Isiah Carey scores with pictures of two of the documents granting raises to the Fab Four. Check out the signature: “Florence Watkins for Carol Alvarado.” Carol’s initials appear to the right as “Director of Department from which transferred-” (page cuts off)

And approval initials are present for the Director of Personnel. The ones on the right surprised me though: Mayoral initals are required — but those aren’t Mayor White’s initials…. in fact, the initials are clearly the same as those in the Director’s blank. That is also the case on the other form. In fact, after reviwing the org charts for F&A (link is on city intranet, not public, but the divison chiefs are listed here), I can’t figure out who that is. It looks like “LMW” but I can’t tell for sure. LMM? LNM? Maybe the person in question left the city after those forms went through.

But the sixty-four-hundred penny questions is:

Is Ms. Alvarado not alone in delegating signature authority?

Update: it sure doesn’t look like Mayor White’s signature, which can be seen on page 2 at this link. Warning: this is a 341 page .pdf file. Don’t even think about trying to download it without broadband, and give it several minutes, even with it.

(edited for clarity at 12:50 pm 3/21)

Update: I think it’s Lonnie Vara, head of Human Resources.