Dear Mayor Villaraigosa,For two years, I have worked very hard to help improve the Department of Animal Services (LAAS) and protect the integrity of the Mayor's office as your appointed Commissioner.However, my seeking transparency, clarity and honesty is apparently what Mr. Blackman, your Deputy Chief of Staff, does not want me to do. His consistent refusal to hold Mr. Ed Boks, the General Manager, accountable — for his actions, including making false, misleading and inflammatory comments to your office, staff, City Council, the public, and the media — has made my efforts ineffective at every level.When I told Mr. Blackman that Mr. Boks would not shut down his city website blog, against the advice of the LAPD's Threat Management unit, Mr. Blackman dismissed my concerns and called it merely "one of the many wrong things Boks has done" that he's already aware of and would not take any action.On the city website, Mr. Boks recently bashed the Director of LA...