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“4- As shown herein, the wrongful actions of Chief Paidousis, the collusion of the KCSO in assisting him to find a pretextual reason to have their employment terminated, and the inaction of the Knox County Mayor, three (3) Superintendents of KCS and all but one member of the Knox County Board of Education were exacerbated by other complaints of illegalities about Chief Paidousis from numerous other employees and the children who attend Knox County Schools, all is set forth herein indicates some level of corruption the extent of which is currently unknown.”
Having heard Chief Paidousis speak about issues like why he didn’t answer his phone in the wake of a school shooting threat, his ability to orchestrate innocence in the face of obvious guilt and conversations with those having intimate knowledge of the genesis of this whistleblower/retaliation/discrimination lawsuit, it’s clear this ‘good ‘ole boy’ is being protected at taxpayer expense.
Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with protecting a ‘good ‘ole boy’ as they’ve certainly been coddled since this country was founded. They’ve gotten jobs they didn’t deserve. They’ve gotten jobs they weren’t qualified for. They’ve gotten bank loans and mortgages they weren’t entitled to and Lord knows they’ve committed crimes for which they have not been punished but in America – this is, has been and will continue to be accepted. It just is what it is!
But in 2018, with all that we face as a nation, as a state and as a county, we should not be paying to defend a ‘good ‘ole boy’ who has proven that he is foul and unworthy. During the pendency of this litigation, we’ll focus on this costly litigation and bring to the attention of the voters more explicit details contained in the remaining 40+ pages of the complaint as well as sharing detail of Chief Paidousis’s misdeeds at the expense of his subordinates and ultimately the children his is charged with securing.
Time is out for turning a blind eye to corruption when it’s staring us in the face. The best thing that could have happened when ‘responsible’ officials became aware of Chief Paidousis’s misdeeds, discrimination, racism and retaliation against his subordinates would have been immediate termination but as is customary in this country, ‘good ‘ole boys’ tend to not be fired when they should be.
This time around, we’ll shine a bright spotlight on how this is handled and put a price tag on what protecting this ‘good ‘ole boy’ will cost the taxpayers of Knox County. #EKCM
