It’s your money, and you have a right to know how it’s being used.
Each court in Anderson County (which, by itself, comprises the 7th Judicial District) has a bailiff. He’s the guy who says “all arise,” and generally keeps order in the courtroom.
Four of the bailiffs are simply employees of the sheriff’s department, and their salaries accounted for as such: Mark Tackett, BH Barker, Steve Gordon, and John McCulley.
Two bailiffs — those working for Judges Murch and Layton in the General Sessions Courts — are paid out of multiple sources, including General Sessions, Sheriff’s dept., Probation, and Buildings & Grants. Colon McCarty, who is not a sheriff’s department employee and is therefore unarmed in Judge Layton’s courtroom, is paid from the General Sessions fund and the probation department funds, plus $3,000 to work the driving school on Hwy 61 twice per month. John Shuey is paid from three different sources: Sheriff, Probation, and Buildings & Grants (and now, by one vote, also draws a County Commissioner’s salary).
Shuey earns $13,373.38 more than the next-highest paid of the group, thanks to $17,496 kicked in from the Buildings & Grants fund, courtesy of his buddy, Alan Beauchamp.
The payroll records are here.
Gee, I wonder how Shuey will vote on matters pertaining to Beauchamp’s department — both the sunsetted Probation Department, and the ongoing Buildings & Grants line item?
After he was elected the first time in 1998, County Mayor Rex Lynch told me personally that Beauchamp would have no budget and no employees. In 2002, he asked me why I don’t like him: I responded that I don’t dislike him — I distrust him, because he has lied to me.
This was only the first of several. My level of trust in him is unlikely to change, but for his own sake, you’d think he’d have learned by now that cronyism is a bad way to do business, and people will find out the truth.
No he learned that he could lie to the voters all he wants as long as all they remember is his “No Tax Increase” mantra.
One of his major campaign promises during his first campaign for County Executive was “Pay from multiple codes was going to be eliminate when he was elected.”
Damn, sounds like those bastards have it cushy. Does Lynch have a comment on this?
Also, how is a scribbled piece of paper a payroll record?
The computer-generated pages (2 and 3) are the official payroll records; page 1 is a handwritten summary, page 4 is a handwritten summary of net pay, and page 5 is a handwritten explanation of work schedules.
I haven’t asked Lynch for a comment, because I’ve never gotten a straight answer from him in the past. Maybe a reporter or County Commissioner would have better luck.
Oh… multiple page technology…
Well damn, that looks cushy. I put a request for a job on the tumor, figure I have enough experience?
I don’t think experience has anything to do with it. What church you go too? How much money have you given to the campaign? What favors can you supply? How connected are you? Those might be critical factors. LOL
Does anyone know what Shuey does for Buildings & Grants for the extra 17 grand?
Yeah, I’d be curious to hear about that also
Well maybe we’ll find out. I just emailed the county mayor and asked him why Mr. Shuey is being paid from three separate departments. We’ll see…
A quick reply from the county mayor fills in some blanks.
Here is an excerpt from the mayor’s email.
“He works after hour during the week and on Saturdays and even some Sundays mowing, remodeling, cleaning, etc. county property at the DARC complex, County Courthouse, and other county property. We have had several major remodeling projects at the DARC complex and some are still going on now and we are presently working on a major remodeling project with a building the school dept vacated that will be the new home of Anderson County Homeland Security (Emergency Management) office. The county has saved thousands of dollars doing the work in-house instead of contracting out the work. This work is paid through the Buildings budget. I cannot verify the dollar amount, but you can check with the County Budget Department to get an exact amount. The number is 457-6203.â€
Hmm…
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