And will say that so many of the State Laws and City Ordnances I looked at in the past few years were written so poorly that they had a lot of words and went no where. Of course the one thing they did do was help the Elected/ Appointed Employees avoid having to answer for whatever foolishness they got into.
Was talking with a person a few days ago and he gave me a very "look me in eyes" look and stated that a Vendor/Contractor that does business in Vienna had "come to an understanding" with a Department Head. He was not sure exactly what the "understanding" was but that he had come to one?
The very first words in my mind were " son of a .....". Don't these people ever get enough? I just said "really"? He offered no more and I was not about to "burn" a source by pushing too hard on the issue. He will probably come back again on it as another aside. But still eight thousand dollars in pay increased and benefits in about 30 months; and still the hand is out. I am going to say that when a Government Employee with some real authority "comes to an understanding" that it is probable some sort of payoff was agreed too? Doesn't have to be money; could be gifts, services from the Vendor/ Contractor. Hell maybe even hire another relative in the City?
But the stories/ rumors on Corruption in Vienna as you folks know having lived here in most cases for decades or longer should come as no surprise. I am still thinking about going to County Records on a couple of issues to see if I can track the money (property)?
Have to do some updating on the infernal system called Microsoft. 'nuff said.