarc]

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire


21 posted on 11/18/2013 8:38:38 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen (DEFUND the GOPe it wants our money, our votes, but NOT our principles/values/beliefs)
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To: GeronL
How long before there are local councils to decide who is politically loyal enough to have a job?

Why don't we ask the former Chrysler and General Motors dealership owners?

-PJ

22 posted on 11/18/2013 8:39:08 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: what's up
Actually, it is relevant.

Not regarding why the D.C. Insurance Commissioner was fired. Regarding that, all that mattered was that this man criticized the Liberal Messiah.

23 posted on 11/18/2013 8:43:08 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Repeal 16-17

Obama is now firing those defending Obamacare. Quite interesting.


24 posted on 11/18/2013 8:45:47 PM PST by what's up
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To: Repeal 16-17

You vill not criticize Der Fuhrer!!


25 posted on 11/18/2013 9:01:01 PM PST by Husker24
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To: what's up

What matters is not whether you defend Obamacare, only whether you defend Obama.


26 posted on 11/18/2013 9:17:38 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Funny, Gray and White = Black.


27 posted on 11/18/2013 9:32:15 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Mr. K
Well, finally a person is fired over Obamacare (for criticizing it)

There was also that phone-bank operator, for giving a truthful description of her job.

28 posted on 11/18/2013 10:37:39 PM PST by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mayor Grey always struck me as a not too bright follower, easy to manipulate or intimidate.


29 posted on 11/18/2013 10:42:31 PM PST by lee martell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
 
 
 
"Apology accepted, Commissioner White..."
 
 

30 posted on 11/18/2013 10:50:55 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Home Rule in DC is and always has been a sorry joke. Absent FedGov dumping billions into the City it would look like Detroit in short season


31 posted on 11/19/2013 2:48:21 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In the old days sea captains would hang those who didn’t toe the line from the yardarms of their ships to show others the results of their actions that displeased the Captain.

Today, the King of America uses fear and oppression to keep his subjects in line. This is a warning to others who just might say the wrong thing...that is the politically wrong thing...or worse yet THE TRUTH.


32 posted on 11/19/2013 3:47:06 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: GeronL

Government jobs... must have the mark of the beast, 666, to be employed...


33 posted on 11/19/2013 4:01:08 AM PST by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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