35W Bridge collapse aftermath, speedy construction, UPDATE...

[Rosie]

The emergency manger for MnDOT was halfway across the country when the bridge collapsed in August. She didn't bother returning to Minnesota for almost two weeks. As if that wasn't bad enough (and in my book it was grounds enough for termination right there), it has been discovered she allegedly padded her expense accounts, used her government cell phone for personal use and charged personal travel to the state.

She was fired.

She thinks she did nothing wrong and wants her job back.

Fired MnDOT manager asks for her job back

Fired MnDOT Emergency Manager Wants Job Back

 

[lono]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept.

Rosie: Failing to return after the collapse wasn't just grounds for termination, it was grounds for a public flogging.

That is simply as unacceptable as it is unbelievable.

 

[Rosie]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

The nanosecond she was told about the bridge collapse, she should have high-tailed it back to Minnesota. Period.

I told a friend of mine yesterday if she prevails and gets her job back -- heck, any government job for that matter -- I'm moving to Wisconsin.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

The nanosecond she was told about the bridge collapse, she should have high-tailed it back to Minnesota. Period.

I told a friend of mine yesterday if she prevails and gets her job back -- heck, any government job for that matter -- I'm moving to Wisconsin.

If Hitler got his old job back in Minnesota, you wouldn't move to Wisconsin.

 

[Rosie]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

I lived in Wisconsin once, I could (very reluctantly) do it again.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept.

Look, Rosie. There's a signpost up ahead!

 

[Rosie]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

You have no idea, FB.

Story of my life.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Just don't read "How To Serve Man."

 

[JR]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Woman sounds like a candidate for a high level position with FEMA.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

The immediate response to her asking for her job back should be charges filed for misuse of public funds.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Wow. Just watched the news clip and they said part of her response was that it wasn't her job to be present during the bridge collapse.

 

[markvid]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Wow. Just watched the news clip and they said part of her response was that it wasn't her job to be present during the bridge collapse.

Just like it wasn't anyone's job to help people who fell into the river.
But they did anyway because it was the right thing to do.
This woman has brain damage.

 

[Rosie]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

If the bridge collapse didn't constitute an emergency in the state of Minnesota, I'd sure as heck hate to see what does.

Geez!

 

[Ace]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Wow. Just watched the news clip and they said part of her response was that it wasn't her job to be present during the bridge collapse.

Anyone who defends their position with the "it's not my job" rationale, warms my heart. ...

 

[playthrough]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Woman sounds like a candidate for a high level position with FEMA.

If she was "working" out of a federal office in D.C. right after the collapse as the story says, maybe she essentially was auditioning for FEMA.

"Wow, so this is what's it's like to be completely disconnected from my constituents. Fun!"

 

[Football_Bat]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept.

Heck of a job, Pitty.

But it's not a slam-dunk case for the state. To wit:

• It was the Minneapolis FBI bureau that bungled the Moussaoui evidence that could've thwarted the 9/11 plot.

• A case that trumped the 9/11 bungling on my Google serch: http://www.princetonmn.net/

• Any state that can vote a professional wrestler as governor deserves scrutiny, even after 13 years.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

Uff da.

For stupid.

No Tom & Jerrys for her this Christmas.

 

[lono]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

If the bridge collapse didn't constitute an emergency in the state of Minnesota, I'd sure as heck hate to see what does.

Geez!

Trading Kevin Garnett?

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

If the bridge collapse didn't constitute an emergency in the state of Minnesota, I'd sure as heck hate to see what does.

Geez!

When the Stars left?

 

[Football_Bat]

Re: 35W Bridge collapse aftermath, a fired MnDOT manager unclear on the concept...

If the bridge collapse didn't constitute an emergency in the state of Minnesota, I'd sure as heck hate to see what does.

Geez!

Paging Good Doctor with a Paul Allen PXP (because I am above this dastardly deed) ... ;D