The ongoing investigation in the city’s firefighter scandal — wherein guys paid others to work their shifts while collecting their full paychecks and never fully repaying the hours — got a little more interesting this week when Frank Jackson released an email from a fire captain to a city law director, sent two years ago, that laid out the pay-to-not-work scheme.
Jackson had previously said that until last year’s audit, the city had no knowledge that firefighters were living in other states and dolling out hundreds of dollars to co-workers to cover their shifts. He said he learned about the email in a meeting with the firefighters and that releasing it was the right thing to do. Jackson also said he gives a sucker to every kid he passes on the street and pets every dog he sees. Just the right thing to do.
Anthony Luke penned the note to Chief Assistant Law Director Stewart Hastings in February 2010. He asked if the scheme was legal. Hastings said he would assign the query to a lawyer to research. It appears he never did.
This article appears in Apr 18-24, 2012.
It’s nice to see that our city government still has it’s head firmly rooted….
Up it’s own ass…
I gotta sell my house…
First of all, Hastings should be fired!!!! Second, the safety director (Marty Flask) should be fired. The safety director hasn’t even been mentioned. The safety directors head should be on the chopping block before anybody else.
Once again the city will not get it right.
We don’t need a bandaid, we need surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a shock. Another instance where people are taking tax dollars and lining their own pockets for nothing in return. Oh well, at least we made the lives of a few thousand people nice and cushy in exchange for running our city into the ground.