The Spiraling Plummer Saga
July 5th, 2007
Viola Plummer and City Hall officials are scheduled to duel again tomorrow morning in federal court, putting a revised letter of conduct at center stage.
On Tuesday, Judge William Pauley, who reportedly swiped at the original letter’s content for mandating courteous and restricting discourteous behavior, deemed the initial letter vague.
Plummer, the chief of staff for Councilman Charles Barron, is facing a six-week suspension ordered by Council Speaker Christine Quinn for threatening another councilman with so-called political assassination following a controversial vote on a street renaming .
In addition to the suspension, Plummer was ordered by Quinn to sign a code of conduct by Tuesday at 5 p.m. to keep her job. That deadline was extended until Friday so a new letter could be drafted and presented to the Plummer crew. The new letter was delivered to Plummer today, said a Quinn spokesperson, and the revised letter is not available to the press because it isn’t a public document.
By Courtney Gross on July 5, 2007, 3:24 pmIn category: Gotham City, Law | 1 Comment »


July 6th, 2007 at 9:05 am
Quinn does not have the legal authority (NYC Charter) to fire any individual council members staff.
Reading is fundamental.