Just read the Cattabiani story on this too.

Why is he suing for his leave time? I thought everyone got their unused vacation and sick when they quit or are fired. This makes no sense.

What the hell is DeWeese thinking he will accomplish by doing this? I’d want this chucklehead to go away, not keep giving him reasons to pop up in the press and remind the public that Bonusgate is still largely a HOUSE DEMOCRAT problem. During an election year too!!!

Come to think of it, didn’t this guy already beat DeWeese’s attorneys in a hearing, thus clearing his way to get UC? If this guy won there, it must mean that these damning emails DeWeese keeps harping about did not constitute any sort of misconduct worthy of firing.

Okay, now I am just confused. Aren’t these emails slam dunks? Why would the UC people not deem them as appropriate reasons for a firing?

DeWeese either better get new people he can listen to or just resign now. I can’t wait to have Corbett make some kind of sense of this mess.

In the meantime, I really need to stop following this soap opera.

Just for moment imagine a world where elected officials work for the people and actually get things done.

I should do standup.

DeWeese doesn’t care at this point; with the last close match up he had against Greg Hopkins… he is going to be out of a job soon. When you factor in this bonus gate mess, Hopkins will repeat what Toprani accomplished in the DA election.
-Michael Grant

Smack me. I think I am starting to feel sorry for DeWeese. If he loses to Hopkins, what exactly is he qualified to do? Veon was always the smart one, so lobbying seemed like it would always be a fall back for him.

I’m at a loss. What can DeWeese do? Guessing by his limp leadership style, he couldn’t have been a stellar marine. Lobbying takes strategy, that’s out. Law? I don’t think he’s a lawyer, though, if he was, it would explain his Bush-like bunker mentality. College prof? The bow tie collection would fit right in.

Liberal academia it is. He better raise the amount of quid higher education gets in the budget to grease the wheels while the greasing is good.

Oh Lord! I can see it now, DeWeese will make his TAs do all the leg work. It’ll be like having staffers again.

Here’s what I don’t get. From my understanding (and personal experience) we live in a state where we are able to be hired and fired “at will.” Employers don’t need a reason to fire you at all.

So how does this sync with Keefer’s contention of “wrongful termination?” Am I wrong on the law or is there something else at play here? Is he suing just to keep the story in the news? Is someone else funding his suit?

Pilt

The story made it sound like he was not being given his payment for his unused vacation and sick time. I think he is suing for that chunk of change. Also, if I am following this correctly, DeWeese tried to stop Keefer and some other person from collecting unemployment by appealing the Labor and Industry decision to grant them UC.

So yes, you can be fired if you are at will, but you can’t be denied unemployment compensation unless you were fired for misconduct. Since Keefer won the appeal made by DeWeese’s lawyers, we have to assume that the initial reason that DeWeese used to fire them was bogus too or the UC folks would have denied Keefer the appeal victory.

Basically, there is some merit to the lawsuit by Keefer because DeWeese’s reasoning for his firing appears to be a matter of scapegoating and covering DeWeese’s butt. More importantly, DeWeese is making it look like people did bad things and ruining reputations (think future employment here), when the evidence DeWeese himself is providing is not convincing people at Labor and Industry during these UC decisions.

Then again, I could be wrong, newspapers aren’t always the best source of information. Ask John McCain.

Does anyone know where I can find information regarding filing a lawsuit against my House “representative” for the following, which I claim he is (extremely) guilty of:
Breach of contract
Dereliction of duty
Thank you.

He hired an Attorney to investigate what happen versus what he was told. DeWeese then moved on what was found in the investigation and took action. Action that does reflect on his office but still was the right thing to do.

We the public never give enough credit to Elected Lawmakers that not just admit a mistake when they find it but take action to resolve it. Everyday some employee, staffer, and even partner and friend often let down their employer or betray their trusts.

DeWeese took action and turned all information the Outside Counsel found and gave it to the Attorney General. This is the proper thing to do and deserves recognition and respect. The Attoney General will get to the real truth because of such actions on the part of DeWeese!

I commend such actions on the part of DeWesse, it is not easy to clean up a mess by people you trustsed, and no matter what he does it hurts him either way, yet he did it anyway.

Can anyone tell me the name of Fired Staffer Sues House Dem Stephen Keefer Attorney name is?

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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause;

Who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

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It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger.”

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