Saturday, December 19, 2009

Ethics Watch 12.19.09



A Quincy public schools bus driver has resigned after a four year old girl was left on a school bus earlier this week.


We spoke to Superintendent Lonny Lemon about the incident.

He says the driver was a good district employee, and this is the first time in 19 years this happened but the situation could not be overlooked.

Read it here.


Quincy Transit Lines authorities are investigating why an elderly woman was left on a city bus for a short time Friday morning.

Director Marty Stegeman confirmed the woman was left on the bus as it was parked inside the city's bus garage on Jennifer Lane. Stegeman said she was left on the bus "for a very short time."

"It's something that should not happen," said Stegeman, noting that bus drivers are supposed to check for passengers when they leave the bus. "They should look and determine if anybody is still there .... We are investigating and trying to get to the bottom of this."




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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

The driver and the dui snow truck guy can sit at home and get paid together. If they need advice on how to maximize their home duty, they can call Beebe or Spring's son.

Anonymous said...

This one will hinge on the last name of the driver.

Anonymous said...

At least the bus driver wasn't drunk.
Wouldn't get him/her fired either. Just look at the county board, union boss that is getting away with it. Schutte should negotiate no punishment for any drunk union snow plow drivers in the up coming collective bargaining.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know how much our home owners insurance will go up if a fire station is shut down? I'm sure the city won't lower taxes and I don't want to have to pay more insurance.

Anonymous said...

I guess the city bus driver was suspended without pay. Do you think Schutte was suspended without pay? Beebe wasn't...he's still getting paid. So exactly how bad does your transgression need to be in order to get paid time off?

Anonymous said...

2 of 3 is back to work now

 
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