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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: bijou on October 21, 2010, 10:22:12 AM
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More than four hours after federal agents tried to arrest him at home, Toms River Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco is en route to the FBI’s office in Newark where he will surrender to face political corruption charges, according to his lawyer.
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Ritacco's pending surrender comes three days after an insurance broker and a former school official told a federal judge they padded contracts by hundreds of thousands of dollars and used part of the money to pay bribes to a district executive. Authorities did not publicly name the executive, but two people with knowledge of the investigation identified him as Ritacco. ...
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/toms_river_superintendent_mica.html
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Lock him up. Throw away the key. Let's start setting some examples in America. :-)
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More than four hours after federal agents tried to arrest him at home, Toms River Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco is en route to the FBI’s office in Newark where he will surrender to face political corruption charges, according to his lawyer.
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Ritacco's pending surrender comes three days after an insurance broker and a former school official told a federal judge they padded contracts by hundreds of thousands of dollars and used part of the money to pay bribes to a district executive. Authorities did not publicly name the executive, but two people with knowledge of the investigation identified him as Ritacco. ...
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/toms_river_superintendent_mica.html
Where is the SEIU when you need `em?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Where is the SEIU when you need `em?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Too busy doing some "community organizing". :evillaugh:
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Another one bites the dust damn
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Out the door for him. :lmao:
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I hope he didn't steal enough to obtain a 'good' lawyer.
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I hope he didn't steal enough to obtain a 'good' lawyer.
If not, I'm sure the teacher's union will cover the difference.
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I wonder how this plays into Gov. Cristie's war against the teachers' union?
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If not, I'm sure the teacher's union will cover the difference.
Superintendents don't generally have the protection of the union. They are management.
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Superintendents don't generally have the protection of the union. They are management.
Superintendents serve at the will of the school board -- usually though with a nice 3-6 year contract, which provides them with benefits that rival CEO contracts.
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Superintendents serve at the will of the school board -- usually though with a nice 3-6 year contract, which provides them with benefits that rival CEO contracts.
Yep. We had one in our district that got fired a year and a half into a five year contract. The board voted to get rid of her and pay the remaining 5 years to the tune of $500,000. The board refused to give anyone a reason.
The PA auditor called it 'troubling'. :whatever:
Ya think.
Troubling link (http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/08/08/daily6.html)
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Yep. We had one in our district that got fired a year and a half into a five year contract. The board voted to get rid of her and pay the remaining 5 years to the tune of $500,000. The board refused to give anyone a reason.
The PA auditor called it 'troubling'. :whatever:
Ya think.
Troubling link (http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/08/08/daily6.html)
OMG. The entire school board should step down.
differences of opinion with respect to the administration of the school district
Wagner said Sable's contract "lacked certain provisions - such as performance expectations, compensation and benefits payable upon termination, and notification procedures - that would protect the interests of the school district and its taxpayers in the event that the district" wanted to fired her.
Absolute total incompetence by this school board from top to bottom. Absolutely disgusted.
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OMG. The entire school board should step down.
Absolute total incompetence by this school board from top to bottom. Absolutely disgusted.
They were voted out in the next election but that didn't get us our 500 grand back.