Oakland Deputy Mayor Resigns

Last night marked the second resignation of a member of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s team which so far includes Deputy Mayor Sharon Cornu and Quan’s legal adviser and “longtime friend” according to Mercury News, Dan Siegel.

At 7:30 pm the Mercury News live blog covering Occupy Oakland announced that Deputy Mayor Cornu resigned, effective immediately.

Mayor Quan wrote in response, “Sharon has been a tremendous asset to my administration. We wish her well and I’m grateful for her contributions. I will be restructuring my administration and making additional personnel announcements in the coming days.”

When asked for more details about the series of resignations over the Oakland Mayor’s handling, or mishandling, of the Occupy Oakland encampment Quan’s spokesperson Sue Piper claimed, “It’s a personnel issue,” in an email to Mercury News.

This is likely an attempt to avoid directly addressing the police brutality that has plagued the police response to Occupy Oakland and other occupations across the nation.

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Mayor Quan is also facing possible recall. There is a special mail in ballot election tonight.  It will surely reflect how people are feeling about Quan and her recent antics.