This story is amusing on many levels, that a staff member ratted out there boss for this is one... A complaint, a retaliation? All for Pam Anderson and Vacation photos funny. Now the Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee video... that definitely not would not be funny. David Garcia in a speedo on the beach in florida... not funny. (no offense DG) Life is qualified is the point. That and reporting can be shallow sometimes too. If they were print vacation photos would it have had as sordid a sound? All that said, it begs the question as to why are government workers held to a higher standard than we hold ourselves? Who doesn't show people vacation photos at work? Who doesn't plan there night sometimes using the boss's internet? Maybe read about lost, or survivor at lunch?

Posted by Basic Civics | reply to this comment
August 19, 2008 6:48 pm

The followup article today was equally as bad. That being said I suspect that this has a little more to do with a movement to remove the City Manager rather than his use of a computer in the office. I also find it hilarious that Casteneda offers this quote about a personnel matter that should only be discussed in closed session: “He should be an exemplary symbol for everyone who works for the city of Chula Vista,” four months after saying this to the UT "This is a warning that any public official can be brought in, they can be indicted, they can be dragged through the gutter, and there's nothing they can do about it,” All this after a judge declared mistrial on four counts of perjury and 1090 violations. distinction: Mistrial not acquittal. This goes in the do as I say not as I do category.

Posted by Basic Civics | reply to this comment
August 20, 2008 7:36 am

City Managers often have to work evenings when there is a job that must be finished or a meeting (such as a city council meeting) or conference. They don't work 9 to 5. As long as they get the job done, they are free to schedule their work hours as they see fit. I'm not sure that it's anybody's business what they do with their personal laptops. This situation sounds like a case of someone wanting to get rid of the City Manager without giving a legitimate reason.

Posted by Maura Larkins | reply to this comment
August 20, 2008 8:16 am

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This story is amusing on many levels, that a staff member ratted out there boss for this is one... A complaint, a retaliation? All for Pam Anderson and Vacation photos funny. Now the Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee video... that definitely not would not be funny. David Garcia in a speedo on the beach in florida... not funny. (no offense DG) Life is qualified is the point. That and reporting can be shallow sometimes too. If they were print vacation photos would it have had as sordid a sound? All that said, it begs the question as to why are government workers held to a higher standard than we hold ourselves? Who doesn't show people vacation photos at work? Who doesn't plan there night sometimes using the boss's internet? Maybe read about lost, or survivor at lunch?

Posted by Basic Civics | reply to this comment
August 19, 2008 6:48 pm

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The followup article today was equally as bad. That being said I suspect that this has a little more to do with a movement to remove the City Manager rather than his use of a computer in the office. I also find it hilarious that Casteneda offers this quote about a personnel matter that should only be discussed in closed session: “He should be an exemplary symbol for everyone who works for the city of Chula Vista,” four months after saying this to the UT "This is a warning that any public official can be brought in, they can be indicted, they can be dragged through the gutter, and there's nothing they can do about it,” All this after a judge declared mistrial on four counts of perjury and 1090 violations. distinction: Mistrial not acquittal. This goes in the do as I say not as I do category.

Posted by Basic Civics | reply to this comment
August 20, 2008 7:36 am

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City Managers often have to work evenings when there is a job that must be finished or a meeting (such as a city council meeting) or conference. They don't work 9 to 5. As long as they get the job done, they are free to schedule their work hours as they see fit. I'm not sure that it's anybody's business what they do with their personal laptops. This situation sounds like a case of someone wanting to get rid of the City Manager without giving a legitimate reason.

Posted by Maura Larkins | reply to this comment
August 20, 2008 8:16 am

I think this is a case of "wag the dog"! One day the story is Castaneda and his $200,000 legal fees he was reimbursed for. Then the next day Casyaneda is concerned about the amount of time the City Manager stends on websites. Great distraction story. If Castaneda can spin the UT around like this on a worthless story, then the public will never know all the really bad things he does. And for a guy who likes to do his dirty work in closed session so no one knows about it, he sure likes to talk about others closed session items in public. What a piece of work! The UT reporter must be Castaneda fan #1!!!

Posted by Albert B | reply to this comment
August 21, 2008 6:52 am

I supported Steve Castaneda during the vindictive and foolish attacks on him by the D.A.'s "Public Integrity Unit," and so I am distressed to see Mr. Castaneda behaving so much like prosecutor Patrick O'Toole. Come on, Steve. Surely you can find a more important project than controlling what the city manager looks at on his computer. You and Patrick O'Toole both need to start looking at the big picture.

Posted by Maura Larkins | reply to this comment
August 21, 2008 8:24 pm

I'm more of a paris Hilton guy.

Posted by Billy Bob Henry | reply to this comment
August 21, 2008 11:21 am

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