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Susan Wilson was a 25-year veteran of the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, but she'd had enough of her new boss and his "Republican agenda" which de-emphasizes regulation, sharply reduces the role of regulators, and strips them of employee rights:
More than 100 state environmental regulators who will implement upcoming legislative decisions on natural gas drilling, offshore oil exploration and changes to air and water quality rules will soon do so as exempt employees who can be fired without cause or appeal.
A legislative change to the State Personnel Act in 2012 gave Gov. Pat McCrory the ability to designate 1,000 so-called "exempt positions" throughout his cabinet departments, more than any governor in a quarter-century.
An analysis by WRAL News shows that these re-designated workers are disproportionately concentrated within the hierarchy of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, where McCrory will soon strip employment protections from about 150 directors and managers.
After her new boss sent a note on Labor Day reminding employees their new role should focus on customer service, Wilson decided to walk. And she wasn't going quietly:
In response to a Labor Day weekend note from Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla, Wilson sharply criticized his new direction for the agency, which Skvarla has said should be focused on customer service.
"Between your inappropriate mission statement, the dismantling of the Division of Water Quality, and HB74 (along with a few other gems from this session's NCGA), I see no reason to continue here because my own mission to assist all citizens and protect those that don't have a voice, would be compromised," Wilson, who worked as a water quality regulator based in Asheville, wrote.
More than 100 state environmental regulators who will implement upcoming legislative decisions on natural gas drilling, offshore oil exploration and changes to air and water quality rules will soon do so as exempt employees who can be fired without cause or appeal.
A legislative change to the State Personnel Act in 2012 gave Gov. Pat McCrory the ability to designate 1,000 so-called "exempt positions" throughout his cabinet departments, more than any governor in a quarter-century.
An analysis by WRAL News shows that these re-designated workers are disproportionately concentrated within the hierarchy of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, where McCrory will soon strip employment protections from about 150 directors and managers.
After her new boss sent a note on Labor Day reminding employees their new role should focus on customer service, Wilson decided to walk. And she wasn't going quietly:
In response to a Labor Day weekend note from Environment and Natural Resources Secretary John Skvarla, Wilson sharply criticized his new direction for the agency, which Skvarla has said should be focused on customer service.
"Between your inappropriate mission statement, the dismantling of the Division of Water Quality, and HB74 (along with a few other gems from this session's NCGA), I see no reason to continue here because my own mission to assist all citizens and protect those that don't have a voice, would be compromised," Wilson, who worked as a water quality regulator based in Asheville, wrote.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/09/05/1236571/-Now-THIS-is-how-you-quit-your-job?detail=facebook#
For the full resignation letter , click on the link.
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Now THIS is how you quit your job (Original Post)
octoberlib
Sep 2013
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. k&r for courage and conviction. n/t
-Laelth
WillyT
(72,631 posts)2. HUGE K & R !!!
Rain Mcloud
(812 posts)3. I was going to post a funny video clip
but Susan Wilson needs a pat on the back.
After dedicating 25 years in service to the public,it will not be hard to find another job and prepare for retirement.
It will be harder training replacements for all the people who get pink slips and so the North Carolina Department of Cronyism is going to piss off the crybaby,spoiled rotten, son in laws of the self made oil billionaires and then they too will get walking papers.
Wait until the Nepotism sets in and it becomes a hillbilly family feud amungst durpertment in-breds.