Stroud case isn't moving fast enough for Chronicle
I am completely baffled by this Chronicle editorial:
Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal indicated a month ago that he would have preferred that Houston Independent School District officials had called in law enforcement during an investigation of the district's top academic officer. Yet three weeks after HISD handed over to prosecutors the results of the probe that led to Chief School Administrator Margaret Stroud's resignation, the file has yet to be opened.
Geez, where to begin?
Is there some sort of timetable that must be met? Is the editorial board trying to go on vacation, and feels it can't do so until the Stroud case is resolved to its satisfaction?
And DA Rosenthal did not indicate "that he would have preferred that Houston Independent School District officials had called in law enforcement during an investigation of the district's top academic officer":
Also, HISD contacted Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal to ask him if the Chronicle's headline from the original story (saying HISD was wrong to conduct its own investigation) was accurate. According to Abbott, Rosenthal indicated that he did NOT say HISD was wrong to have conducted its own investigation, and he said he wanted HISD to continue to bring investigations to his office in the same way they've always been brought to the DA's office.
I emailed Rosenthal for a comment and he responded that there is not a problem between his office and HISD. He said he understands HISD has been in regular contact with the Public Integrity office regarding investigations.
Honestly, isn't there anything else going on in this city that might have merited an editorial?
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 07/06/05 03:53 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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