Here’s another Carol Alvarado quote from yesterday’s Bonusgate press conference:
“I did nothing improper and I’ve accepted responsibility.”
She did nothing improper and she’s accepted responsibility.
But if she really thinks she’s done nothing wrong (er, improper), then what is she taking responsibility for?
Even after almost four weeks of this, she refuses to admit what she did wrong, and of course she did something wrong: she didn’t exercise oversight of her staff, a basic duty of anyone in a leadership position. The fact that she still refuses to acknowledge this is a huge black mark on her leadership ability.
In a soundbite on KTRH-740 this morning she said that she is sorry this has become a distraction. She didn’t apologize for her failure as a manager, or for not being a good steward of the taxpayers’ hard-earned money, or for besmirching the character of so many decent, hard-working city employees. No. She apologized for the distraction.
A distraction caused by her failure.
Now she is all about helping Mayor White come up with reforms so this will never happen again — reforms that are necessary due to her unwillingness or inability to supervise her own staff! Mayor White will use this as an opportunity to look like a reform mayor, while he increases mayoral power and reduces councilmembers’ control over their own employees.
Thanks to Carol Alvarado.
But she did nothing wrong…or improper.
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