Monday, October 6, 2008

Parks Threatened With Recall For 'Disgraceful, Unethical, Illegal Actions And Abuses Of Power'

Activist Damien Goodmon is calling for Bernard Parks to step down from his City Council seat as well as his positions with the MTA and Expo Line Construction Authority or face a recall for his "disgraceful, unethical, illegal actions and abuses of power." A letter from Goodmon to Parks lays out some of the issues:

“One would think a former Police Chief would understand how an action may not violate one section of the law, but would violate another section of the law. A criminal who robs a bank may not be guilty of murder, but the act is no less illegal. Perhaps my supposition that, given your tenure as the Chief of Police, you would understand this difference is predicated on my unfounded assumption that incompetence was not one of the primary reasons former Mayor Jimmy Hahn fired you. It is disappointing and revealing that you have not apologized for taking and/or soliciting the dirty money, let alone offered to return the donations. Instead, you have the audacity to threaten those who have highlighted this illegal act by calling for investigations. That may have been how you ran things at Rampart, Sir, but the good people of the 8th District will not permit our business to be conducted in such a manner."


Read the entire article at The Front Page Online.