The discrimination lawsuit filed against County Executive John R. Leopold this week by a former employee will still be pending on Election Day, which is barely two months away.
"It's politically motivated, period," the county Republican Party committee chairman said.
The county attorney (a political appointee) said it seemed "calculated for maximum political effect by being filed after such a long period of time and just before an election."
But Leopold has only himself to blame for the cloud of questions surrounding his personal behavior and...
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Callahan - 2010-08-26 17:39:53
Let's face it - Dennis runs the county and keeps JL out of more trouble.
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Forgot - 2010-08-26 17:35:35
They forgot to mention that Leopold's had about a dozen different police dept drivers in his 4 years also. A buddy in the PD said he knows of at least 6 that were quietly re-assigned to good jobs and sworn to secrecy. I can only assume they each saw too much and were removed to prevent any one person from knowing everything Leopold's up to. C'mon Eric, get to the bottom of it. Why so many? What did they see that wasn't OK with the egomaniac? Was it related?
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Excellent - 2010-08-26 15:47:14
Again Eric lays out the facts succinctly and persuasively.
Now voters have to ask, do we want to re-elect an efficient and competent, but apparently sex crazed man, as county exec?
I say no.
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