KLOBUCHAR'S CHIEF DEFENDER PAID BY TAXPAYERS
Pete Cahill, Hennepin County's chief deputy county attorney, has been spending time the last few days defending the prosecution record of Amy Klobuchar's office.
Cahill has been providing information to members of E-Democray's Minneapolis Issues Forum about Hennepin County's prosecution record to combat complaints about Minneapolis' crime problem.
Cahill has been a frequent public defender of his boss, Amy Klobuchar.
Back in February the union local, AFSCME 2938, attempted to deny Klobuchar the endorsement of its the full AFSCME union.
Cahill defened Klobuchar against accusation that she has "denigrated office lawyers publicly and privately, taken credit for their work, damaged morale and 'created a hostile work environment.'"
"Pete Cahill, Klobuchar's chief deputy attorney, to whom Klobuchar initially deferred comment, said he was 'a little shocked by the letter,' which was circulated at an AFSCME Senate screening committee on Feb. 11, where several county attorney's office staff members also spoke.
Cahill said he had worked for years with the prosecutors and 'had no idea they felt like this.'
As chief deputy, he said, 'I've worked very closely with her [Klobuchar], and I think she's a very effective leader. She never overstates her role.'" Source: Star Tribune, February 19, 2006
Cahill has been providing information to members of E-Democray's Minneapolis Issues Forum about Hennepin County's prosecution record to combat complaints about Minneapolis' crime problem.
Cahill has been a frequent public defender of his boss, Amy Klobuchar.
Back in February the union local, AFSCME 2938, attempted to deny Klobuchar the endorsement of its the full AFSCME union.
Cahill defened Klobuchar against accusation that she has "denigrated office lawyers publicly and privately, taken credit for their work, damaged morale and 'created a hostile work environment.'"
"Pete Cahill, Klobuchar's chief deputy attorney, to whom Klobuchar initially deferred comment, said he was 'a little shocked by the letter,' which was circulated at an AFSCME Senate screening committee on Feb. 11, where several county attorney's office staff members also spoke.
Cahill said he had worked for years with the prosecutors and 'had no idea they felt like this.'
As chief deputy, he said, 'I've worked very closely with her [Klobuchar], and I think she's a very effective leader. She never overstates her role.'" Source: Star Tribune, February 19, 2006
3 Comments:
I looked at this Minneapolis Issuers Forum exchange, and I must admit that I just don't get the point of the complaint here.
This is what happened:
A Minneapolis resident/neighborhood activist posts some questions on a public forum.
A representative of the County Attorney's Office provides answers.
The resident/activist has some follow-up questions.
The County Attorney representative helpfully provides the additional follow-up information.
The resident/activist sounds grateful for the responses.
How is this improper? Would it be better if he didn't answer the questions?
Since
a) KvM has decided to start sending people here, too and
b) I assume you came up with info off of my DFLSenate thread
I thought I'd come over and provide an actual working link to the thread in question, since your link doesn't go anywhere.
http://forums.e-democracy.org/minneapolis/groups/mpls/messages/view_email?id=93263&show_thread=1
As this was one email sent by Cahill and posted by another member, I have to say that stating he "has been spending time the last few days" would probably count as either exageration or an actual lie. Of course, if you have other examples of him doing this in "the last few days" I would welcome the cahnce to read them and apologize for being wrong.
Thanks for reading the site!
Let me know if I am way off base here, but, aren't AFSCME employees also taxpayer funded?
If Pete must be attacked for defending the leadership of his boss while on the company dime, shouldn't the flashlight of accountability also be shined on the employees who wrote the letter in the first place?
Last time I checked, the role Mr. Cahill is playing is much more appropriate for a guy in his position than is political gamesmanship by the disgruntled employees.
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