Medlock and someone else's e-mails

[AngieB]

The plot thickens...

I said earlier "Much ado about nothing", but now I have to rethink that statement. Yes, IT should have found and disabled the auto-forward, but it's obvious that Medlock just sat back and waited to receive something juicy.

The ethical, moral, and just plain considerate thing to do would have been to reply to the very first forwarded email and say hey, Rick, I forgot to turn off the forwarding rule...

[Wrinkle]

For that matter, maybe Westcott's a mole.
He was exposed and now has to cover.

[iplaw]

quote:He mentioned on-air that any emails from a certain period can be requested via Freedom of Info Act. In his sick mind, then, he wrote his own approval.

Let me get you a towel to wipe up the drool...Medlock was reitterating what Rees had already mentioned in an earlier interview.  It's a case of CYA at this point.  Until Rees mentioned it, I don't think Medlock ever used it as an excuse...in fact, I don't think Medlock was forward looking enough to even devise an excuse like that.

I get that you hate this guy, and that's okay, but please keep the tinfoil hat type comments to minimum.

[Wrinkle]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

So, some City IT person let us down. It's not the fault of anyone else. Too bad we don't hold those standards for all City employees.

I doubt an IT person set it up in the first place.

Who set it up is not relevant. When personel changes, IT is responsible for clearing out the old and setting up the new. IT dropped the ball.

Chris could have called Rick and mentioned it, but he, like me, probably thought it funny, figured it'd get handled eventually.

Whatever else, email isn't private, especially these.

[aoxamaxoa]

^It is this thought process that has put a wrinkle in our country's ethics!

[iplaw]

Ba dum dum ching!  He'll be here all week folks.

[tim huntzinger]

[WIPING DROOL FROM THE EDGES OF AN OPEN MOUTH]

Permission to revise and extend . . .

There I go again, trusting Medlock.  This does sound like a bigger deal.

Are there any laws that have been broken?

[SLURP SLURP]

[iplaw]

quote:Are there any laws that have been broken?

Oh boy Timmy!! Golly geez we can sure hope so!

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

So, some City IT person let us down. It's not the fault of anyone else. Too bad we don't hold those standards for all City employees.

I doubt an IT person set it up in the first place.

Who set it up is not relevant. When personel changes, IT is responsible for clearing out the old and setting up the new. IT dropped the ball.

Chris could have called Rick and mentioned it, but he, like me, probably thought it funny, figured it'd get handled eventually.

Whatever else, email isn't private, especially these.

As is the case of any "terminated" employee in private industry, there is some type of formal clearance process to revoke access, collect keys, badges, company credit cards, calculate final payroll check, explain COBRA benefits, etc.

The employee has only the responsibility to comply with returning the company property.

If the company does not turn off an Email forwarding feature of his former CITY COUNCIL email account, then it is NOT the former employee or city councilor's responsibility to do ANYTHING.

The councilor has not ever, as slanted in the Half-Truth version of events reported in the Lorton's World ever "INTERCEPTED" an email message.

The information services unit at the city just dropped the ball.  Indicative of the quality fo their management, not indicative of the quality of Mr. Medlock's character.

And, yet Westcott waits another 5 MONTHS to out Medlock, after the email forwarding is rescinded?

Puleeeeze!

These former pals have been feuding since Westcott took office, and then proceeded to quickly transform into a Charter Member of the Good Old Boys/Go-Along-to-Get-Along team of Councilors.

Medlock challenged him about his sniveling conduct, and Westcott in turn revoked his endorsement of Medlock in the State Representative race.

They are apparently no longer such good pals.

[AngieB]

What IS relevant is, to quote a phrase, "Doing what's right." Chris didn't do what was right and alert Rick to the situation.

Who cares who's "responsibility" it was to discover and disable the auto-forward. It was wrong of Chris to just sit back and let it continue.

I've been a fan of Chris'. I was at the mayoral primary watch party and shed a tear or two when he conceded. So yeah, I'm really disappointed in him.

[Friendly Bear]

quote:Originally posted by TulsaMINI

What IS relevant is, to quote a phrase, "Doing what's right." Chris didn't do what was right and alert Rick to the situation.

Who cares who's "responsibility" it was to discover and disable the auto-forward. It was wrong of Chris to just sit back and let it continue.

I've been a fan of Chris'. I was at the mayoral primary watch party and shed a tear or two when he conceded. So yeah, I'm really disappointed in him.

I think, within reasonable parameters, if my former employer email account continued to be forwarded to my personal email account, after a short period of time I would contact my former employer with this information.

However, the former employee is not REQUIRED to contact the former employer.

If there were a Financial aspect to this transaction, where former Councilor Medlock for instance continued to receive his salary or parking allowance in error, then I believe he would have a responsiblity to contact his employer.

A COPY of a e-mail?

No.  There's no crime.  Despite the Lorton's World's histrionics, there was no INTERCEPTION of the message.

The original INTENDEE of the email did  in fact continue to receive all Emails:

dist2@tulsacouncil.org

Apparently, this event also says a little more about current Councilor Westcott's lack of computer savey.  

Or, maybe Mr. Westcott simply did not want to be bothered with copies of the emails forwarded to his personal or business Email address.......

Just maybe Mr. Westcott didn't want to WORK as hard at his lowly paid city councilor job as his predecessor.......

When you kick of a self-created scandal, Councilor Westcott, even you cannot determine where it will eventually run its course........

[tim huntzinger]

Still looks bad.  As an elected official of the GOP - is he not on the Republicant Statewide Committee or whatever they call it - to receive confidential emails and just let it slide is stupid.

Why give your enemies ammunition?

[SLOBBER, SLOBBER, DROOOOOOL]

[aoxamaxoa]

Integrity is something you have or don't have....there is no in between. Sorry Chris Meddlesome, you have no integrity.

[bokworker]

FB, interesting what you will come to the defense of and what you will rail against...

I'm just sayin'...

[iplaw]

I'm really not clear on the law regarding misdirected emails, but I don't think he's under any obligation to notify unless there was a disclaimer attached to the email warning the recipient of the confidential nature of the communication.  The only reason you jokers are saying it's "unethical" is because you don't like his politics.  I really don't care one way or the other about the guy, but what constitutes "ethical behavior" is in the eye of the beholder unless you can prove he violated a law.