When will Alvarado resign?
Local media outlets can't seem to agree whether or not the report on the bonus pay scandal in Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado's office has been passed on to Mayor White and the Harris County District Attorney's office. The Chronicle and KUHF-88.7 say the report will be out next week. KTRK-13 got two answers from Mayor White on the report (that it should be out next week AND that he expected to see it this weekend). KHOU-11 says the report is already in the hands of the DA's office.
It does seem to be the case that the White Administration is beginning to nudge Carol Alvarado out of the Mayor Pro Tem position.
From the Chronicle:
Mayor Bill White spoke with some City Council members Friday to feel them out about who should be mayor pro tem if Councilwoman Carol Alvarado relinquishes the post amid a payroll-padding scandal.
"I want to get this OIG investigation complete before drawing any conclusions," White said. "I haven't done a formal poll of all the council members. I have asked some people what we do to get this behind us."
The mayor would not go into further detail, but one of the council members with whom he met on Friday was Ada Edwards.
"That's his call," Edwards said about whether Alvarado should step down. "He didn't ask me my opinion when he appointed her. It's not clear to me why he needs my opinion about what he should do now."
White also met with Councilwoman Toni Lawrence.
"He's considering one of the council members who's been in the same party as he has," said Lawrence, a Republican.
The nature of politics suggests that when councilmembers start talking to the press about their conversations with the mayor on potential replacements for the Mayor Pro Tem, the current Mayor Pro Tem isn't going to be holding the job much longer.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/04/06 09:56 PM | Print |
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