Posted on 04/14/2005 8:20:50 PM PDT by SmithL
SAN FRANCISCO - A city official who officiated at last year's weddings of same-sex couples announced Thursday she was resigning while under investigation for her hiring practices.
San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Mabel Teng cited personal turmoil over a divorce and scrutiny of her management of the office that assesses property and maintains city records.
Teng told Mayor Gavin Newsom that she would remain in office until May 15.
Last fall, the city's Civil Service Commission began investigating whether Teng violated patronage and nepotism rules by allegedly hiring or promoting her campaign workers and contributors.
Last month, the commission issued a report that called into question some of Teng's hiring practices but which reached no conclusions on whether she knowingly acted improperly.
When Newsom ordered city officials to start issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Feb. 12, 2004, Teng and her office were an integral part of the monthlong wedding spree.
She personally officiated at the wedding of the first couple to get married with the city's blessing, and agreed to keep her office open Valentine Day's weekend so as many marriages could be registered as possible before the courts intervened.
Whenever she appeared at rallies attended by large numbers of gay and lesbian residents, she was greeted like a celebrity, with people chanting "Mabel! Mabel!"
This rodent will not be missed I am absolutely sure.
Read more about her here.
Embattled Assessor Teng quits S.F. official blames office's bureaucracy, family life's stresses
sounds like a crook plain and simple here...
Some of the intrigue around Teng concerned her hiring of her nephew and several campaign contributors. According to assessor's office and Department of Human Resources records, she did so after altering job qualifications to accommodate their lack of experience. Her nephew later resigned.
Teng defended the hires, saying she had simply picked the best and brightest candidates.
Later, it was reported that Teng's personal contractor, Matthew Huey, who with his wife contributed $700 to her 2002 campaign, had $103,000 slashed off the assessed value of a rental property he owns in the Inner Richmond District. The reassessment was made by James Pan, another Teng contributor and campaign volunteer who was promoted to principal real estate appraiser last year when Teng took office.
Teng's staff conducted an internal audit and found at least nine instances in which Teng's contributors and others got improper reassessments.
Never did agree with giving police powers to appraisal districts anyhow. This gal has a history of taking the law into her own hands. No surprise that she consorts heavily with the amoral law breaking homo's. Would she be a lesbo by any chance ??
Is there anyone in SF politics who is not somehow dirty?
Ping to self for later pingout.
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