 Park Police Chief Whose Cause Moran Championed Is About To Be Fired |
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Moran Spokesperson Drummond Decries "Overreaction." Did Moran's Support Hurt More Than It Helped?
Embattled U.S. Parks Police Chief Teresa Chambers is about to be fired, according to a 12/19/03 article in www.govexec.com. Moran has repeatedly championed Chambers' cause in the local media, claiming that it is wrong to fire the police chief for complaining to the media about allegedly inadequate funding for her department.
The article states that:
"Rep. James Moran, D-Va., who sits on a congressional appropriations subcommittee with oversight of the Park Service, believes firing Chambers is a 'gross overreaction,' said spokesman Dan Drummond.
'The fact of the matter is the Park Police isn't doing itself any favors with the handling of this,' Drummond said.
Drummond said any good federal manager would express the kind of concerns Chambers had about staffing and funding levels.
'The federal government is for the public and the American people need to know that the people who manage agencies can speak freely,' Drummond said. 'If she can't tell the truth to the public, who can?'"
Does Moran's pariah status cause him to hurt those that he tries to help? Would Chief Chambers have been better off if Moran had left her alone?
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