The horse has left the barn. Debating this issue further serves no useful purpose [unless Gail put her up to it]

How can Ms.Fergusson describe the the district attorney's investigation as "thorough" when she declined to be interviewed?

You really can't blame Ms. Fergusson for refusing to talk to the DA.

But voters also have the right to refuse to re-elect someone so wanting in ethics, intellect or memory (take your pick, Ms. Fergusson).

Let's just hope they remember this come election time.

Ms. Fergusson has the right to invoke the Fifth Amendment; she does not have the right to hold public office - that is a privilege granted to her by the voters. If an elected official feels compelled to invoke the Fifth Amendment about their public service behavior then they also should feel compelled to resign a position of public trust.

So someone remind me how much it costs to host a recall election? Kelly's behavior certainly warrants a small group to consider whether it's worth the effort.....

She is clearly not fit to serve the public, she holds us in low regard against her own good....she's gotta go.

city budget asks:"So someone remind me how much it costs to host a recall election?"

Depending on how many other items are on the agenda the actual election could cost between $10-50,000 plus the expense of actually gathering enough signatures to put it on the ballot. In my opinion it is not worth it since all it would take is the stroke of her pen to resign.

If the recall is timed to coincide with a regularly scheduled election, it will cost less money.

But in this day of short finances, I'd bet the San Mateo County Elections Department would sock it to Menlo Park for a big part of the total cost.

Probably not worth it.

I'm not holding my breath waiting for that "stroke of a pen."

My view is that the DA hardly did what I would call an investigation.

I am wondering if under a "freedom of Info" request, one can extract exactly what was done. Certainly not finding who was the "third party" indicates to me he did almost nothing.

He didn't criticize McClure who certainly was trying to shove this under the table as quickly as possible.

Is it possible the DA was covering for someone.

As an example, Councilman Cohen was not interviewed; yet he was also contacted by Keith. Just what kind of investigation was this!!?

Carpenter is exactly right about holding public office is a privilege and not a right.

One little bit of punishment was dished out today at the press conference for FaceBook, when Fergusson had to watch Mayor Cline get all the "national attention", something that she strives for and was the motive for the violation in the first place.

Life goes on in Menlo Park.

I think her punishment will be less than winning vote totals in future election attempts.