Post by The Big Dog on Jun 22, 2009 10:56:58 GMT -5
It's a pretty well known fact that politics, like life, in California can be a little bit crazy. But I wasn't aware it was the job of the District Attorney's office of any county to run a job training program for felons.
Especially so when those felons are illegal immigrants.
DA Kamala Harris, whose political star first rose in the role of concubine to former Mayor Willie Brown, wants to be the Attorney General of California. The chief law enforcement officer of the state, when she does stuff like this? Or when she figuratively hung a target on the back of every cop in town for refusing to seek capital punishment for the ambush murder of SFPD Officer Isaac Espinoza. Stuff like that?
Anyone think I plan on voting for her?
Especially so when those felons are illegal immigrants.
DA Kamala Harris, whose political star first rose in the role of concubine to former Mayor Willie Brown, wants to be the Attorney General of California. The chief law enforcement officer of the state, when she does stuff like this? Or when she figuratively hung a target on the back of every cop in town for refusing to seek capital punishment for the ambush murder of SFPD Officer Isaac Espinoza. Stuff like that?
Anyone think I plan on voting for her?
San Francisco D.A.'s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn't legally hold
As she runs for state attorney general, prosecutor Kamala Harris faces questions over a program that trained illegal immigrant drug felons for jobs, kept them out of jail and expunged their records.
By Michael Finnegan
June 22, 2009
The Los Angeles Times
Reporting from San Francisco -- The assault on Amanda Kiefer at dusk in San Francisco's posh Pacific Heights was extraordinary enough for its cruelty.
A stranger, later identified as Alexander Izaguirre, snatched her purse and hopped into an SUV, police say. The driver sped forward to run Kiefer down. Terrified, she leaped onto the hood and saw Izaguirre and the driver laughing. The driver slammed on the brakes, propelling Kiefer to the pavement. Her skull fractured. Blood oozed from her ear.
Only after the July 2008 attack did Kiefer learn of the crime's political ramifications. Izaguirre, police told her, was an illegal immigrant who had pleaded guilty four months earlier to a drug felony for selling cocaine in the seedy Tenderloin area.
As she runs for state attorney general, prosecutor Kamala Harris faces questions over a program that trained illegal immigrant drug felons for jobs, kept them out of jail and expunged their records.
By Michael Finnegan
June 22, 2009
The Los Angeles Times
Reporting from San Francisco -- The assault on Amanda Kiefer at dusk in San Francisco's posh Pacific Heights was extraordinary enough for its cruelty.
A stranger, later identified as Alexander Izaguirre, snatched her purse and hopped into an SUV, police say. The driver sped forward to run Kiefer down. Terrified, she leaped onto the hood and saw Izaguirre and the driver laughing. The driver slammed on the brakes, propelling Kiefer to the pavement. Her skull fractured. Blood oozed from her ear.
Only after the July 2008 attack did Kiefer learn of the crime's political ramifications. Izaguirre, police told her, was an illegal immigrant who had pleaded guilty four months earlier to a drug felony for selling cocaine in the seedy Tenderloin area.