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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.