Lesson # 1

Ok, Boys and Girls,
What is it called if you should turn in travel-expense statements that include expenses incurred when you were not on city business and expenses incurred by your spouse?
THEFT!

What is it called when you travel first class and stay in luxury hotels on the taxpayers nickel?
OBSCENE!

What are you called when you throw your assistant to the wolves and blame her for sloppy reporting?
DIRTBAG!

I might be able to understand if there were one or two questionable items on the statements. Afterall when you spend nearly twenty percent of your workdays on the road, it is easy to get all those receipts jumbled up.

I might understand if we didn't all know that the assistant he blamed is a top-notch, loyal, professional. The people in his office, including her, take an awful amount of abuse from him. I guess she is probably relieved he's not throwing things at her. This is over the top.

Anyone else would have been fired on the spot.

This isn't leadership. In fact, I don't even see any manhood.

Check out http://www.pitch.com/2007-12-06/news/cauthen-s-travels/full for the full story.