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Spanky
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 10:57 am
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If this law applies to volunteer firefighters, it applies to Kenny. Seems pretty easy to understand to me.

driver
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 5:56 pm
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I agree Spanky but you can bet good old Kenny will try to find a way around the law, good old Kenny runs the county. The man needs to be gone he has done nothing but try and benefit from all his paid county jobs for years.

nobodyimportant
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 6:15 pm
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Good grief. Anyone with half a brain knows that, as an employer, you can hire people two ways. The first, as an employee, the second as a "contract employee." It makes no difference that Mr. Hale is under contract, he is an employee.

The law is about conflict of interest and we should not lose sight of that. To say that Mr. Hale would have a conlict of interest as an employee but not as a contracted employee is utterly insane.

If Pete Foley is the attorney I think he is, he will advise Mr. Hale that he has a conflict of interest and that he shouldn't be trying to wiggle through a teeny definition loophole.

kwag
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 6:48 pm
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This just sounds like wishful thinking on Kenny's part. I too have employees. Most are full time and some are contract. The fact is that they are employees either way. Sounds like it's time Kenny got a real job or gave up his political career. Kenny, don't make one of us sue you to do the right thing. Resign from one or the other.

kwag
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 6:57 pm
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One more thing. Kenny claims he is not an employee, therefore, shouldn't he be responsible for the legal fees that will be generated by Pete Foley to do the research necessary to give Kenny an opinion of his personal situation? I would bet almost anything Kenny expects the taxpayers to pick up the tab. I guess the legal fees submitted to the county by Mr. Foley are public information. I challenge him to single those charges out on his billing statement so we can see who pays them.

Danny Stewart
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 8:17 pm
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I'm not so sure Kenny can be classified as an employee. I have a contract with the paper, but am not classified as an employee either.

SickoftheSame
Thursday, April 5, 2012: 9:55 pm
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It is time for "good ole Kenny" to move on. It is a conflict, has been a conflict for quite some time. When you collect 3 County pay checks it was a conflict before the law was written or passed. It now, is legally a conflict. Give it up Kenny, get a real job.

nobodyimportant
Friday, April 6, 2012: 12:08 am
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Of course people working on contracts aren't considered employees. You contract with someone or some entity to do work that would otherwise be done by a paid employee. But it is also a way for employers to do a couple things. One is to avoid paying benefits. Another is to show the person that the employer doesn't desire to commit to a relationship....the "outs" are more plentiful with contracted employees.

But in the business world, you don't frequently put a contracted person in the top position, give them power over budgetary decisions, and give them employee-like titles. Whe it walks like a duck.......

Danny Stewart
Friday, April 6, 2012: 4:08 am
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Sick,

I agree. Even though I like Kenny, it's long past time that everyone that has been in office for more than two terms to go. This would also include those that have bounced from one post to another.

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