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Can official survive scandal? (ANALYSIS: S.J. CITY MANAGER MAY RETAIN POST REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME)
San Jose Mercury News ^ | Sun, Jan. 16, 2005 | Aaron C. Davis

Posted on 01/17/2005 2:04:55 AM PST by nickcarraway

Five months ago City Manager Del Borgsdorf set the bar in San Jose's burgeoning technology scandal: City employees caught lying would be out of a job.

But now, city council members are deeply ambivalent about applying the same punishment to the city's top appointed official. An independent investigator concluded last week that Borgsdorf either lied or ran city government in such a way that his entire senior staff failed for months to tell him what they knew about an $8 million contract that favored Cisco Systems.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; cisco; citymanager; corruption; gonzales; sanjose

1 posted on 01/17/2005 2:04:57 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Can you post more?


2 posted on 01/17/2005 5:16:21 AM PST by ClintonBeGone (In politics, sometimes it's OK for even a Wolverine to root for a Buckeye win.)
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To: nickcarraway

Criminality in their top officials doesn't bother Democrats the way it does Republicans.

Remember Mayor Bsrry of DC? And of course, Clinton? They will just keep electing immoral people. I was always sort of surprised they threw out Toricelli.

Republicans are obsessed with personal morality, Democrats with keeping public cash flowing and "tolerance".

Each will throw out their standard bearers for violating only their obsessions.


3 posted on 01/17/2005 6:24:41 AM PST by I still care (America is not the problem - it is the solution..)
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To: I still care

You are so right! The dems don't care if their people crooks and cheats - as long as they win!


4 posted on 01/17/2005 8:20:47 AM PST by CyberAnt (Where are the dem supporters? - try the trash cans in back of the abortion clinics.)
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To: nickcarraway

Did ya see where Mayor "Taj" Gonzales pulled some shenanigans, committee appointees-wise as well, and slighted his vocal opponents in so doing.

He actually underappointed council members to committees as a form of silent retaliation for anyone who has been critical of Taj's reign of mayhem and incompetence, influence peddling, and business as usual in a liberally infested city hall.

He sure does look out for his electorate, huh? ;-)


5 posted on 01/17/2005 8:56:41 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ...... The War on Terrorism is the ultimate 'faith-based' initiative.)
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