Oh, Donna, where can you be? Where can you be? -Richie Valens
A few years back, Donna Miller's Chief of Staff, Steven Vaughan, pled guilty in a pay-to-play tax racket that he ran out of Miller's office. I don't know about you, but if I ran an office, and my chief of staff used that office's powers for a little corruption, I might apologize for a violation of the public trust.
This is about as repentant as Donna Miller gets about the incident:
“You have to trust your staff when you run an office,” she said. “You just don’t know every second what everyone is doing.”
Now of course, we learned that another former Miller aide has been charged for activities from within that office. In the grand scheme of the City, a $5,000 extortion from a Councilwoman's office is not the reason that our schools suck, poverty is high, and the city is shrinking. But, this type of BS is symptomatic of so much of what is wrong with our political system, and certain actors within it.
And, once again, Miller was very willing to discuss the latest alleged bout of corruption within her office:
Miller, who faced a serious primary challenge last May but breezed to re-election last month, did not return Daily News calls seeking comment.
Oh, Donna. With corruption a seemingly normal part of your City Council office, where can you be?
See, I Voted Right
This is why I didn't vote for Democratic councilpersons in last month's election.
The Expatriate
This post sounds like your
This post sounds like your still bitter about your dad losing in the primary election.
Donna Reed Miller doesn't have to come out and say anything in the public, you pick people for your staff that you trust can do the right job, Steven Vaughn was convicted and the whatever the sentence was he is serving it.
The latest former staff member is just an indictment and doesn't equate to a conviction, isn't even qualify that she committed any illegal acts, just that the Federal Prosecutor Patrick Meehan has enough to warrant a trial.
In this case Donna Reed Miller shouldn't say anything.The councilwoman trusted her enough to have her on staff as did City Controller Alan Butkovitz who has been doing a great job at finding corruption.
Until the case is heard in a courtroom and decided upon there is nothing to talk about.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter".
Dr Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
You are right. Better she
You are right. Better she doesn't take any responsibility for her what happens in her office.
I tell you, I'm pretty
I tell you, I'm pretty bitter about Dan's dad losing in the primary election. Not because he's Dan's dad, but because the 8th district councilwoman surrounds herself with corrupt people AND doesn't seem to do anything remotely praiseworthy or even noteworthy as a legislator.
Well what she does as a
Well what she does as a legislator is determined by the people and if she has done enough is determined by the voters every four years, obviously this year she went against probably the most qualified candidate in a long time in Cindy Bass and a good candidate in Irv Acklesberg, who I think could have done better running at large.
Aside from the past election, Councilwoman Miller shouldn't be speaking about the pending trial or anyone related to it.If the woman is found not guilty people might have to re-think alot about what they say.
This is why there is a court process to determine the guilt or innocence of a person, none of us here or anyone besides the judge and or jury has the right to make a determination on charges.
Just because there is an indictment doesn't mean there is a crime, just ask Lynne Abraham.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter".
Dr Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sorry that doesn't cut
Sorry that doesn't cut it.
First, was anyone shocked by this? No, because there is a history of corruption in her office.
Second, when her chief of staff was convicted, what was her explanation? Nothing. And, for those of us who know anything about NW politics, Germantown Settlement and the like, that conviction was not much of a shock either.
So, you can tell us to wait for a conviction. But, when she doesnt take any responsibility before, why would we expect her to now?
Is it really crazy to expect a public official to say:
Of course, I know that is just crrrrrazy to expect.