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Detroit groundskeeper fired after finding loaded gun, handing it to cops
FoxNews.com ^
| May 15, 2012
Posted on 05/15/2012 3:57:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A Detroit groundskeeper, who turned in a loaded handgun he found hidden in weeds while working, was fired by the Wayne County Department of Public Services, MyFoxDetroit.com reports.
John Chevilott, who is just two years shy of retirement, found the loaded snub-nosed revolver on May 3 when he and his crew were mowing a lawn in Wayne County. Chevilott secured the gun, waiting for police to drive by so he could hand it over to them.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: banglist; govtabuse; rapeofliberty; waynecounty
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Eric Holder’s people love zero tolerance because it enables them to even the score with non-Eric Holder’s people.
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posted on
05/15/2012 3:59:00 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
After he wins the lawsuit, John Chevilott will not have to worry about his retirement. But those who fired him will.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:00:56 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(If true=false, then there would be no constraints on what is possible. Hence, the world exists.)
To: Springman; sergeantdave; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...
Did one of you guys lose something?
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:00:56 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The guy in the photo looks like he’s 20 or more years shy of retirement age. His union stew will have him back on the payroll by tomorrow with a big pay raise for such an outrageous discharge.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:06:29 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(just undo it)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
No good deed goes unpunished.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Went to the Fox News Detroit site and read the comments - those people are on fire and RED HOT!
Wayne County has screwed-up royally on this issue. Not one kind word for the bureaucrats who fired Mr.Cheviott. All of the comments say the fired employee, with only two years left before retirement, should sue the county.
Mr.Cheviott probably saved a child from picking up a loaded gun, and who knows! That gun may have been used in the commission of a crime.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:09:01 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
You can bet the next groundskeeper who finds a handgun will quietly pocket it and keep on mowin’. Maybe later on even trade it for a few bucks later on.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:10:15 PM PDT
by
Oatka
(This is America. Assimilate or evaporate.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Interestingly enough, police said he did the right thing.
Sounds like the union screwed one of their own to eliminate those coming retirement costs.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:11:42 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: SatinDoll
They fired him because they did not want to pay his retirement i’ll bet...
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:14:25 PM PDT
by
ColdSteelTalon
(Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
His boss, his boss’s boss and his boss’s boss’s boss should all be fired and stripped of pension rights. Three levels of management morons.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:16:36 PM PDT
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samtheman
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-4gnNz0vc)
To: ColdSteelTalon
That was also mentioned in most of the comments.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:17:56 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: samtheman
His immediate boss was suspended for 3 days for knowing about it and not doing anything about it.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:19:03 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
The union is supporting Mr.Cheviott. It is in the article.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:19:03 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: shove_it
The guy in the photo looks like he’s 20 or more years shy of retirement age. That was my thought as well until I realized that, since he works for a government agency, he can probably retire at a younger age than people working in the private sector can.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:20:57 PM PDT
by
Bob
To: samtheman
His boss was suspended for 30 days. It’s his boss’s boss and above..
To: SatinDoll
And the irony...is when he sues. The citizen's of the county/state will have to pay ALL the fines, judgments, fee's, etc....
And no politician, bureaucrat, or city/state employee will suffer any monetary damage or lose their job.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:26:30 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(God is my Co-Pilot.)
To: cripplecreek
Sounds like the union screwed one of their own to eliminate those coming retirement costs. On the job for 23 years, his pension benefits are vested and can't be lost. Somebody screwed up royally in firing him. He'll come out of this smelling like a rose.
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:26:37 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Romney vs. Obama? One of them has to lose, I'll rejoice in that fact, whichever it is.)
To: SatinDoll
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:28:16 PM PDT
by
ColdSteelTalon
(Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
To: ColdSteelTalon
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posted on
05/15/2012 4:28:28 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Romney vs. Obama? One of them has to lose, I'll rejoice in that fact, whichever it is.)
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