Thomas Wheatley over at Creative Loafing brings us today’s update on the employment arrangement Rep Tim Bearden has with the City Of Carrollton. After receiving almost $100K of taxpayer’s money, there is still no written record of any work that was actually performed. No worries, however, says Mayor Wayne Garner:
According to Garner’s letter, addressed as “An Open Letter to the Public,” Bearden has, in exchange for the monthly payments, worked on a host of city projects, including the Police Department’s “Save a Life … Stop on Red” campaign, the annual Toys for Tots drive and the “Fans for Seniors” program aimed at helping the elderly keep cool during the summer.
There is no written documentation of the work Bearden’s done, Garner notes in the letter, so much as the work product exists “in the minds of our children, our citizens and our community who have been educated or participated in a community policing program.”
Aside from those programs listed in the letter, Garner said Bearden is also involved in sensitive police issues that must remain classified. A former police officer, Bearden has 15 years of experience in law enforcement.
I have a lot of experience in a lot of areas. Any municipality that wants to give me $100K in exchange for leaving an impression on the hearts and minds of your children, please drop me a line.
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Sounds like someone does not care about hot senior citizens.
Yeah, I know. Call me crazy, but most politicians I know refer to “Toys for Tots” and “Fans for Seniors” as an opportunity to volunteer, or for the more cynical, a photo-op.
Can’t say I know many who refer to them as “my next paycheck”.
I think that kind of “impression” is illegal in this state.
I will do it for 50k and cup of coffee at Starbucks.
Sounds like Boss Hog Garner was buying influence down at the Gold Dome. Someone should take a look at votes that could have had an impact on Douglasville.
God, this is awful. And Wayne is a snake from way back. Does funerals, too. Carved out some really nice laws that benefited himself back in the day.
good grief, why are y’all all over this bearden guy just trying to make his way in the world…he doesn’t begrudge you a living…
And he does it for the children.
The children. Think about that before you cast a stone, because you might as well be throwing that stone at a child.
Every time you question Bearden’s integrity, a child gets hit with a rock.
For shame.
FOR SHAME!
We question this because if you have a contract with a gov’t entitly at any level it had damn well better be written down somewhere, that’s why. This stinks to high heaven.
Let me tell you something, “David” (if that is your real name). One thing I know as well as my long list of aliases is that Bearden is proud to be an American, where at least he knows he’s free.
Why do you hate patriots? Why do you hate the children?
You know what I think? I think the reason Bearden is forced to do classified work in the cloak and dagger underbelly of Carrollton is because of child-hating Frenchies who would deny him walking around money. I’m not naming any names, but I think you know where I’m going here.
I’ll name names.
Beginning and ending with Icarus.
The Ox knows what you mean by this, and he is not pleased.
SpaceyG is a woman?
Does anyone have proof that the Ox was ever really sworn in?
I don’t!
But it is hard to believe such an honorable and decent man would ever be denied getting sworn in.
He was ANOINTED not sworn in
Good point Romegaguy.
How quickly we forget the greatest moment in world history!
Oh yeah. It coincided with Moses parting the Red Sea and Jesus rising from the dead. They say it was like there were two sun burning in the sky that day, and two Santas Claus.
Dash, I have no clue what you’re babbling about regarding child hating Frenchies. I have just finished a four year federal contract. It was a written contract with inked signatures and everything. And it was overseas, so those patriots you’ re talking about, I’d be one of them. If you are performing services for any level of gov’t the proper way that is done is by signed contracts. Even if Bearden is doing covert stuff, there is be a legal, proper way of documenting his work, not some good ‘ol boy arrangement with a local mayor.
In Carrollton they document things using the minds of children. Apparently it works for them.
Perhaps the whole city is actually run by children…like those ones in that true-life movie Children of the Corn?
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