Charlie,
Given what the public knows now, I agree Kelly was probably acting in the best interest of the City by not doing anything. As the Pioneer Press reported yesterday, "Kelly has said the FBI asked him not to take any actions that would alert Sia Lo a probe was under way." I have to think that Chief Finney agrees with Kelly's assessment unless I hear otherwise.
But I disagree with you on another point: Chief Finney didn't suggest that Sia Lo be fired. He suggested he be "reassigned":
In a city with 3000 plus jobs, would a simple mobility transfer
of the investigation's subject to an assignment out of the Office of the
Mayor have been onerous?
Bob Spaulding Downtown
_____________________________________________Yes, but the substance of Finney's charge seems wrong to me. How was it not in the city's interest to cooperate in an investigation of corruption by a highly placed city official? And why should someone be fired the moment an allegation is made and an investigation begun? I don't usually find myself defending the mayor but, in this respect, I think Finney was wrong.
Charlie Swope Ward 1
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