[ApplegateRanch]

He was suspended with pay from his $87,500-a-year state job earlier this month, during an internal investigation into the harassment claims.

WinH are we going to demand that those "suspended with pay pending investigation" PAY BACK all monies received during said suspension IF the investigation upholds the charges?

IOW, make the pay during suspension contingent upon innocence.

I am sick and tired of public officials receiving & RETAINING pay & benefits for weeks, month, or in some cases, even YEARS, before their firings are upheld. If guilty, they are NOT entitled to an extended vacation with pay & benefits.

[freespirited]

I am sick and tired of public officials receiving & RETAINING pay & benefits for weeks, month, or in some cases, even YEARS, before their firings are upheld. If guilty, they are NOT entitled to an extended vacation with pay & benefits.

And I am sick of reading about someone getting a high level govt job when he owed the state 5K in income tax (and the feds even more). Unbelievable, dont they do a background check in OH? They would have discovered his debts and rap sheet, which he falsified. That alone should be grounds for immediate termination--not suspension with pay.