Austin Adult Entertainment: City Hall Hustle: New Year Wish List
That would be “hearing examiner.” As in the city document stating, “The Hearing Examiner ruled that the Chief of Police did not have a valid reason to bypass Lieutenant [Wayne] Demoss to the rank of Commander and ordered that he ‘be promoted to a Commander position and be made whole.’”
The summertime decision of Austin Police Department Chief Art Acevedo to bypass Demoss’ promotion to commander – citing Demoss’ admitted visit to a brothel in Panama (proffered with the “smoked but didn’t inhale”-esque appendix that he didn’t pay for any services) and his failure to recognize City Manager Marc Ott – was appealed this fall. A December opinion from the hearing examiner (an arbitrator brought in to resolve the issue), his decision binding per the terms of the police labor contract with the city, overturned Acevedo’s decision. Now, at their first meeting of 2010, Acevedo’s looking to the City Council to remedy the situation.