KHOU-11 ran a story from Dan Lauck on the bonusgate scandal, and there’s a little new information:
According to sources, [Alice] Lee’s successor Rosie Hernandez, told the three [Mayor Pro Tem’s office] staff members that they were going to make up for all the time they’d been underpaid.
Allegedly, Watkins, who best knew the process, put through memos ordering bonuses.
Alvarado’s forged initials were on the memos.
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Nobody caught on until about two weeks ago when some lower-level employees in the city’s finance and administration office were complaining among themselves about how much money the Pro Tem staffers made.
A manager overheard the conversation and before long, they were digging into the records.
Lee says this may have been the worst, but not the first, such abuse by staff members.
“A council senior aide wrote a memo to give herself a raise of $10,000,” Lee said. And it went through.
Alvarado herself may or may not be under investigation:
Meanwhile, Alvarado denies wrong-doing and continues answering questions while performing her duties as the Mayor Pro-Tem.
At the same time, law enforcement sources have said that Alvarado herself is under investigation.
“Law enforcement sources” doesn’t sound that firm. What law-enforcement sources? And has anyone talked to Chuck Rosenthal’s office?
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