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MIDDLETOWN (Mar 4, 2004)- The new majority on the
Middletown Board of Supervisors is structuring a buyout package to be
presented at the next Supervisors meeting on Tuesday March 9th at 7:30
pm. Reports confirm that John Burke is being forced-out of his
role as Middletown Township Manager, a position he has held for over
twenty years.
Sources report that the corrupt board majority of Kelly, Pflaumer, Caro,
and Mongillo wanted the Personnel Officer, Paula Kearns, fired.
Kearns, who received a top performance evaluation in December, is being
targeted by the board so they can wrest control of the hiring and firing
in the township. With Kearns out of the way, Kelly-Pflaumer-Caro-Mongillo
will be able to install unqualified political hacks in township positions
as an additional mechanism to rob the taxpayers. Township Solicitor James
Downey has confirmed that he was ordered by Kelly to communicate to Burke
that Kearns was to be fired.
But their plans were thwarted when Burke refused to fire one of his top
employees. Supervisor John J. Kelly Jr. reportedly threatened Burke with
firing. An agreement was reached that Burke should be bought-out of his
contract and Downey is negotiating the buyout scheduled for Tuesday.
No deal has been offered for Personnel Officer Paula Kearns, who will be
fired after Burke is forced-out.
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