The threat of a lawsuit has been overplayed by Mrs Edgerly. She has so many skeletons in the closet that a lawsuit by her would actually help the City make much of it public. Furthermore, in a lawsuit, her remaining cronies will likely face additional scrutiny and public exposure as well. Much as they have publicly supported her, they want her to just go away, too. That way the spotlight of public scrutiny will dim and they can return to living large by using the City as their own private cookie jar. That loud noise you hear coming from City Hall is the sound of the shredder working overtime to cover up tracks, but not all of them are Edgerly's.

Yeah, she should be fired.  You a city administrator with a lot of power and you misuse it and abuse it you do not need to be in charge of anything. And let alone nepotism, favortism doesn't set well with people who are trying to make a honest living and are morally good and you as an administrator overlooks good qualified people to get hoodrats and thugs hired no wonder our city is so full of crime, look who they got half way running it.  It starts at the top and if she's done or has been doing what being claimed, yes she should be FIRED. Yes Ron Dellums made the right decision, by removing her.  Now hopefully the next person in charge with be welcomed to help the city in a better way.

I'm glad to see that the vast majority of those resonding support Edgerly's firing, whether after some thought and consideration by the Mayor, or whether he took a little long, because I think it's obvious to most what kind of unethical person she is.  As for those who are decrying lack of due process,  she's an at-will employee who stated she was retiring; the Mayor never cast a judgement of guilt, rather it seems he came to the conclusion that there was no way she could continue to do her job - because she refused relinquish oversight of the Police and she lost the confidence of her staff, her elected City Council, City Attorney &  City Auditor.  That's his call. Now, let's reflect on the recent past.  Do you remember the Fire Fighter recruitment?  People came from everywhere to fairly compete, and when it became apparent the family & friends would perhaps not make it, Edgerly & Co changed the rules.  Pay attention to who is in that first Fire Academy class...look for Edgerly relatives, her assistant's Cheryl Thompson's family & friends, etc. And what about the city's finances?  Do you remember the whistle-blower lawsuit currently underway by the City's former Controller, LaRae Brown?  It was in the newspapers that she tried to tell the truth about the City's finances, and it got her fired.  Another who tried to tell the truth (think Vallejo) was the former Budget Director, James Smith, who was unceremoniously fired after one year.  Please note that these two came from outside the City, and they have been replaced with in-house staff selected by Edgerly. So, you see, just the tip of the iceberg.  Hopefully the Mayor, City Council, City Auditor or City Attorney (all elected) will have the courage to dig deeper and root out the corruption in City Hall.