Posted on 10/21/2016 10:03:32 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
HARRISBURG, Pa. —A judge has ordered the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to pay a former worker more than $3 million after finding he was wrongly fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle on agency practices.
Ralph Bailets sued the turnpike commission and two of its officials over his 2008 termination. He says he was dismissed for questioning a major computer contract, hiring practices and how large trucking firms qualify for E-ZPass discounts.
Prosecutors in 2013 used his testimony to file corruption charges against several agency officials.
The judge ruled in June that Bailets was wrongly terminated. PennLive.com reports the judge ruled Thursday that Bailets should receive $3.2 million in lost pay and other damages.
Bailets says he's waiting to see if the agency will appeal.
Turnpike officials declined to comment.
My aunt was a PennaPike whistleblower too.
Things didn’t work out that well for her.
8 years of fighting and he finally wins. Long time. No wonder most people just keep quiet and draw a check.
You spend 300 percent more on my state’s turnpike than you do on Oklahoma’s turnpikes for the sake of the turnpike commission’s corruption.
I believe we in PA are identified as one of the top 2 or 3 most corrupt states. Illinois is the only one that outdoes us consistently.
Here in CT we try harder.
We elect corrupt mayors and then throw them in jail, and then elect another corrupt mayor and thrown them in jail!
Dumb voters have to waste their money on incarcerating the crooks.
Puppets installed to do the bidding, look what we have in the white hut
Doesn’t help when your election results show 105% of a county total population voting for Obama....
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