It has been said before, but apparently it needs to be said again.
Don’t put anything into an email that you would not want to see on the front page of your local newspaper.
This is especially true if your local newspaper is the LAT.
You may ask, what brings this on? I’m glad you did.
Remember Randy Adams? Former police chief of Glendale, California, who took a job as police chief of the city of Bell, at a much higher salary, while at the same time negotiating his disability pay from the city of Bell?
The LAT reprints some choice quotes from emails between Chief Adams and assistant city administrator Angela Spaccia. Quotes such as:
“I am looking forward to seeing you and taking all of Bell’s money”.
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As the LAT notes, the “Bob” in the above quote is Robert “Ratso” Rizzo, former city administrator.
Speaking of Ratso, I meant to note this last week, but it got past me: Bell’s city clerk says that Ratso ordered her to give out false information about his salary, and the salaries of the city council members. Also worthy of note: the clerk testified under a grant of limited immunity. (“Use immunity”, which prevents the DA from using her testimony against her. That doesn’t mean she can’t be prosecuted if the DA finds evidence other than her testimony to use against her. I am not your lawyer, and neither is Wikipedia, but here’s a link that explains the difference between “use immunity” and “transactional immunity”.)
Edited to add: Slightly longer version of the story here.