Working with/for Democrats in political offices

[Question]

This site had endorsed President Bush for re-election, so I'm guessing that most people here generally support the Republican Party. So ...

1. In your jurisdiction (or former jurisdiction), do you have mayors, judges, district/county attorneys, attorneys general, or governors that are Democratic?

2. Do you have a positive experience in general dealing with the above people?

P.S. I have a specific question for DCLaw. Being a member of the USPP, what are your comments on your former commissioner who was dismissed in 2003 because of comments that were critical to the President?

[mcsap]

I am not fully aware of the political leanings of the local elected officials as that does not play any significant role in how the LEO side of things works.

[sbrad]

Politics is for the Sheriff.

[retdetsgt]

Politicians are like anybody else. Some are nice people, some aren't. I've worked around both kinds. Political party has never had anything to do with it.

[Question]

From the Google search:

Ex-chief of Park Police denounces firing

Chambers: Administration 'silencing' dissenting views

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One day after she was fired, former U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers accused the Bush administration Saturday of silencing dissenting views in the rank and file.

Chambers' departure may not garner the same spotlight as those of former counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke and former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, but it appears to fall into a similar category: officials who leave or are forced out after questioning Bush administration policies.

Chambers said that she didn't expect to be fired seven months after the Interior Department put her on administrative leave with pay for talking with reporters and congressional staffers about budget woes on the 620-officer force.

She was fired Friday, just two and half hours after her attorneys filed a demand for immediate reinstatement through the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that ensures federal employees are protected from management abuses.

"It wasn't the reaction we expected," she said. "But we weren't surprised.

"But it's not about me," she added. "I'm a player in it. It's got far-reaching implications.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/10/park.police.chief/

After this link, I will not pursue this further.

[sbrad]

From the Google search:

Ex-chief of Park Police denounces firing

Chambers: Administration 'silencing' dissenting views

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One day after she was fired, former U.S. Park Police Chief Teresa Chambers accused the Bush administration Saturday of silencing dissenting views in the rank and file.

Chambers' departure may not garner the same spotlight as those of former counterterrorism expert Richard Clarke and former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, but it appears to fall into a similar category: officials who leave or are forced out after questioning Bush administration policies.

Chambers said that she didn't expect to be fired seven months after the Interior Department put her on administrative leave with pay for talking with reporters and congressional staffers about budget woes on the 620-officer force.

She was fired Friday, just two and half hours after her attorneys filed a demand for immediate reinstatement through the Merit Systems Protection Board, an independent agency that ensures federal employees are protected from management abuses.

"It wasn't the reaction we expected," she said. "But we weren't surprised.

"But it's not about me," she added. "I'm a player in it. It's got far-reaching implications.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/07/10/park.police.chief/

After this link, I will not pursue this further.

Just 'cause she said it don't make it so, Cap'n.

[Group9]

It can be fun. We took the lone Kerry supporter I know, an assistant U.S. Attonrey to lunch the day after the election. When the waitress asked him what he wanted, we told her he wanted baked crow. It was a pretty brutal lunch and he was somewhat of a good sport about it.