New Information on John Falcicchio - This Looks Horrible for the Mayor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pizza Boy to Johnny Business. Sounds like a bad movie. Only in an incompetent administration could someone like Falcicchio rise up the ranks so quickly and unobstructed.
And as for the MOLC investigating its own boss, I am so embarrassed that these people run our city. Truly embarrassed.

Always Bowser’s delivery guy and bag man?

[Anonymous]

It’s a lot to swallow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The administration is in disarray and Falcicchio is a disgrace...but whoever this "housing developer" is also sounds like a barely-literate hot mess.

Why is anyone surprised? She is a direct successor to the Barry machine:




Her election was a return to the same policies, same attitudes, and even the same people who were part of the disastrous Barry administration.

[Anonymous]

Mayor for Life Muriel Barry Bowser

[Anonymous]

The federal investigation into Falcicchio and his office is like an expanding balloon slowly filling up with excrement. And when the balloon bursts open, it’s going to splatter everyone who was involved in the D.C. government real estate transactions, the zoning map amendments, the profitable planning “opportunities” that Johnny Business touched.

[Anonymous]

From the article:

MOLC’s engagement with the complainant ended on June 22. MOLC’s Vanessa Natale explains:

“Mayor’s Order 2017-313 authorized sexual harassment officers to investigate allegations of sexual harassment made by employees, contractors, or individuals engaged by the District to provide permanent or temporary employment services.

“When it became apparent the complainant was not an employee, contractor or otherwise engaged by the District, and that the bulk of her allegations involved claims of abuse of government power and unethical conduct, she was strongly encouraged to file a complaint with the D.C. Office of the Inspector General, the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, or both.”

The complainant also was encouraged to file a complaint with the D.C. Office of Human Rights if she believed she had been denied equal opportunity to seek a contract with the District on the basis of sex, said Natale. MOLC does not know if the complainant went that route.

I'm sorry, but it's one government and MOLC is damn close to the top of it - when someone comes to the Mayor's Office of [insert whatever topic] with incredibly serious and credible allegations and the response is to advise them to go to a specific agency or two rather instead of REFERRING THE COMPLAINT DIRECTLY to those agencies, then you need to resign. You're not fit for the job, Vanessa Natale, and the DC Bar should really reconsider your membership.

[Anonymous]

Wow, this is really disgusting. In so many ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the article:

MOLC’s engagement with the complainant ended on June 22. MOLC’s Vanessa Natale explains:

“Mayor’s Order 2017-313 authorized sexual harassment officers to investigate allegations of sexual harassment made by employees, contractors, or individuals engaged by the District to provide permanent or temporary employment services.

“When it became apparent the complainant was not an employee, contractor or otherwise engaged by the District, and that the bulk of her allegations involved claims of abuse of government power and unethical conduct, she was strongly encouraged to file a complaint with the D.C. Office of the Inspector General, the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability, or both.”

The complainant also was encouraged to file a complaint with the D.C. Office of Human Rights if she believed she had been denied equal opportunity to seek a contract with the District on the basis of sex, said Natale. MOLC does not know if the complainant went that route.

I'm sorry, but it's one government and MOLC is damn close to the top of it - when someone comes to the Mayor's Office of [insert whatever topic] with incredibly serious and credible allegations and the response is to advise them to go to a specific agency or two rather instead of REFERRING THE COMPLAINT DIRECTLY to those agencies, then you need to resign. You're not fit for the job, Vanessa Natale, and the DC Bar should really reconsider your membership.

This. I have been a federal agency attorney for over 20 years and this is absolutely pathetic. Completely embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

What exactly does the MOLC do anyway? I have been around for quite awhile and have never heard of the office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does the MOLC do anyway? I have been around for quite awhile and have never heard of the office.

Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel. My understanding is that all GCs in the Executive Branch (not OAG) are responsible not just to their agency head and to MOLC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does the MOLC do anyway? I have been around for quite awhile and have never heard of the office.

Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel. My understanding is that all GCs in the Executive Branch (not OAG) are responsible not just to their agency head and to MOLC.

But the Mayor already has a very capable GC, who seems to be on top of things. Doesn't seem like the MOLC is serving much use. Especially given what was reported in this article, seems like the Mayor is picking from the bottom of the barrel for MOLC staffing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does the MOLC do anyway? I have been around for quite awhile and have never heard of the office.

Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel. My understanding is that all GCs in the Executive Branch (not OAG) are responsible not just to their agency head and to MOLC.

But the Mayor already has a very capable GC, who seems to be on top of things. Doesn't seem like the MOLC is serving much use. Especially given what was reported in this article, seems like the Mayor is picking from the bottom of the barrel for MOLC staffing.

The Mayors GC and the MOLC are totally separate. All you have to do is go to the MOLC website to see what they do. One only deals with the Mayors employees-GC—the other deals with agencies and the public which is MOLC. MOLC was created after DC started electing the Attorney General. Before the mayor appointed the AG, so the oversight of hiring attorneys was pulled from the AG and given to MOLC. They also oversee sexual harassment, FOIA and some other stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seem like federal authorities have been looking into the pay to play aspects of Falcicchio’s job under the mayor:

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/619899/federal-local-law-enforcement-agencies-have-begun-investigating-john-falcicchio-for-potential-criminal-charges/

Good.

Frankly, the federal government needs to retake jurisdiction over this city. Our local government has clearly demonstrated their corruption and complete inadequacy. From the sweetheart deals to developers (Chevy Chase Library “redevelopment” anyone?), to straight up incompetence (unwillingness to prosecute/hold criminals accountable), to willful dereliction of duty (the ungodly high property tax rate), to just disgusting acts like this (eww). The council and all local governance should be abolished and control returned fully to the United States House of Representatives as intended by our founding fathers.

This is a sure sign that this post is not written by a DC resident, or anyone in the area. DC's property tax rates are significantly lower - by about half - than surrounding jurisdictions, and are among the lowest in the country. Even Loudoun County, where most of the hard core MAGAs in the area live, pay 0.875% to DC's 0.55%. That's just under 60% higher than DC's tax rate.

Go back to your hole and stay there, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What exactly does the MOLC do anyway? I have been around for quite awhile and have never heard of the office.

Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel. My understanding is that all GCs in the Executive Branch (not OAG) are responsible not just to their agency head and to MOLC.

But the Mayor already has a very capable GC, who seems to be on top of things. Doesn't seem like the MOLC is serving much use. Especially given what was reported in this article, seems like the Mayor is picking from the bottom of the barrel for MOLC staffing.

The Mayors GC and the MOLC are totally separate. All you have to do is go to the MOLC website to see what they do. One only deals with the Mayors employees-GC—the other deals with agencies and the public which is MOLC. MOLC was created after DC started electing the Attorney General. Before the mayor appointed the AG, so the oversight of hiring attorneys was pulled from the AG and given to MOLC. They also oversee sexual harassment, FOIA and some other stuff.

Well, they clearly aren't handling this very well given the article posted here and that BEGA spanked them for their large backlog of overdue FOIA appeal responses. Such a mess.

[Anonymous]

How utterly embarrassing.