From Inside the Fenty Administration

Here's another take on the abrupt resignation of DC Attorney General Linda Singer.

A source deep inside the Fenty administration says her departure was really brought on by a disagreement with the Mayor over what her job should have been.

The source says Singer thought her job should be like that of an elected State's Attorney with independent powers to pursue cases of her choosing, without regard to the Mayor's agenda. Fenty and his legal counsel Peter Nickles saw the job differently.

In the District the AG is appointed by the Mayor like other cabinet members and therefore serves at his pleasure. "She should have been more aware of what was already on the administration's plate in the first year". "There was a lot".

Instead, the administration was sometimes blindsided by some of the "class action cases" Singer signed onto and publicised without the Mayor's prior knowledge....

If you have followed the Fenty team thus far...you can't miss how the Mayor is front and center on every major event whether it be police, fire, schools etc....giving the impression that every decision, good or bad, rests with him.

"They just had a different view of how that job was to be done" said my source.

The Mayor named Peter Nickles as Interim Attorney General to replace Singer; word is he doesn't want the job on a permanent basis.

Associates to Singer had told me she is resigning effective next month because the Mayor was constantly giving Nickles responsibilities that should have rested with her office.