Holy Crap, I literally posted this question 5 minutes ago, and Ragboy already put something in his Rag Opinions about it.  5 minutes, people.  That's got to be a world record.

Ragman says - "One partisan blogger is asking how former town accountant Robert Bliss could be fired for signing a payout to former town administrator Michael Hartman when the town has taken no action against Hartman himself. That one is easy. It is illegal to make a payment to a town employee if a quorum of selectmen have not approved the payroll warrant. No one has accused Hartman of breaking the law. Being slimy is not a crime. If it was, all the hate bloggers would be in jail"

Dumbbell, nobody said ANYTHING about a crime.  The selectmen are saying that Bliss was in error for paying Hartman $35,000.  If you make a mistake like that, you can file a civil suit, show in court an error was made and that Hartman should not have gotten the payment, and the court would order the money returned.  The BOS has had 3 years to do this, they haven't....because they can't.  They know they'd lose.  And if they can't walk into court and show that Bliss made a mistake and Hartman should give the money back, then they can't fire Bliss.

5 minutes, Ragman.  Really, that's a record.

Geez, I can't believe I'm actually starting to miss the Cat Lady's stories about Little Harbor trips.

Last edited by Hamatron5000 (2009-03-20 14:50:13)

"Being slimy is not a crime. If it was, all the hate bloggers would be in jail"

A journalist should make the attempt to use proper grammar.  How can Ihateliz be blamed for his/her grammar if s/he does not have appropriate role models? (or as s/he he might say "appropriate roll models.

"Being slimy is not a crime. If it WERE, all the hate bloggers would be in jail"  Ragboy, I pointed out the error in your ways at least 6 months ago.

One of the more objective newspapers pointed out that in no time since the check was written had anyone provided information to show the money wasn't owed.  Additionally, it was the practice of the BOS to sign the warrants after the fact.  They can't blame anyone for not being able to read their minds and figure out they wanted to change that policy.
Let ragboy write all he wants.  It doesn't matter what he writes and it doesn't matter what decision the acting TA makes...well the acting TA could make the ethically correct decision, but he probably doesn't know what he should do cuz either way he is going to be held accountable. (wrong)....in the end Bliss will need to go before an impartial board who will not be looking at all of ragboys distortions.

commonsense wrote:

I'm sure the writting is on the wall for Sanguinet...

Fire Bliss or you're gone

Yeah, and then when Bliss sues the town and wins, the BOS will blame Sanguinet.   Talk about cowards, the BOS makes the decisions and then pretends that the TA is responsible...

Last edited by Mixie (2009-03-20 20:29:05)