Mayor Pro Tem Alvarado goes mute
There were several notable items today related to Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado and the bonusgate scandal.
Matt Stiles reported this interesting bit of news:
The four suspended employees have not been charged with any crimes, but Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal's office may enter the case soon.
A report from Houston Police investigators is expected to be given to prosecutors as early as Friday, Rosenthal said. He declined to discuss the matter in detail, but said his office's involvement might extend beyond the bonuses in question.
We've been asking for several days now about Chuck Rosenthal. It's good that a member of the local media finally decided to talk to him. This seems like a perfect matter for his Public Integrity office.
Councilmember Shelley Sekula-Gibbs helpfully offered to fund an audit of all spending from the Mayor Pro Tem's office, no doubt tempting Alvarado to break her silence in order to curse the Doctor-Councilwoman again.
KTRH-740's Chris Baker apologized to citizens on behalf of Alvarado (since her own apologies neglected that very important constituency) and ran a fun song parody. UPDATE: Here's the parody, sans apology.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/23/06 11:31 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (19)
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