Posted by
Mike on Friday, March 16, 2007 5:21:43 PM
Back in 2001 after George W. Bush took office as I recall, Michael
Bradbury our highly popular and well qualified DA in Ventura County,
California who had not run for re-election was seeking to be appointed
U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles. Instead he was passed over,
ostensibly because of Hispanic disaffection, and Carol Lam was
appointed in 2002. Last month she was fired by the Bush
administration as one of the "ineffectual managers and prosecutors who
chafed against Administration initiatives"
in the words of Justice Department Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson.
Apparently she was advised by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to
focus on more than one issue. She had been focusing too heavily
on public corruption cases and not enough on immigration cases and gun
crimes.