Deborah Edgerly, fired Oakland exec, fires back

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 7/8/9 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

[SmithL]

After a year of silence, fired Oakland City Administrator Deborah Edgerly has filed suit against her former bosses, claiming she was unfairly terminated after refusing to hand out patronage to Mayor Ron Dellums' supporters and pay some of his wife's bills with city money.

The mayor dismissed Edgerly in July 2008 after instances of possible nepotism involving her surfaced, including the allegation that she had tipped her nephew, who also worked for the city, of an impending gang raid.

In her suit, filed Monday in Alameda County Superior Court, Edgerly says the mayor's wife and unpaid adviser, Cynthia Dellums, directed her to put former Dellums campaign supporters on the city payroll and pay her cell phone bill with city money.

In May 2008, the suit says, Cynthia Dellums asked Edgerly to come up with city money to pay the couple's $1,600 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bill.

Edgerly also claims that City Attorney John Russo balked at her request that he pay the city back $4,200 in paycheck advances.

Russo said Tuesday, "I don't remember it that way at all. I was the one who offered the repayments when Edgerly said there was no problem."

As for the rest of the allegations, Russo said, "We will answer all of them in court."

The mayor's office declined to comment.

[coconut47]

Is every politician in this country corrupt?

[csvset]

$1,600 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bill.

What? Do they have a grow operation going on or what?

[org.whodat]

Pretty much, they hold office because they are to lazy, and to incompetent, to work for a living.

[Servant of the Cross]

Cage match. Corrupt Lib Edgerly (I know redundant) vs. Commie Marxist Lib Ron Dellums (I know, redundant).

[rod1]

Probably not. But Detroit and Oakland seem to have cornered the market.

[rod1]

Now I do not know whether its Ron “Red” Dellums or Ron “Greeback” Dellums?

[Tadhg]

The real issue in this action will be the access that Edgerly had to the police personel files and her relatives association with drug gangs. It is alleged that she tipped off the gangs before a major police raid. As for Dellums, he is addled and his wife denies access to him. The “good news” for Oakland is that the next mayor is Don Perata, another radical that has been termmed out of all other potential public offices. He was under FBI investigation for curruption for 5 years. Oakland is the most currupt city.