Compton's city manager has fired an aide to new City Councilman Isaac Galvan who had past convictions for political misconduct.
City Manager Harold Duffey confirmed Friday that he had fired Angel Gonzalez, who he said was hired as Galvan's council liaison on July 3. Gonzalez was released on Thursday, Duffey said.
The move came three days after the Los Angeles Times ran an article on Galvan that included information about Gonzalez's criminal history.
Gonzalez is a printer and political consultant who has worked on many campaigns in southeast Los Angeles County. He is known for his work for former South Gate Treasurer Albert Robles, who is serving time in federal prison for his part in a wide-ranging bribery scheme.
In 2002, Gonzalez pleaded no contest to a felony conspiracy charge — reduced to a misdemeanor at his sentencing — for sending out attack mailers with copies of fake official documents purporting to show that a South Gate council candidate had been disqualified from the ballot and was under investigation as a "suspected felon." In a separate case, he was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of sending out misleading campaign fliers.
Galvan and Gonzalez said they had met through Victory Outreach, an evangelical church where Galvan said they both volunteer to counsel at-risk youth. Galvan worked for Gonzalez's print shop in West Adams, and Gonzalez served as his campaign manager when he ran for Compton's City Council.
Galvan, 26, won a historic victory in June as the first Latino elected to public office in Compton. He then asked the city to hire Gonzalez to the council liaison position, a part-time job with an annual salary of $47,500.
Duffey said although Gonzalez worked as Galvan's aide, he was an at-will employee of the city who reported to the city manager. He declined to comment in detail on the reason for terminating Gonzalez.
"I felt that it was better to sever the relationship," Duffey said. "I exercised my right, and my goal was to protect the city."
Reached by phone, Galvan said he needed time to "gather my thoughts" and did not offer further comment.
Gonzalez maintained he was being unfairly targeted.
"The City Manager Harold Duffey, in concert with some council members, are retaliating against Councilman Galvan by firing me," he said in an emailed response. "This is an attempt to silence questions that Councilman Galvan and I have raised regarding the handling and disposition of public funds."
He pointed to Galvan's request at a recent council meeting to put the city's lobbying contract out to bid, and said the councilman opposed a proposal to amend the city manager's contract to give him 12 rather than six months of severance pay if he is fired.
Gonzalez also forwarded a letter he had sent to Duffey, in which he said the city manager initially told him that he might have to let him go because the Department of Justice had not responded to a request for his background record, then said that he would fire him because Gonzalez had lied on his employment application, and that the city was receiving "negative attention" over him. Gonzalez went on to suggest that he might sue the city.
It remains unclear how much Gonzalez was paid for his work on Galvan's campaign, because Galvan has not filed the required campaign finance disclosures for either the primary or runoff elections.
abby.sewell@latimes.com
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