by CalWatchdog Staff | January 23, 2012 1:12 pm
Steven Greenhut: The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has sent former Assemblyman Todd Spitzer a scathing letter demanding that he correct a press release he sent out claiming to be assistant district attorney. Spitzer is running for Orange County supervisor. DA Chief of Staff Susan Kang Schroeder wrote:
“I am in receipt of the attached press release you sent out today. You identify yourself as ‘WHO: Assistant District Attorney … .’
“As you are aware, you were fired from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) in August 2010, after 18 months with the Office. Among many reasons, you were fired for misusing your title and position in many incidents.
“You were fired for campaigning for office in violation of OCDA policy, exploiting crime victims by referring legal cases involving crime victims to a personal friend and potential political contributor, divulging confidential information obtained through your position at the OCDA to the public, misusing your position as a prosecutor by falsely representing to another department that the OCDA was conducting an investigation, giving inappropriate gifts to court staff showing a lack of understanding on appearance of impropriety, and many other significant reasons.”
Ouch. We’ll see what Spitzer, a close ally of the public sector unions, says in return.
JAN. 23, 2011
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