Carroll County Times accuses outgoing Carroll County commissioners of corruption, secret meetings, and payoffs

Carroll County Times accuses outgoing Carroll County commissioners of corruption in office, secret meetings, and payoffs

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010 http://tinyurl.com/23maxsz http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/12/carroll-county-times-accuses-outgoing.html

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010

For a newspaper article written by Kevin Dayhoff on the whole affair, which appeared in www.explorecarroll.com, go here: http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4975/breaking-horn-laxton-evans-ridgely-carroll-county-terminates-appointees/

Outgoing Carroll County Commissioner Dean Minnich fired back at the Sunday, December 5, 2010 Carroll County Times editorial: “Buyout reeks of payoff.” http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/article_4657ba0e-fef5-11df-a070-001cc4c03286.html

"The county commissioners offering buyouts and severance packages to county department heads was irresponsible, and taxpayers are lucky that the ultimate cost is only a little over a quarter of a million dollars… 

The secretive way in which they went about ensuring their political allies were well taken care of is deplorable, and their waste of taxpayer dollars is indefensible…http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/article_4657ba0e-fef5-11df-a070-001cc4c03286.html

http://www.deanminnich.com/: It's about the facts, not the crusade for open meetings

http://www.deanminnich.com/2010/12/its-about-facts-not-crusade-for-open.html

Outgoing Carroll County Commissioner Dean Minnich fired back:  “Sunday's Carroll County Times carried the editorial I expected; I could have written it in advance. Secret meetings, conference calls, reeks of payoffs, cronyism, all words used to express their editorial outrage at the departure of four county employees under the terms of contracts that allowed them to leave with severance pay and accrued benefits.

“Having worked for several newspapers, I can attest that the contracts were little different that many of those signed by newspaper executives and managers who have served at the pleasure of various publishers and group owners. I can attest that the newspapers also observed the appropriate rules and applicable laws for offering and accepting and announcing -- or not -- the changes in job status. Sometimes it is what is not said that speaks volumes...”  http://www.deanminnich.com/2010/12/its-about-facts-not-crusade-for-open.html

For a newspaper article written by Kevin Dayhoff on the whole affair, which appeared in www.explorecarroll.com, go here: http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4975/breaking-horn-laxton-evans-ridgely-carroll-county-terminates-appointees/

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