Strange Brew Developing in the New Board of Supervisors
- Susan Heavilin
- Jul 30
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 31
"The County Board of Supervisors unceremoniously fired their top lawyer during a closed-door meeting this week, but critics argue the firing came as they work to quietly settle a wrongful termination lawsuit that claims at least two Supervisors acted improperly, if not illegally.
Claudia Silva, who has served as Chief County Counsel since 2022, was given the choice to retire or be fired on Wednesday just one day after Paloma Aguirre was sworn in as the new Supervisor following her win in the special election on July 1st to replace Supervisor Nora Vargas who resigned unexpectedly in January."
"With a new three-member Democratic majority, new Chairwoman Terra Lawson-Remer moved to terminate Silva in hopes of getting more amenable legal advice to settle a pending wrongful termination lawsuit that could disclose unethical behavior by Lawson-Remer.
Lawson-Remer held an urgent closed session meeting on Wednesday to discuss Silva. All Supervisors except Jim Desmond attended the private meeting where Silva was given a choice to retire or be fired.
Silva had passed at least three performance reviews and received two raises during her three years as the County’s top lawyer without any disciplinary or work issues having been raised.
A short press release sent out by the County’s Communications Office after 5:00 pm on Wednesday stated that Silva 'announced her retirement' but did not mention she was forced out."
This is just the start of a fascinating article written by Arturo Castañares—Editor-at-Large of La Prensa—as he knocks it out of the park as he often does.
It winds in-and-out of a web of familiarity as it discusses Helen Robbins-Meyer, Michael Vu, Nora Vargas, Paul Worlie, Nathan Fletcher, Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, David Smith, Ebony Shelton, Cindy Chavez and a cast of thousands. Well, maybe not thousands but a cast of many with intimately-entwined political relationships.
"County Supervisors Force Top Lawyer to Retire" gives all the details of the first actions of the new Democratic Divas as they unite together now that Paloma Aguirre has arrived to round out the pack.
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