Word: spadafora
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...last Monday he did so by quietly firing Joseph A. Spadafora, the man whom he had appointed only two weeks before to assist Cronin as Ex??? Director of rent control...
Corcoran fired Spadafora on the basis of Spadafora's police record given to him by a source he refused to identify. Spadafora has been arrested for drunkenness and has had some speeding tickets, but why wasn't this brought up before he was hired? There are other city officials who have more dirt on their records. The fact that Corcoran refused to identify his source is the crucial point. "Someone" brought these violations up because he didn't like the fact that things were being done, and Corcoran, open to suggestion, fired Spadafora "in the best interests of the city...
...Spadafora said, "I took the job because I though I could administer the law effectively and correctly. In the two weeks that I have been on the job, I think we were just beginning to make some progress...
...Spadafora declined to say whether or not he would fight the decision...
...reason for my termination, I believe, was that I fairly and impartially administered the law, and in the process of so doing refused on numerous occasions to act in a manner that I felt was contrary to the spirit of the law," Spadafora said...