San Francisco going overboard and wasting tax payer money

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http://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-mayor-suspends-embattled-sheriff-024904440.html

San Francisco mayor suspends embattled sheriff

By Gerry Shih | Reuters – 3 hrs ago

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco's mayor suspended embattled Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on Tuesday and initiated misconduct proceedings to remove him from office after the sheriff admitted to restraining his wife during a quarrel on New Year's Eve.

Mirkarimi, who in January became the city's first new sheriff in three decades, had faced pressure to resign since pleading guilty last week to a lesser misdemeanor charge in his domestic violence case, in a deal his supporters had said would allow him to keep his badge and gun.

"Ross Mirkarimi has now pled guilty to falsely imprisoning his wife. After careful review of the City Charter and the evidence before me, I am suspending and formally charging Ross Mirkarimi with official misconduct," Mayor Ed Lee said in a statement.

The announcement came shortly after Mirkarimi, whose saga has stirred a local political uproar and drawn intense media coverage, told reporters he had no intention of resigning and would be happy to face an ethics committee and the city's board of supervisors.

"I am still very able to be the sheriff of San Francisco," Mirkarimi told reporters. "At this time, I do not plan to resign being sheriff."

"I do not believe that the conduct that I have taken responsibility for constitutes official misconduct within the meaning of the law, and I look forward to making my case to the ethics commission and the board of supervisors," he said.

The case against Mirkarimi, who was sentenced to a day in jail and three years of probation, grew out of an argument with his wife, Venezuelan television actress Eliana Lopez, over her plans to take their 2-year-old son, Theo, on a trip to her home country.

In a video shot by her neighbor the day after the incident, Lopez said that Mirkarimi, 50, had grabbed her with such force that he left a bruise on her arm. Lopez, 36, later said she did not wish to testify against her spouse.

Mirkarimi, who had faced misdemeanor charges of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness, ultimately pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of restraint on liberty.

Lee, who said the suspension would take effect "as early as tomorrow," named as Mirkarimi's replacement retired law enforcement officer Vicki Hennessy, who in 1983 became the youngest captain in California law enforcement.

To permanently remove Mirkarimi from office, Lee would need to gather support from at least nine of 11 members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Lee said the city's ethics commission would begin a process of making a recommendation to the board in five days.

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San Francisco going overboard and wasting tax payer money

Isn't this a day to day occurrence for the last 30+ years?

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What do you mean going overboard? He is a wife beater. Such a a person does not belong in government.

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What do you mean going overboard? He is a wife beater. Such a a person does not belong in government.

That's a cultural judgment. Other cultures don't feel the same way about wife beating. For example, in Yemen or Alaska.

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S.F. MAYOR TO SUSPEND WIFE-BEATING SHERIFF

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee said that he would suspend a Democratic sheriff who was recently sentenced in a domestic violence case.

Despite pleading guilty for falsely imprisoning his wife and being sentenced to three years of probation, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi refused to resign his political post. This led Lee to suspend the sheriff, the first step in removing him from the office...

http://freebeacon.com/s-f-mayor-to-suspend-wife-beating-sheriff/

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That's a cultural judgment. Other cultures don't feel the same way about wife beating. For example, in Yemen or Alaska.

Why not say what you mean and say Big Lake, Alaska?

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Why not say what you mean and say Big Lake, Alaska?

I never say what I mean. You must be new here.

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Why not say what you mean and say Big Lake, Alaska?

Not too far from Anchorage:

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Isn't this a day to day occurrence for the last 30+ years?

What do you mean going overboard? He is a wife beater. Such a a person does not belong in government.

He what? Grabbed her arm? I mean get real here. "Wife Beater"? You did not just say that.

My wife slapped me, and I grabbed her arm immediately afterwards...it was in the heat of the moment last year. Should we have both been arrested, prosecuted and then off to court ordered classes for the next 6 months? Get outta here with that #######.

Edited March 21, 2012 by Why_Me

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My wife slapped me...

I'm sure you deserved it and you probably even enjoyed it.

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I'm sure you deserved it and you probably even enjoyed it.

I can't remember what it was over, but knowing me I made a wise crack that hit the mark. When I told her she was lucky I didn't call 911 (I was joking about that part and she knew it ...I think) she said go ahead because I'm going to cut your ballz off the next time...in that fcked up accent of hers.

But seriously the wingnuts in Frisco are blowing tax payer money over this. It's going to cost them a bundle in the end and chances are this guy is going to keep his job which he should imo. Californians seem to be so out of touch with the real world. It's like they live in their own little Twilight Zone.

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The wife beating A hole is doing more behind closed doors than what most think why she got fed it with him and exposed him on tv media.

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The wife beating A hole is doing more behind closed doors than what most think why she got fed it with him and exposed him on tv media.

Link to the vid of that or is this some more made up California bs?

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Link to the vid of that or is this some more made up California bs?

Just a guess to your bs CA is the best.

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Just a guess to your bs CA is the best.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/eliana-lopez_n_1320234.html <----- here's a good read on that. Lucky for him he married an actress. She's sure to get her citizenship now. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)

Edited March 21, 2012 by Why_Me