Cisneros Probe Stirred Worries Of Democrats

http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=25880 ^ | R. EMMETT TYRRELL Jr. and BRIAN McGUIRE

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WASHINGTON - A long-awaited report detailing an independent counsel investigation of a former secretary of housing and urban development, Henry Cisneros, outlines a coordinated effort by Clinton administration officials to first block and then limit the probe as a way of taking pressure off an administration that was already beset by scandals.

The report, by independent counsel David Barrett, is scheduled for release on January 19. Details of it have been disclosed to The New York Sun by persons familiar with its contents.

The release of the report coincides with the end of an investigation that began in 1995 with Mr. Barrett examining events surrounding Mr. Cisneros's nomination. During his FBI background check, Mr. Cisneros lied about adulterous relations, his payments to a mistress, the extent of his income, and his tax filings with the Internal Revenue Service.

Mr. Cisneros, a former San Antonio mayor, eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of lying to the FBI. He paid a $10,000 fine and was pardoned by President Clinton on Mr. Clinton's final day in office.

Democrats have complained about the length and expense of Mr. Barrett's investigation, which cost more than $23 million when it closed this month. The report, excluding appendixes, runs to 428 pages. In it, Mr. Barrett is said to argue that Mr. Cisneros's mistress delayed the first half of the investigation by lying to a grand jury that was reviewing evidence in the case and that the second half was impeded by top Clinton administration officials.

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It has been a city mgr. govt. since the fifties, maybe before. As far as salary goes it has never been a lot. It certainly has never been more.

The Idea is we really don't want a 7 day a week Mayor or City Council. Along the line of the job expands to fill the available time. If we only pay them for meetings, they will not hang around city hall, causing trouble, and finding vote buying schemes.

Now the city manager is paid beauceaux bucks. The one they just hired is 300k per annum.

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Sorry, I should have said if we pay them a salary, they will hang around city hall and cause 7 times the trouble they already do. Latest flap was about the appropriateness of a Military flyover at the MLK Parade. Pinko Councilwoman Radle complaining about it.