Allan Parachini was a rarity in the world of government affairs: He was helpful. That very quality appears to be the thing that did him in as PIO for the Los Angeles County court system. While accusing Parachini of leaking information to the celebrity-gossip site TMZ (which embarrasses celebrities), court officials seem to have been more concerned with Parachini's efforts to make public information available to the public (which has the potential to embarrass court officials), according to today's Los Angeles Times story.
Parachini got fired this week after eight years on the job. The Times story indicates that court officials got fed up with him after he failed to find excuses to drag his feet in turning over documents related to contracts, salaries and court spending - all of which are supposed to be public.
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I don't know Allan on a personal level, but on a professional one I found him to consistently be an unhelpful, rude, obstructionist a-hole. He routinely refused to comply with open record laws on behalf of the courts and he would respond with hostility and contempt to anyone who questioned him on this. He'd rank in my top 5 list of meanest, most unhelpful public information officers. That he gave any assistance whatsoever to TMZ suggests that he also played favorites. Mary Hearn, cited as his replacement in the LAT story, was always far more courteous and helpful.
How true 8:41. Alan was a real piece of crap. I'm glad the court finally dumped his sorry ass. And hearing about the TMZ allegation now his personality makes total sense. He was a pay-to-play guy and anyone who wasn't in his eliteist crony sucking circle would get jerked off by this bully who did no justice to the hardworking PIOS in other county jobs. GOOD RIDDANCE. Hope you land on your ass in jail for taking payoff bribes from Harvey Levin Alan.
I guess he won't be invited to the above two poster's Thanksgiving dinner.
I agree w Anon 1 & 2. I knew him when he was at ACLU, and he was a d-bag. One of those former reporter types who likes to swing it around.
Poor Alan did not know who bit him. It was his "trusty" assistant, Mary Hearn, who told on him.
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