Some more dirt to sink Swiftsmear Hoffman in Milwaukee

[elfin]

In today's Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel -

Hoffmann once rocked the boat in Milwaukee
Posted: Aug. 23, 2004
 
Yeah, he's that Roy Hoffmann.


If you're paying any attention to the news these days, you probably know Hoffmann is the chairman of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth - the group running controversial ads in Wisconsin and two other states attacking the Vietnam War record of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.


But unless you're a political junkie, you may not recall that Hoffmann is the same guy who spent eight years in Milwaukee as the port director before being unceremoniously dumped in 1986.


"There was just a lot of friction with the staff," said former Ald. Wayne Frank, who was given the task of letting the retired rear admiral know that surrender was his only option. "His military bearing was not left behind when he assumed the role of the port.


"He was given the choice of leaving with grace or he would be fired."


Shortly afterward, Hoffmann relinquished his $65,000-per-year job, saying he had no legal grounds to challenge his removal. The Harbor Commission quickly and unanimously accepted his resignation.


News clips from the time are somewhat murky about why Hoffmann was forced to walk the plank. The stories mention morale and other problems at the city-owned port, but no specifics were provided.


"I have never said one thing publicly about the reasons I sought Roy Hoffmann's resignation. I never will," then-commission Chairman Dan Steininger said in 1986. Keeping in line with that declaration, Steininger, top honcho at Catholic Knights, did not return our calls Monday.


Much more at

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug04/253477.asp

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2. No doubt

General rule of thumb; if it's from the Moonie Times, it's pretty well guaranteed to be a whopper! Now, you specified McCaslin's "article" but I was under the impression that he writes an opinion column. It's important to always stress the distinction between News and Opinion; otherwise, we'd be as prone to ignorance and mis/disinformation as Freepers and the other Faux News/Dittohead types who don't grok the difference.

And welcome to DU~

ON EDIT: See what I mean? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x665777