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July 7, 2008 - 6:12pm

Oakland's Edgerly breaks silence; denies interfering in gang sweep involving nephew

Embattled former Oakland City Administrator Deborah Edgerly denied that she interfered with a police gang sweep involving her nephew and said that her dismissal by Mayor Ron Dellums was not fair and unwarranted.

In an exclusive interview on KTVU Channel 2's Randy Shandobil, Edgerly broke her two week-plus silence Monday, saying that reports of her interfering on behalf of a nephew during a June 7 gang sweep in West Oakland were just flatly inaccurate.

"I did not intervene (in the gang sweep). I did not provide any information (to my nephew)," Edgerly said. "Not only did I not, I would not."

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June 23, 2008 - 10:17am

Oakland's Edgerly denies job as top city executive threatened

Oakland City Hall watchers are in full "wait and see" mode this morning wondering whether embattled City Administrator Deborah Edgerly will continue to have her job at the end of the day.

Following a June 7 incident where she allegedly interfered with Oakland Police during a gang sweep that involved her nephew, Mayor Ron Dellums supposedly gave Edgerly the options of resigning, retiring or being fired by today.

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