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3. You spoke to soon on "keep his job": Mayor says he'll suspend Mirkarimi as sheriff

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Wed Mar 21, 2012, 12:47 AM

Mar 2012

SFGATE.COM

Mayor says he'll suspend Mirkarimi as sheriff

Rachel Gordon (03-20) 17:27 PDT
San Francisco -- Mayor Ed Lee is suspending Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi from his post, the first step toward removing him from office permanently for official misconduct.

"He has chosen not to resign and now I must act," Lee said in a 5 p.m. news conference today. He said the sheriff's actions "fell below the standard of decency and good faith" needed for public officials.

Mirkarimi pleaded guilty last week to a misdemeanor charge of false imprisonment for an incident involving his wife on New Year's Eve.

Lee named Vicki Hennessy to serve as interim sheriff. Hennessy last ran the Department of Emergency Management after a career in the Sheriff's Department, where she retired as chief deputy.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/20/MNKP1NNI9F.DTL&type=printable

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San Francisco Sheriff pleads to different charges and gets to keep his job [View all] ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 OP

He should be removed or resign, and maybe he will CreekDog Mar 2012 #1

I've been trying to follow this story and it's so messed up maddezmom Mar 2012 #2

You spoke to soon on "keep his job": Mayor says he'll suspend Mirkarimi as sheriff CreekDog Mar 2012 #3

I heard that today...a good thing ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #4

too bad your source is a right wing rag (other users, beware of the link) CreekDog Mar 2012 #5

Actually it was in the OP from the Gungeon, which was not mine ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #6