Posted on 01/17/2003 1:55:44 AM PST by putupon
Edited on 07/20/2004 11:48:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Reva M. Trammell won't have to go far to see the criminals she battled in Richmond's South Side.
The confrontational crime-fighter has landed a job at the city jail less than three months after losing her City Council seat.
Richmond Sheriff Michelle B. Mitchell has hired Trammell as a community-relations coordinator. She starts Tuesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesdispatch.com ...
employee relations is more like it.
"We thought she would be a good fit," Mitchell said..........Federal and state authorities have been investigating Mitchell's spending practices after she used jail-store profits to pay for such things as pictures of herself for her re-election campaign and gifts for lawyers, judges and her staff.
and donations to the Democratic party.
She also will share an official vehicle with a small group of employees.
Plenty of experience there.
During her stay on council, Trammell was criticized for her personal dealings with police officers......Trammell will share room with a few other employees in a trailer behind the jail.
Talk about turning a hobby into a paid proffession. When the trailer is a rockin', don't come knockin'.
Councilman Sa'ad El-Amin, a friend and former colleague, said: "When one window closes, another window opens."
Sa'ad must getting some too.
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