On May 22, 1992, Mr. Johnny Carson appeared on the tonight show for the last time. Exactly sixteen years later, on May 22, 2008, Heather Fargo may have held her last performance as well. That was the day our entitlement-minded mayor announced from our city hall building that she was demanding the Sacramento police department redirect resources from investigating real crimes to investigating her opponent, Kevin Johnson. Her reasoning? If a crime had been committed on “her watch,” she was obligated to investigate it (Ed. note: nice of her to finally acknowledge we have a police department, at least)
When the feds are done investigating St Hope, it looks like they’ll be stopping by city hall to pay Mayor Fargo a visit on their way out of town. RE Graswich has the scoop for you..
Joe Sacto Excerpt from the law documented on about.com:
These employees may not:
- use official authority or influence to interfere with an election
- engage in political activity while:
- on duty
Maybe I’m not going to get my interview after all. Perhaps very shortly Fargo might be saying the same thing Johnny did 16 years ago moments before the curtains closed for the final time on his long running variety show:
“I bid you a very heartfelt good night. “
Joe
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From my article earlier today:
If anyone should doubt my claims about the city council’s constellation of broken promises to 70,000 residents in “New Sacramento,” have a look-see at RE Graswich’s commentary on her defiant abandonment of campaign promises she made to us, the voting public, at the beginning of the campaign:
Click here to see the promises Mayor Fargo made at the beginning of the campaign
Is this a mayor we can “trust” with another round of commitments?
Hi Joe, check out R.E. Graswich’s “The Scoop” story today. It looks like the toilet is backing up…
Thanks for the heads up. Good looking out! I emailed msill @ sacbee.com and asked them why they are not on this. No reply yet.
Hey Joe –
Good catch. I checked it out, but could not find a source that indicates Fargo is subject to the Hatch Act. As far as I can tell, it applies to state and local employees if their positions are primarily paid for with federal funding. Do you know if that’s true?
PS…enjoying your blog.
6, the acid test is apparently not federally funded salary per se. Read the brief I pasted below. It reads, “Langford [former mayor of Atlantic City, NJ] is covered by the Hatch Act because his primary job duties are in connection with programs that are financed, in whole or in part, by federal loans or grants.” Read here
Sac City has programs that are financed, in whole, or in part, by federal loans and grants. One such program is road resurfacing and repair Read here
Not looking good for Queen Fargo and Prince Ross
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