Thursday, February 9, 2012

Trying To Figure It Out...

This blog is trying to figure out the insanity behind Shane Gibson's contract.  (We'll be publishing the contract soon for all to read - no offense Mr. Gibson, nothing personal - it's just taxpayers' money.)

If Mr. Gibson's contract shows him making $12,500.00 per month as a contracted employee this adds up to $150,000 per year.  Add the Insurance for he and his family and we are probably around $180,000.00 per year.

The first problem we are having is a contract employee making that much money and not paying for their own insurance.  The second problem is reading how a second-class city, such as Jeffersonville, only spending an average of $239,000.00 per year for the last two years on legal fees.  We not only had Mr. Gibson, we also had Mr. Greg Fifer, Mr. Lorch, and Mr. Lewis (for the NAPD) and who knows how many others.

We resent former Mayor England telling the Council Mr. Gibson would not receive any perks/benefits if  the Council agreed to the salary stated publicly.   Did the City Council's Attorney have a chance to review the contract?  If so, he would have noticed the Insurance added onto the bottom of the contract.  What the heck?

125 comments:

Anonymous said...

yeh gahan thought you wanted to end no bid contracts, isnt shane gibson a no bid contract?

Anonymous said...

Very good questions here. I hope that suitable answers and/ or clarifications will be forthcoming, but I kind of doubt it.

Anonymous said...

and how much will gibson make on that 6 million dollar stormwater bond

Anonymous said...

my name is gahan I dont take no crap,I just send in my shover stan to give you a slap. If you dont like the way I rule just remember youre the votin fool. we got a lot of stuff hidden on the third floor and when someone leaks it out i kick em to the door

Anonymous said...

Carl & Doug still meeting in public I to,d them to start meeting behind closed doors. England knows things before Gahan and I think it is funny.

Convince Me said...

I myself don't believe there is a contract. I think Mrs. Denhart made this all up.

Anonymous said...

Don't worry. We'll be posting the document soon. :)

Anonymous said...

...and those tapes, too?

Anonymous said...

Watch your back guys, the guys the closest to you, will stab you to save themselves. Hint, why push a guy unless there is something to hide. Be careful, this administration will eventually find the MOLE.

Anonymous said...

Of course, our mayor doesn't let pesky little things, like leaks, bother him. Yell right. In the end, it doesn't really make any difference where the leak came from. Everything is going to come to light sooner or later. He has "lied" about this and that and totally unprepared for the fall out.

Anonymous said...

you will never find the mole, woodward and bernstein didnt

yours truly,

deepthroat

Anonymous said...

i hear channel 32 is looking into the shoving incident

Anonymous said...

Now it appears that they're trying to make nice and pretend like the shoving incident never happened. Disgusting!

Anonymous said...

too bad there are witnesses, loose lips sink ships

Anonymous said...

my name is gahan and I got a mole, when I find him I'm gonna dig him an unemployment hole. You people dont like the way I roll go cry to your mole. I am the boss and the king of this town before I'm done the city's funds will be upside down, so back off suckers cause youse a bunch of mother @##@&*'s

Anonymous said...

6:31 - Make nice how?

I think this will reflect badly on Gahan if he does not fire Stan. If he doesn't, it is a sign he condones and owns what Stan did and whatever Stan does in the future. Why would the leader of our city want to endorse someone who starts a shoving match? It sends the wrong message to the public and all city employees about accountability and is not the way Gahan should want his administration to appear.

Anonymous said...

witnesses need to come forward and talk to channel 32 they are digging into it

Anonymous said...

and for gahan's next shoving match it could be the portland bruiser for the mayor vs. dan coffey for the city.

Anonymous said...

hey baylor notice how nobody posts on your blog anymore, nobody cares about your piss beer, this blog rocks you are no longer relevant actually you never were

Anonymous said...

It doesn't matter who posts on his blog. It's who reads.

Anonymous said...

I lot of people must be reading or there would be no posting.

Anonymous said...

What the heck is right. WHAT THE HECK is going on with Dan Coffey in the Tribune going on like he's the big super hero that found out about the insurance crap? What the heck makes Daniel Suddeath think that it's ok for him to interview Dan Coffey and leave COFFEY as the final word on a problem found out by Vicki Denhart and other people!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HECK!

Of course, to read it, you'd think Coffey is really on top of things. HA! Hardly. It is citizens who care about the people who live here that are on top of this matter, and, yes, VICKI DENHART!!!!!!!! I'm so glad she stood up to tell the people all about it. Kudos to VICKI!!!!!!

Shame on Dan for grandstanding like that.

Anonymous said...

I think dan is doing the right thing and is raising valid questions. The administration should be able to provide answers or dan wouldnt have to get others involved. Ive questioned dan in the past but now I am reconsidering my opinion because of this and considering how he apparently is the one who stopped robison from going from shoving to a real brawl. He seems to have an eye for doing the right thing.

Anonymous said...

Real question here is: What would people consider a fair contract? Never met an attorney that everyone loved their fees. I think the salary was a little high but not completely out of line considering full time and closure of private practice, plus experience. With that, what do you think it should have been? Lots of criticism but no standards to measure by except imagination.

Anonymous said...

Coffey hasn't hasn't had a valid question in over eight years. This is somemore of his old crap. He thinks only of himself just ask the folks on Brooker Lane.

Anonymous said...

gahan's promise of ending no bid contracts sure didnt apply with shane gibson did it

Anonymous said...

and District 1.

Anonymous said...

Why is Gahan hiding Gibson's contract?

Anonymous said...

Look up state statute people, Mayor is not required to bid professional services like attorneys

Anonymous said...

right he is not required but he made a big campaign issue of no bid contracts, he doesnt practice what he preaches biggest phony ever to be mayor

Anonymous said...

nive try jeff but we know you are a phony now instead of blogging on here get back to training your shoving and boxing team

Anonymous said...

What also needs to be ask is when and what are the dates of Rosenbarger and Carl's break in service. They had to be off work for thirty days in order to get their pensions.

Anyone know?

Anonymous said...

City Councilman Coffey seem to think the rules of the rest of civilized society don't apply to him. Instead of grandstanding he should be out there researching instead of taking credit he didn't deserve.

Anonymous said...

Um, DK is nothing but s slimeball.

Anonymous said...

We also are paying for his malpractice insurance. Anyone have a clue as to how much money that may be?

Anonymous said...

I had heard Carl and John had temporarily retired and came back after the 30 day period. I wish we knew for sure.

AUDIT is so desperately needed no matter who espouses the need.

Anonymous said...

This thing with Gibson is bad enough as far as him being grossly overpaid. Add to that the fact that he's a very iffy lawyer and you've got additional questions about his pay. In fact I remember when they picked Gibson out of some of our youth and started grooming him to be in the big time. I wondered at the time why they didn't pick his brother, Shawn who was smarter and seemed more like he would be a good Democrat. But no they picked the stupid brother. I don't say this to be mean. It's just an honest observation. It's the truth. So we have a lame lawyer and he's grossly overpaid. Where's the sense in that?

Anonymous said...

i dont to know why gahan still has robison as the city attorney

Anonymous said...

Because no one else applied except for Gibson.

Anonymous said...

why does he keep him after assaulting the council attorney?

Anonymous said...

fork you thrasher and your art ally across the bridge

Anonymous said...

gahan this is your mole, didnt find me today and i was right in front of your eyes

Anonymous said...

12:54, I think you answered your own question. "They" can only select stupid.

Anonymous said...

do the city a favor gahan resign before the attorney general forces you to

Anonymous said...

new albany first sucks, another waste of money gahan has earmarked. I wonder if he has been smokin that wacky stuff with that downtown crowd. I think he is seeing too many forks

Anonymous said...

They should do a drug test on Stan Robinson.

Deep Throat said...

Hey Jeffrey, it's time for you to come clean with all the info. Believe me if you don't Vicky Denhart will find the info.

Anonymous said...

Ain't that the Gods truth.

-GO VICKI GO-

Anonymous said...

what is robison's lawsuit about? 22d03-1009-cc-01845 boy he can't seem to stay out of trouble can he?

Anonymous said...

wacky tobaccy smoked freely downtown, aint that right fork people

Anonymous said...

my name is jeff and i am the man i got a lot of dirty deals i hide because i can. you bloggers think you gonna take me down, dream on sucka i own this town.

Anonymous said...

Stan Robiison is still practicing his private law office and Shane Gibson is doing the same it was okayed through Mayor Gahan!!!!

Anonymous said...

Last year is when Rosenberger took his 30 day hiatus !!!

Anonymous said...

Someone has got to help me out on the HENDERSON , BUSH, AND SEABROOK DEAL!
Bush is running for re-election this time and he okayed a vote to use CAMM money for Hendersons personal complaint on him. Seabrook voted for it too!!!
Did the county council toe on this since they o handle the money Mr Commissioners!!!!!
Please bloggers do not let them get away with this all eyes and ears need to be on those three.

Anonymous said...

Watch Bush he is slick!!!!!

Anonymous said...

what the hell does jim meeks know about the bicentennial

Anonymous said...

hey rog your blog is dead

Anonymous said...

you smokin that wacky tobaccy fork man

Anonymous said...

If everything I've been reading on here over the last two weeks (England, Gahan and Gibson) contracts and those two executive orders. It is time to take our city back.

Anonymous said...

todays sermon at our lady on deceipt, lies and condoning assaults and violence is dedicated to mayor gahan

Anonymous said...

if there was not full disclosure of gibson's contract or if insurance was added in after disclosure then this makes it a voidable and illegal contract. the council should demand the contract be cancelled immediately

Anonymous said...

Benedetti announced in the meeting the contract Vicki had was signed in 2009 I think. Gahan has drawn his own up for Stan and Shane get that one

Anonymous said...

gahan needs to be held accountable, what the hell is the council doing not asking him questions? same party or not its time to make gahan come clean

Anonymous said...

maybe they're asking behind closed doors.

Anonymous said...

Do we know who is running against Ed Clere yet? Dems are being quiet...when's the deadline?

Anonymous said...

yeh the aethist party is running baylor

Anonymous said...

well how many you gonna fire this week gahan you think is the mole, game on.

Anonymous said...

lets see if we can guess who the mole is.

I think its Malysz

next?

Roger's Mole said...

No, the mole is Baylor. He secretly planted the Executive Order, making a fake. I thought you'd all figure it out by now.

Anonymous said...

I can't wait to see if there will be any shoving matches at the next meeting!

Anonymous said...

Well, I hear the police will be a bigger presence, so I doubt it.

Anonymous said...

chicken shit gahan gonna be there?

Anonymous said...

i would say it all depends on whether anybody tries to get too big for theyre britches again. i done told y'all the score: you can't give stan any lip and expect to get away with it, cause STAN DONT TOLERATE NO SASS!

Anonymous said...

Baylor, Gillenwater, Randy Smith, Amy, Kate, or whoever you are, we're on to your nonsense. Stop trying to turn this crap back on us.

Anonymous said...

stan better watch his temper wlky might be there next meeting

Anonymous said...

Put me down for free healthcare too.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps Stan will be called upon to lead everyone in an opening prayer.

Anonymous said...

no i think Benedetti is going to ask Baylor to lead everbody in a beer toast to start it all off, then comes the drunken brawl

Progressives said...

Show us the proof. I'm still waiting on Gibson's contract anyone got it beside Denhart and Benedetti?

Anonymous said...

the city clerk by law has to have it, if she doesnt have it then she is being derelict in her duty

Anonymous said...

Since this has turned into a blog about everything. How's that fire department appointment coming along? Still waiting to find out if Gahan is taking care of the NAACP or not. We haven't forgotten.

Anonymous said...

LOL--Good one about the opening toast by Rog to be followed by a drunken brawl. Very funny imagining that!

Anonymous said...

yeh and baylors wife would have to do his fighting for him since he is such a leotard wearing wus or is that his daughter with him

the king would like to know

Anonymous said...

Rog only gives a damn about his swill, not this city or downtown.

Anonymous said...

Why is Gahan hiding Gibson's new contract?

Anonymous said...

he's not allowed to, it's a public document. your mole will let it out anyway jeff, he is still on the city payroll

Anonymous said...

So how's that change working for you New Albanians?

Anonymous said...

At the NAC blog, zero comments for the last 13 posts? If not for Bluegill and Mark and their suck-up comments, there wouldn't have been any for a long time. Rog writes well, but he's just too nasty and offensive.

Anonymous said...

What fire department appointment???

Anonymous said...

So go comment.

Anonymous said...

Guys is anyone going to find the info on HENDERSON
Someone has got to talk to the county council . Someone s responsible for our money!!

Anonymous said...

ok, here's a comment: what color leotards you wearing at the next council meeting, brewer of swill

Anonymous said...

You got that one right 5:59, You know their having a big sale on leotards at Wally World. As they say: buy local!

Anonymous said...

i hear Baylor is looking to open a leotard store downtown and is asking for free sidewalks and a fork out front

Anonymous said...

i bet he wears red leotards like Hanoi Jane did.

Anonymous said...

what fire dept appt., I know he already caved in to the naacp for the new cop they hired

Anonymous said...

I'm still waiting on Gibson's contract. Put up or shut up.

Anonymous said...

The new cop lives in Jeffersonville. So much for hiring locals who need a job. Go figure.

Anonymous said...

yeh The rev Toran and the NAACP is telling Gahan to hire only minorities unless of course Gahan has a family member or future son in law that needs a job then its a different story

Anonymous said...

The fire department has a Major's position available and Gahan owes Toran!

Anonymous said...

Gahan is like steve martin in The Jerk, he was born to a poor black family or was that an Irish family I think he is confused

DEEP THROAT said...

News Flash:

Kay Garry returing to Controllers office part-time. Seems like since she couldn't get free healthcare she wants it for working part-time.

WTF!

Fed Up said...

WTF is right. It's a bunch of shit what Gahan is doing. Does that mean England and Shelle will also come back part time? If this doesn't make you outrage nothing will.

My questions to Kay Garry is: where are the bodies and where is our money?

Anonymous said...

The council needs to write an ordinance that prohibits nepotism that way kay cant get her free insurance. Who will really be in charge at the controllers office? Gahan you suck

Anonymous said...

its time for the state to take over new albany city operations. Hey Baylor you wearing your leotards Thursday

Anonymous said...

Ron Brown a new Major. Looks like the NAACP is alive and well in New Albany.

Anonymous said...

Gahan has lost his mind.

Anonymous said...

dont talk about my soul brother jeff, he's the man. we'se having a big BBQ at his house to celebrate sucka, watermelon , ribs and collard greens

It's about time said...

State Board of Accounts are on the third floor.

Anonymous said...

i hope the meatball isnt hiding any spaghetti

Anonymous said...

What has happen to our city? When will the insanity end?

Anonymous said...

meatball had to call her mommy.

Anonymous said...

When they audit the books 12:10. Only until a few of these crooks go to jail there will not be change. Personally I'm getting fed up with what is going on downtown.

Anonymous said...

she's the expert in hiding spaghetti

Anonymous said...

they need to check into the sewer slush fund lot of missing $$$$

Anonymous said...

FYI...Ron Brown is Toran's son.

Anonymous said...

did they find any missing meatballs today?

Anonymous said...

If Kay Garry comes back to work part time, then why did they get rid of Patti. She was the one that trained the girl going to take maternity leave before long. This really sounds like a set up.

Anonymous said...

ask the meatball her and momma are like two peas in a pod

Anonymous said...

or is that spaghetti and meatballs, either way something is sure fishy here

Anonymous said...

fork em all thrasher, baylor, bluegill, dougie, gahan, malysz, kay garry, wilcox, toran, naacp, sewer board, gibson,fifer, kelly welch, rosenbarger, woods, skinhead,meatball, missy sarkinson, add your won my fingers are tired

Anonymous said...

Is that like a won ton?

Anonymous said...

It's time for the feds to come visit the City of New Albany..

Anonymous said...

Dang wish I had the knowledge so I could tie all those names together in one group. Dang.

Anonymous said...

I'm still waiting on the Gibson contract.