Detroit Water’s security chief Barnett Jones resigns 2nd job in Flint amid questions | Michigan news | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Flint’s administrator of public safety resigned this morning after the Free Press raised questions about how he could work there while also working as the head of security for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.
Barnett Jones, a longtime lawman in southeast Michigan, was earning $273,750 at the two jobs, which are almost 70 miles apart.
He had been working both since May.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Revealed: Civil servant secretly working two full time public jobs, 70 miles apart - netting a salary higher than the Vice President's
Revealed: Civil servant secretly working two full time public jobs, 70 miles apart - netting a salary higher than the Vice President's | Mail Online
Flint City Administrator, Michael Brown, told the Press he wasn't aware of Jones' other role.
'We didn’t know that he was working at Detroit water and sewer,' Brown said. 'I was surprised and to be honest, disappointed'.
Jones' salary broke down as $135,000 a year from Flint and $138,750 from Detroit.
It gave him a total salary higher than a senator, Supreme Court judge or even Vice President Joe Biden.
Jones told the Free Press on Wednesday that he was doing justice to both jobs, when the newspaper asked him if he could juggle the two.
'Absolutely,' Jones said.
'There are some days I go to both, some days I go to one.
Sometimes I leave out at 8, 9, 10 o’clock at night, Saturdays.
I’m a workaholic.'
Flint City Administrator, Michael Brown, told the Press he wasn't aware of Jones' other role.
'We didn’t know that he was working at Detroit water and sewer,' Brown said. 'I was surprised and to be honest, disappointed'.
Jones' salary broke down as $135,000 a year from Flint and $138,750 from Detroit.
It gave him a total salary higher than a senator, Supreme Court judge or even Vice President Joe Biden.
Jones told the Free Press on Wednesday that he was doing justice to both jobs, when the newspaper asked him if he could juggle the two.
'Absolutely,' Jones said.
'There are some days I go to both, some days I go to one.
Sometimes I leave out at 8, 9, 10 o’clock at night, Saturdays.
I’m a workaholic.'
Sunspot unleashes intense solar flare
Sunspot unleashes intense solar flare - Technology & science - Space - Space.com | NBC News
"AR1654 is getting bigger as it turns toward Earth," the website reported.
"Not only is the chance of flares increasing, but also the chance of an Earth-directed eruption.
This could be the sunspot that breaks the recent lengthy spell of calm space weather around our planet."
The sun is in an active phase of its current 11-year weather cycle, which scientists call Solar Cycle 24. The sun's activity cycle is expected to reach its peak (or "solar maximum") in 2013, astronomers have said.
The most powerful solar flares, X-class flares, have the most significant effect on Earth.
They can cause long-lasting radiation storms in our planet's upper atmosphere and trigger radio blackouts.
Medium-size M-class flares can cause brief radio blackouts in the polar regions and occasional minor radiation storms.
C-class flares, the weakest in scientists' three-tiered classification system, have few noticeable consequences.
"AR1654 is getting bigger as it turns toward Earth," the website reported.
"Not only is the chance of flares increasing, but also the chance of an Earth-directed eruption.
This could be the sunspot that breaks the recent lengthy spell of calm space weather around our planet."
The sun is in an active phase of its current 11-year weather cycle, which scientists call Solar Cycle 24. The sun's activity cycle is expected to reach its peak (or "solar maximum") in 2013, astronomers have said.
The most powerful solar flares, X-class flares, have the most significant effect on Earth.
They can cause long-lasting radiation storms in our planet's upper atmosphere and trigger radio blackouts.
Medium-size M-class flares can cause brief radio blackouts in the polar regions and occasional minor radiation storms.
C-class flares, the weakest in scientists' three-tiered classification system, have few noticeable consequences.
Hillary Clinton Rescued By Iranians from Near Fatal Plane Crash
Hillary Clinton Rescued By Iranians from Near Fatal Plane Crash | Stuart Wilde | The Official Author Website
A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd left] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed nearly 3 weeks ago in the Iranian city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border.
Iranian intelligence agents quoted in this GRU report confirm that the C-12 Huron aircraft is still in their possession in Ahvaz, but will only admit that the plane was “forced to land because of technical problems.”
The US Navy Seal member reported killed in this bizarre incident, this report says, was indentified as Commander Job W. Price [photo 3rd left] who as a leader of this highly specialized American Special Forces unit protects high-ranking diplomats traveling in Middle Eastern and Asian combat zones.
Curiously, US media reports on Commander Price’s death say it being investigated as a possible suicide as he died from what the American Defense Department describes as “a non-combat related injury.”
A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd left] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed nearly 3 weeks ago in the Iranian city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border.
Iranian intelligence agents quoted in this GRU report confirm that the C-12 Huron aircraft is still in their possession in Ahvaz, but will only admit that the plane was “forced to land because of technical problems.”
The US Navy Seal member reported killed in this bizarre incident, this report says, was indentified as Commander Job W. Price [photo 3rd left] who as a leader of this highly specialized American Special Forces unit protects high-ranking diplomats traveling in Middle Eastern and Asian combat zones.
Curiously, US media reports on Commander Price’s death say it being investigated as a possible suicide as he died from what the American Defense Department describes as “a non-combat related injury.”
MILTON FRIEDMAN: Why we don’t need to throw the bums out. “It’s nice to elect the right people, bu…
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MILTON FRIEDMAN:
Why we don’t need to throw the bums out.
“It’s nice to elect the right people, but that’s not the way you solve things.
They way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right things.”
Politicians are at best semi-autonomous.
They mostly respond to external forces.
If you want them to behave differently, change the correlation of forces.
That can be done by taking over state parties, by primarying people, by changing the culture and all sorts of other ways.
MILTON FRIEDMAN:
Why we don’t need to throw the bums out.
“It’s nice to elect the right people, but that’s not the way you solve things.
They way you solve things is by making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right things.”
Politicians are at best semi-autonomous.
They mostly respond to external forces.
If you want them to behave differently, change the correlation of forces.
That can be done by taking over state parties, by primarying people, by changing the culture and all sorts of other ways.
How Michigan Supreme Court opening will be filled in wake of Diane Hathaway departure
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Hathaway’s attorney said the justice served notice in late December she would retire.
But news of her plan didn’t become public until Monday -- shortly after the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission filed a formal complaint and called for her interim suspension in light of a federal lawsuit alleging bank fraud and money laundering.
Hathaway’s attorney said the justice served notice in late December she would retire.
But news of her plan didn’t become public until Monday -- shortly after the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission filed a formal complaint and called for her interim suspension in light of a federal lawsuit alleging bank fraud and money laundering.
Mike Lee pushes for changes to union exemption from Hobbs Act
Mike Lee pushes for changes to union exemption from Hobbs Act | Washington Free Beacon
"Labor groups are immune from prosecution under the Hobbs Act, a 1946 provision that criminalized extortion and robbery using the threat or fear of force.
Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) attempted to close that loophole last year with the Freedom from Union Violence Act (FUVA)."
"Labor groups are immune from prosecution under the Hobbs Act, a 1946 provision that criminalized extortion and robbery using the threat or fear of force.
Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) attempted to close that loophole last year with the Freedom from Union Violence Act (FUVA)."
White House Considers Funding for Cops in Schools
White House Considers Funding for Cops in Schools
"In what seems like a surprise move, the White House working group on gun control is considering expanding federal funding for cops in schools."
"In what seems like a surprise move, the White House working group on gun control is considering expanding federal funding for cops in schools."
Report: Americans Die Younger, Contract More STDs Than Any Other High-Income Country Worldwide
Report: Americans Die Younger, Contract More STDs Than Any Other High-Income Country Worldwide « CBS DC
“Research is important, but we should not wait for more data before taking action, because we already know what to do,” Woolf said.
“If we fail to act, the disadvantage will continue to worsen and our children will face shorter lives and greater rates of illness than their peers in other rich nations.”
“Research is important, but we should not wait for more data before taking action, because we already know what to do,” Woolf said.
“If we fail to act, the disadvantage will continue to worsen and our children will face shorter lives and greater rates of illness than their peers in other rich nations.”
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