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Source: SFGate: Chip Johnson
· 04-14-09 · 3 Comments »
Self-described “City Watchdog” Auditor Courtney Ruby Misses Nepotism
Courtney Ruby fails to report preferential treatment given to a supporter and misses nepotism within CEDA
Building Services records obtained yesterday show that in 2008 Ruby supporter Carlos Plazola, former Chief of Staff of Ignacio Delafuente, president of Terra Linda Development, and founder of the Oakland Builders’ Alliance, had a $10,000 fence erected at the City’s expense and paid for by Building Services from Fund 2415. The fence was erected by Arthur Young Debris Removal Service, the City’s #1 blight abatement contractor and, according to a complaint filed by Michael Kilian, a relation of former Buiding Services Inspection Services Manager Antoinette Holloway-Renwick.
Building Services records reveal that Holloway-Renwick was directly responsible for both contract and invoice approval for Arthur Young Debris Removal Service.
A 2007 audit of Public Works contract bidding process also showed that Arthur Young was the #1 Public Works contractor at that time.
Courtney Ruby’s nepotism audit does not appear to have either detected or corrected the Renwick/Young nepotism.
Renwick held the title of Inspection Services Manager from 2002 until October 15, when she appears to have retired five days after Kilian’s complaint was received by City staff.
http://www.auditoaklandceda.com/index.php?news&nid=27
October 26th, 2010 at 5:23 pmMichael Kilian Files Nepotism Complaint Against CEDA Top-Dog Antoinette Holloway-Renwick
Michael Kilian, candidate for city auditor, reported to the Oakland Public Ethics Commission that Building Services Inspection Services Manager Antoinette Holloway-Renwick failed to report a close familial relationship with Arthur Young, who owns Arthur Young Debris Removal Service, the City’s number one blight abatement contractor.
Kilian’s complaint alleges that this relationship costs the City millions of dollars a year because of the preferential treatment Young receives from Holloway-Renwick. Building Services records, as well as a deposition of Holloway-Renwick in an unrelated lawsuit, reveal that Holloway-Renwick was directly responsible for both contract and invoice approval for Arthur Young Debris Removal Service. The amount of those contracts exceeds $4 million since 2007.
A 2007 audit of Public Works contract bidding process showed that Arthur Young Debris Removal Service was the number one Public Works contractor at that time.
Courtney Ruby’s hiring-practices audit, dated October 21, 2009, does not include Holloway-Renwick’s relationship with Arthur Young.
Holloway-Renwick retired several days after Kilian filed his complaint.
http://www.auditoaklandceda.com/index.php?news&nid=25
October 26th, 2010 at 5:24 pm“THE INCREDIBLE STINKING, SHRINKING, SINKING MIAMI DOLPHINS, DEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY “NO REAL LEADERSHIP AT DA TOP” (steve ross), NO REAL HEART, NO REAL COURAGE, NO REAL BALLS, NO REAL GUTTS, NO REAL TEAM UNITY, NO REAL VISION, NO REAL COACHING, NO REAL RUNNING GAME, NO REAL PASSING GAME, NO REAL GAME PLANNING, “NO REAL TALENT”, NOBODY REALLY REALLY SHOWS UP TO FUC’N PLAY, ” WE CANT WIN AT HOME” BECAUSE WE HAVE “NO FUC’N REAL DESIRE 2 PLAY & WIN”, NOW WE CANT EVEN SCORE A FUCN FIELD GOAL & DEY HAVE NO CLUE AS 2 HOW R WHY”…
“WE” DA DOLPHINS FANS DESERVE da best n da finest steaks n all da superb side trimmin’s n YOUR house presented 2 us on da football playin’ field BECAUSE WE R PAYING 4 DA BEST…but definitely with-out it bein’ served 2 us on top of a stinkin’ garbage can lid”… (”mr. steve ross & your idiots”)…jeff just sits n da corner of his office all day wit his thump UP his u kno wat, he has a hands off approach, hes not gonna touch nuttin’…coward rite)…
“WE WON DA DIVISION ONLY THREE YEARS AGO…..NOW.
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:28 am“WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE WEN EACH YEAR N EACH WEEK N EACH GAME IT GETTS WORSE N WORSE”…2 EXTREMELY WORSER WE BELIEVE…(there is such a word as worser…da dolphins staff will prove it…IT’S CALLED MUCH WORSER)…
“DA HEAD @SS OF DA WHOLE @SS OF DEM @SS HOLES - DAT FORMULA HAS NEVA WORKED…
DA HIGHEST DEFINITION OF EMBARRASSING, PATHETIC, & DESPICABLE IS (STEVE ROSS OWNER OF DA MIAMI DOLPHINS) N HIS GUTTLESS N CLUELESS WONDER BOYS (JEFF IRELAND & MIKE DEE = “AA++” N EMBARRASSING)-(COACH SPARANO = “AA++” PATHETIC PERFORMANCE)-(STEVE ROSS = “AAA+++” N “YOU R DESPICABLE” 4 keepin all of dem idiots) “WE” BEING DA MANY “LOYAL FANS” OF DA MIAMI DOLPHINS, “WE” WANT DA OWNER N HIS GUTTLESS N CLUELESS WONDER BOYS (WE R WONDERING WAT R DEM IDIOTS DOING OURSELVES) JEFF IRELND, MIKE DEE, N ALL OF HIS SUPA LOUSY AT BEST DOLPHINS GAME PLANNING COACHES 2 PUT THEIR (HD) “HIGHEST DEFINITION” ON EXACTLY WAT WAS DAT GARBAGE DAT WAS PRESENTED 2 DA MIAMI DOLPHINS “SPORTS COMMUNITY” N DA MANY, MANY “REAL LOYAL MIAMI DOLPHINS FANS” BY DAT “EXTREMELY AWFUL N MISERABLE PERFORMANCE AT HOME ONCE AGAIN N AGAIN” (IMPERSONATING A PROFESSIONAL NFL FOOTBALL TEAM — DEY REALLY STINK) — CONVINCED YET — ONCE AGAIN…”NOBODY SHOWED UP 2 FUCN’ PLAY” N (”WE GOTT NUTTIN’ — O”)
TOTALLY UN-ACCEPTABLE
“WE ABSOLUTELY DESERVE A MUCH, MUCH BETTA PROFESSIONAL PRODUCT PRESENTED 2 US DEN DAT AWFUL, MISERABLE, STINK’N GARBAGE DAT STUNK DA PLACE UP N ALL OVA DA FOOTBALL PLAY’N FIELD”…
p.s…”WE” R PAY’N DA BEST PRICES 4 DA BEST TICKETS N DA MOST LUXURIOUS HOTEL SUITES N DA CHOICIEST STEAK DINNER AT DA FINEST OF ESTABLISHMENTS — N EVEN AT SUNLIFE STADIUM…BUTT (”STEVE ROSS”) IS HAVE’N IT SEARVED 2 US “ON TOP OF A GARBAGE CAN LID” AT SUNLIFE STADIUM FIELD OF PLAY BY (DEM “IN-EPT N AWFULLY PATHETIC MIAMI DOLPHINS DATS ON FULL LIFE SUPPORT RITE NOW MR. STEVE ROSS, GET A CLUE, DALLAS N MINNESOTA)………javinbur@gmail.com (just bring me a huge bag of “CHEESE PUFFS”…CUUM ON MAN — and leave dat trash can lid on da can ok)…