I am totally amazed that Leesburg keeps hitting the front page of the Warsaw Times Union.
Here is the story:
Last Monday, May 17, council member Tom Moore fired, yes folks fired, Ed Riordan. As far as I know, Tom gave no reason for the firing, but I was not there. On the front page of the WTU last night, it tells of a special meeting that was held on Monday, May 24, terminating Ed's employment. Did Tom have the legal right to fire Ed on May 17 and why didn't that part of the story make the paper?
I am just amazed at the arrrogance and the politics that are being played out in Leesburg. I have been told that this is reminiscent of 1982. Back in '82, when Tom was on the council, he fired that street commisioner too. What is it with Tom firing street commissiners??
I feel that we need to get the word out and have as many people as possible come to the council meetings every month. The haughtiness of the new council members is sickening.
This is Leesburg.....not Jonestown or Mooresville.
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I will be at the next meeting. :)
ReplyDeleteCarolyn, I will try to address some of the questions for you. Ed was asked to leave because he did a terrible job. He had absolutely no accountability. After Ryan, Rick and Jay took over the board, they let him make the rules of his employment, while they themselves did as little as possible in the actual service of the town. He sat in his truck for hours, literaly, doing Hoosier Lottery scratch offs. We know this for fact.
ReplyDeleteThe street were piled with dirt and weeds and by the time he had left he had outvended anything that had to do with actualy labor. The shop was a cluttered pigsty.
In the 2 weeks that Brandon Queen has taken over the job, Leesburg has looked cleaner than it has for years. It was time for Ed to go.
Let me amend that... Ed was given the opportunity to be willing to do what the job actually entails all of which for the record is a matter of Town ordinance. It is defined that the street Commissioners actual duties be performed by the street Commissioner. He was not willing to do so.
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