Damn the Torpedoes ...

Much of what lead to the recent resignation of City Attorney Bryan Wenter has been disclosed in the Contra Costa Times.  Council member Bob Simmons and Mayor Cindy Silva have admitted that they met with Attorney Wenter and told him they wanted "closure" of his investigation ... like maybe it should be ended by a specific date.  That would seem to indicate that an end was desired, whether the facts were in or not.  "Closure" or "Derail the Investigation" - I guess it's just a matter of semantics.

Five former mayors ...

 A major kerfuffle has arisen at City Hall over which City employees knew about, and should have reported to the police, (or were obligated by law to report) alleged incidents of sexual misconduct at the Lesher Center.  Four employees were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the City Manager.  The employees were apparently about to be cleared, when a question was raised as to whether the City Manager himself knew about, and didn’t report, the incident.

The suspension of the employees, the besmirching of the City Manager’s reputation and the leaking of the whole sorry story to the press (but apparently not the alleged sexual misconduct) was so upsetting to former City mayors Rainey, Skrel, Hicks, Regalia and Abrams that they published a letter chastising the City Council for their handling of the situation.