tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7536438350619472282..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: A Case Of Ghost Employment?Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25432798487713112362007-06-17T20:59:00.000-05:002007-06-17T20:59:00.000-05:00sorry 1034am. I personally looked into Grays so ca...sorry 1034am. I personally looked into Grays so called ghost employment and found nothing. His time sheets are in better order than mine are. Only difference is that I don't work for the government. <BR/>If gray is a ghost employee, he is very good at hiding it!<BR/><BR/>Same thing with Vernon Brown 1130.. found nothing. I found more discrepancies with Issac randolphs than the other 2. Lance Langsford was on military leave for 1/2 the time, so his would have been useless to me.<BR/><BR/>831.. "incomplete"? I had al but 6 weeks. out of 3 years. About the same missing for Brown and randolph. All different times and not all together.<BR/>Possibly an oversight on the city atty. part of the person gathering the infofor him.<BR/>Everything looked to be in order, and Vernon even took time to explain his questionable entries.<BR/><BR/>Was it all true, i don't know, but the dates and times matched what I was told and was able to find out before the questions were asked.<BR/>An IFD firefighter helped me with this before I even approached Brown and said everything looked fine to him. He wanted to find something because he wants them out, it just wasn't there!garyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141621101828080762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28767099531434903652007-06-17T20:31:00.000-05:002007-06-17T20:31:00.000-05:00Uh, Johnny, reality check on the Gray timesheets:H...Uh, Johnny, reality check on the Gray timesheets:<BR/><BR/>He didn't come "clean." He came up, in small part, "AWOL." Or, in college terms, "incomplete." Kinda like his Conflict of Interest statement, which he had to amend. Twice. <BR/><BR/>And stop already with the "popularly elected." More like "right place at the right time." They don't need you to defend them, and frankly, it's getting a little old. <BR/><BR/>More compelling is the argument that Gray, while on the job, sat outside a peashake in a city car with the Center constable. And feigned igorance about the peashake's existence. Yeah, riiiiight. He knew nothing about it, until the mayor pulled the plug on the "blind eye" thing and the peashakes needed defending, then Monroe and Glenn and their friends ran to the defense of these parlours.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Wilson, that's fair game. Either Gray's stupid, or thinks we are, or fills out some of his timesheets inproperly. Was he waiting on a fire to erupt at that peashake, as he sat in his city car outside?<BR/><BR/>And forget this Ft. Wayne pastor. What a goof. <BR/><BR/>And, FYI, in some NAACP chapters, the president is the functional CEO, and is paid a stipend. I am not sure of that's the case with Latham.<BR/><BR/>But the Daniels administration is so hell-bent on getting black faces on their stage, that they turn to Cissell and her ilk for verification.<BR/><BR/>Strike two.<BR/><BR/>Why is Latham still on the payroll?<BR/>The lawsuit will be successful--this use of state funds is blatantly improper, and now the Daniels administration has wasted its faith-based credibility on a man who apparently loves the car and paycheck and executive assistant, but not the work.<BR/><BR/>Which invites another question: Does his laziness, and lack of performance, negate the need for a lawsuit? It looks like intent is all we have to go on here...the Daniels' administration's intent to instill faith-based activites via state funds. If the clown didn't do anything, maybe there's no harm, no foul...<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19748968137982626252007-06-17T17:55:00.000-05:002007-06-17T17:55:00.000-05:00anon 10:34-The IndyU crowd loved to scream "ghost ...anon 10:34-<BR/><BR/>The IndyU crowd loved to scream "ghost employment" anytime Gray's name came up until one of their own, Garyj (pleasehelpindy.blogspot.com), actually checked into it. Garyj actually took action where so many others puff hot air. He requested time and attendance records, vacation schedules and basically did everything that an enterprising reporter would have done a quarter century ago. Gray came up clean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-80890219468472382722007-06-17T12:49:00.000-05:002007-06-17T12:49:00.000-05:00Hasn't Roob been, allegedly, a major propoenent of...Hasn't Roob been, allegedly, a major propoenent of "performance measures" or accountability in goverment? How exactly would this "program" measure up under performance measures or standard applied? It's laughable. What are the objective criteria, etc? This guy gets a bunch of volunteers together for a meeting then no one hears from him again? I'd like to see the color coded bar graphs or the powerpoint on this one....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39983241870769221382007-06-17T11:49:00.000-05:002007-06-17T11:49:00.000-05:00Notice how the statewide issue of shamelessly poli...Notice how the statewide issue of shamelessly political employment by their Sainted Man Mitch gets deflected into a discussion of two popularly elected local officials instead? Let's discuss your Preacher Man Lapham and how he's collecting <I>your</I> tax dollars into his church collection plate!Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-90984325984725636072007-06-17T11:41:00.000-05:002007-06-17T11:41:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-70095987089986658432007-06-17T11:30:00.000-05:002007-06-17T11:30:00.000-05:00Not picking any sides politically,but Monroe Gray ...Not picking any sides politically,but Monroe Gray is an issue Wilson, to both myself as a member of IFD and to the commenter you attack. His blatant thumbing in the face to those of us on the department who actually show up to work is not right. And the city admin turns the other cheek to both Gray and Vernon Brown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-14496541439888745272007-06-17T11:23:00.000-05:002007-06-17T11:23:00.000-05:00Monroe Gray??? By raising that issue, it looks lik...Monroe Gray??? By raising that issue, it looks like the shamefully-anonymous GOP defender is using its standard defense of "Us Republicans are only just as bad as we say you Democrats are!" Mighty feeble gruel...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-46342286688268007272007-06-17T10:34:00.001-05:002007-06-17T10:34:00.001-05:00How 'bout Monroe Gray's ghost employment with IFD....How 'bout Monroe Gray's ghost employment with IFD. Community Liason Chief??? Give me a break, more like detailed to the CCC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-25866386207057020282007-06-17T10:34:00.000-05:002007-06-17T10:34:00.000-05:00I see from the Freedom From Religion Foundation's ...I see from the Freedom From Religion Foundation's web site that the job description includes:<BR/>- "ministering and counseling FSSA employees, contractors, etc."<BR/>- developing workshops to "train and educate FSSA staff on encouraging a faithful environment in the workplace"<BR/>Perhaps FSSA employees would be more effective in their jobs if they could better relate to religious folks. But this guy is paid to <B>minister to the employees</B>, not just help employees relate to their faithful clients. <BR/>In addition to $60K for a political appointee who apparently hasn't done the job, we taxpayers will bear the cost of defending against an unnecessary and obviously valid lawsuit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39805009877157678332007-06-17T09:02:00.000-05:002007-06-17T09:02:00.000-05:00The issue of the Presidency of the Fort Wayne NAAC...The issue of the Presidency of the Fort Wayne NAACP is a red herring in terms of employment. It's merely an elected position of a membership organization -- if he were a hired "executive director" or had some such title entitling him to compensation for time worked, then his multiple employments could be questioned.<BR/><BR/>What I find interesting in this story is the role of Jackie Cissell...Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2146847532010627602007-06-17T08:47:00.000-05:002007-06-17T08:47:00.000-05:00I recall reading that Thomas Jefferson didn't thin...I recall reading that Thomas Jefferson didn't think that army chaplains should be paid from taxpayer funds, to keep religion separate from gvt. He lost out on that extreme position, but have we come so far that the state can hire a chaplain to minister to its employees?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com