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Did Ron Dellums‘ wife, Cynthia Dellums, demand that Deborah Edgerly pay their $1,600 PG&E bill from city coffers? Did City Attorney Tony Russo fail to repay payroll advances? That’s what Deborah Edgerly wants you to believe. According to her recently filed lawsuit against the City of Oakland for wrongful termination. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums fired Edgerly on July 1, 2008.
The City of Oakland sees it differently. According to SFGate:
The mayor dismissed Edgerly in July 2008 after instances of possible nepotism involving her surfaced, including the allegation that she had tipped her nephew, who also worked for the city, of an impending gang raid.
In May 2008, the suit says, Cynthia Dellums asked Edgerly to come up with city money to pay the couple’s $1,600 Pacific Gas and Electric Co. bill.
Edgerly also claims that City Attorney John Russo balked at her request that he pay the city back $4,200 in paycheck advances.
Russo said Tuesday, “I don’t remember it that way at all. I was the one who offered the repayments when Edgerly said there was no problem.”
You might remember that Edgerly is alleged to have alerted her nephew to an undercover raid by Oakland Police on the notorious Acorn gang.
Several stories from SFGate will illustrate the very interesting chain of events.
INTERESTING TIDBIT: Deborah Edgerly hired Doron Weinberg, a very well known criminal defense attorney, early on in the probe against her. Weinberg recently represented Phil Spector (currently in prison, intake photo), Bernie Ward (currently in prison, previous postings), William Ayers, child psychiatrist currently on trial for allegedly molesting children (likely going to prison). His record seems to be comparable to Geragos.
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