Denucci Hired Jobless Cousin As Inspector
Auditor Joseph DeNucci acknowledged Wednesday he hired his financially ailing cousin as a "fraud inspector" two years ago, even though the 77-year-old relative's primary background is as a saxophone player and entertainer.
DeNucci, who is retiring in January, defended the move amid a recession that has led to tax hikes, service cuts and state layoffs, and despite his official mandate to watch out for waste, fraud and abuse throughout government.
You just have to laugh, otherwise you'll wind up crying. At a time when folks are being laid off left and right, we get a cousin of a state hack getting a job he's hardly qualified for. And it gets better:
The Boston Herald, which first reported the hiring, said Spezzano had a leg operation in December and is now out on medical leave. He is being paid through a state worker community sick-leave bank.
Got that? He was hired in June of 2008, and less than a year and a half later he's out on sick leave. Unemployment's into the double digits, companies are laying off by the thousands, and yet MA has the public payroll to hire a saxophonist as a state auditor. We had to raise our sales tax 25% to bring in additional money - it would be nice to know just how many cousins that extra money is paying for, no?
Massachusetts: You're more likely to get hired for the state if your cousin's on the payroll here.
That is all.
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"He is being paid through a state worker community sick-leave bank."
I'm guessing that's one of those pools of time off that have been donated by employees to help out their fellow workers that are in need of time off, but don't have it available. That ices the cake.
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