Results tagged “civilservicecommission”

After a 16-hour hearing and deliberation process, the city's Civil Service Commission upheld the firings of four former mayor pro tem employees accused of taking nearly $200,000 in unauthorized payraises and bonuses, but it cleared two lower-level employees of conspiring to get the bonuses. During the hearing, the ex-employees said former Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado had either personally OK'd, or given them the authority to OK, bonuses and raises far beyond the norm for... more ›

Rosita Hernandez and Christopher Mays, two former mayor pro tem employees accused of taking part in nearly $200,000 in unauthorized payraises and bonuses, are having their say today at a Civil Service Commission hearing. City employees who are dismissed have the option of the appeals hearings, at which they can give reasons they should be allowed to keep their jobs. more ›

Wow — we almost thought we were going to go a week without news of another development in the City Hall payroll scandal. Sure, there was the story of Rosita Hernandez's amazing disappearing GED, but that didn't really count as breaking news. Fortunately, there is something as we close out the week: The FBI has asked for the bank records of former Mayor Pro Tem Carol Alvarado, though DA Chuch Rosenthal said she's not the... more ›