Posted on 11/30/2004 2:10:05 PM PST by mumzie
On Hannity's show right now. Being discussed this hour.
Another thread has verified a Paypal address for taking contributions for Gardner.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1291336/posts
Correction - GARDNER himself is on the show!
WHERE IS THE ACLU ???????????????????????
Yes!
Steve explaining what happened to him, says you're free to draw your own conclusions as to whether sKerry was responsible for him losing his job.
He had worked for this company for 2 years, and the very day after D. Brinkley's article appeared in time.com, he was fired from this job.
If anyone has a job for him near his home in SC, you can contact him at his email address.
I think Sean just said Steve will be on the tv show tonight, yes, he confirmed that.
Getting fired sometimes leads to a better job.
Yes, you're right, sure hope it does for Steve!
Does that make it right if he was i fact dismissed for speaking out about Kerry?
Millennium Information Services is a small business that has been wrongly stigmatized by the Chicago Sun-Times article about Steve Gardner. The article is clearly meant to create the impression that Steve Gardner’s layoff was politically motivated. That just simply isn’t true. It is also important to note that the Sun-Times reporter, Mary Laney, never contacted us regarding this article.
Here are some key facts that correct missing or inaccurate statements made in the Sun-Times article: For purely financial reasons, we had to reduce management expenses. A decision was made to consolidate field management from five managers to three.
The two affected field managers resided in the areas where our business had the most significant decreases. Mr. Gardner was one of those managers. Two additional corporate managers were laid off on the same day. No one in the company’s management was even aware of Mr. Gardner’s connection to John Kerry.
To help offset the elimination of Mr. Gardner’s supervisory position, Millennium offered Mr. Gardner other non-supervisory work, which he decided not to take. Since that time Millennium has offered Mr. Gardner additional work opportunities, which he has also declined.
The Sun-Times article states that Mr. Gardner was terminated via email. That is also incorrect.
Mr. Gardner was informed of the layoff in a personal phone conversation with his supervisor. The email referenced in the article was simply a formal follow-up, not the primary means of informing Mr. Gardner. The only reason he was not contacted face-to-face was because he was an out-of-state employee.
In the Sun-Times article, Ms. Laney stated that Mr. Gardner had “seen the company advertising his old position.” A simple check of the facts would have shown that to be false. The advertisement placed by Millennium was for a non- supervisory position.
The Sun-Times article does not accurately reflect what occurred with Steve Gardner in regards to his employment with Millennium. It creates an erroneous perception that he was singled out for his political involvement. That is false. Three other employees also lost their jobs on that day for the same economic reasons.
Millennium as a company does not endorse or support any political position or candidate. We leave those personal decisions to individuals.
We sincerely hope this helps to clarify the truth,
Steve Pietrzak
President and CEO
Millennium Information Services, Inc.
hmmm, what is true here?
Offers of employment are hard to prove and hard to disprove!
The company is covering it's tail. It doesn't change the FACT that the companies president has contributed to some of the biggest left leaning whack jobs reelection campaigns in the past few years.
Three other employees also lost their jobs on that day for the same economic reasons.
Let me see here, they reduced from 5 positions to 3, therefore "3" people were terminated? Sounds like a load of BS to me.
They were not attacking John Kerry.
They were telling the truth about him.
There is a difference.
Reference Millennium’s Response to the 11/29/04 Chicago Sun-Times Article about Steve Gardner.
Bull hocky! I do not believe a word of what they say.
When God closes a door, he opens a window.
Which is why he was let go just a week after receiving commendations from his supervisor and just 24 hours after being threatened by the Kerry campaign.
How dumb does Millennium think we are?
In the Sun-Times article, Ms. Laney stated that Mr. Gardner had “seen the company advertising his old position.” A simple check of the facts would have shown that to be false.
I think Gardner would have recognized his old position if it were advertised. This sounds like damage control spin to me.
Three other employees also lost their jobs on that day.
How unfortunate that three other employees had to lose their jobs for John Kerry's political ambitions.
Do you have a record of these contributions?
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