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Inglewood mayor’s $342K-a-year assistant escorted out of City Hall, hires high-profile lawyer
Pasadena Star News ^ | September 6, 2019 | JASON HENRY

Posted on 09/06/2019 8:05:29 PM PDT by george76

Melanie McDade-Dickens hasn't been back to her office since July, and her name has been scrubbed from the city website

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Melanie McDade-Dickens, a former campaign worker for Inglewood Mayor James Butts Jr. who later secured a city job paying $342,000 in salary and benefits, was escorted out of City Hall in July and has not returned, according to her attorney.

McDade-Dickens, who has served as Butts’ aide for the past eight years, was one of the city’s highest paid employees in 2018, according to publicly released figures. But her contact information has been removed from a staff directory on the city’s website and her job now appears to be in limbo.

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Though she hasn’t returned to her office, McDade-Dickens hasn’t been fired either, according to her attorney, Carl Douglas, who was a member of the defense team on the O.J. Simpson murder case.

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Douglas would not say why McDade-Dickens was escorted out of City Hall or explain her grievances. He would only confirm that her exit was against her will and that a chaperone watched over her while she was leaving.

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In February, attorneys for The Madison Square Garden Co., which owns the Forum, asked a judge to compel Butts and McDade-Dickens to answer several questions they had refused during depositions, including whether they were in a romantic relationship,

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In a redacted filing, the attorneys argued that an extramarital relationship would be relevant to determining if a witness is biased. Butts is married

(Excerpt) Read more at dailybreeze.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; carldouglas; inglewood; jamesbuttsjr; localnews; losangeles; madmax; maxine; maxinewaters; melaniemcdadedickens; ojsimpson
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To: softengine

Don’t begrudge her over the salary.

I’d wager that she earned every penny.


41 posted on 09/06/2019 10:00:27 PM PDT by tsomer
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To: gubamyster

“I’m pretty sure there are plenty of corrupt White politicians.”

Sure there are.


42 posted on 09/06/2019 10:04:57 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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To: george76
Inglewood, AKA IngleWatts?

Been a growing ghetto for decades. Corruption was built in.

43 posted on 09/06/2019 10:21:25 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: dsc
Is there a single black politician within the United States who is not corrupt?

It be reparations, you damn cracker.

44 posted on 09/06/2019 10:22:56 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Don W

You again, eh?


45 posted on 09/06/2019 10:24:42 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: lee martell

#12. More likely “not guilty” “due to a well hung” Mayor Butts.

She looks like a $342,000 assistant to the Butt.


46 posted on 09/06/2019 10:27:31 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: mumblypeg

#30. It’s corrupt California. Normal salary rules don’t apply.


47 posted on 09/06/2019 10:29:43 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: A strike

#34. Re “How much does the mayor Make”? Well, I’d say as much as she can do in between her typing job.


48 posted on 09/06/2019 10:30:57 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: o-n-money

#38. You mean “Dick’in Butts” re “they were meant to be together?


49 posted on 09/06/2019 10:32:58 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: doorgunner69

Do it be?

Well, one side of my family has been in the South since the mid 18th century, so maybe one of them was wealthy enough to own a slave somewhere along the line.

I don’t think I bear the burden of guilt for this.


50 posted on 09/06/2019 10:49:23 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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To: sphinx

On this population to salary chatter, you are correct. This is why I’d like for each position in city/county government to be printed each year to the general public with their salary and bonus level.


51 posted on 09/07/2019 1:54:55 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: SaveFerris

Leave your hard hat on.


52 posted on 09/07/2019 2:44:53 AM PDT by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: dsc

Is there a single black politician within the United States who is not corrupt?

Tim Scott, perhaps.


53 posted on 09/07/2019 4:08:57 AM PDT by YankeeinOkieville
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To: dsc

Ben Carson?


54 posted on 09/07/2019 4:17:09 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SaveFerris; Gamecock

She’s no Lloyd Braun. Should have suggested name tags


55 posted on 09/07/2019 4:29:42 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: SaveFerris

Looks like there’s been a little too much in and out...


56 posted on 09/07/2019 4:47:54 AM PDT by Jim Noble (There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know)
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To: Jim Noble

Apparently $342,000 worth. X several years.


57 posted on 09/07/2019 9:11:56 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: doorgunner69
You again, eh?

Yeah, and whattayagonnadoaboudit?

Not certain about your issue with me, but just so you know, I don't give a rat's patoot what you think or say about or to me, FRiend.

Have the life you've earned.

58 posted on 09/07/2019 5:41:15 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: YankeeinOkieville

“Tim Scott”

I sure hope so.


59 posted on 09/07/2019 7:19:38 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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To: VTenigma

“Ben Carson”

I don’t know if I’d call him a politician. Has he ever held elective office?


60 posted on 09/07/2019 7:21:40 PM PDT by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one-party control of communications.)
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