Ex-Boss Guilty of Soliciting

Not that kind of soliciting you pervs.

Clermont County Engineer Pat Manger pleads guilty to charge of soliciting or accepting improper compensation; resigns from office

Karma's a bitch.  So this was the guy who took over as Clermont County Engineer a couple years into my stint there.  Pulled one of those "resign or be fired" on me so he could hire one of his buddies and give him a county car to drive.  Heard the buddy got canned the day the new acting CE was chosen.

I was able to find a copy of the investigation.  Doesn't say in the article, but the $3,000 value was only what they figured it was over 5 years, even though he's been CE for 15 years and I can say with 100% certainty that he was doing this kind of stuff since the day he took office...literally.  Old CE retired mid-term so Pat could be appointed without having to run.  As soon as he got the spot, he had several of us out at his house one weekend helping him move.

Hah. What a dick. It's nice to see the universe work properly, at least occasionally.

I think I can one-up you, Jeb.  The CEO of my last company (before the split) and one of his PM's embezzled $2B off a project, $16M of which was spent on prostitutes.

https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/10206-colombia-judge-issues-extradition-order-for-american-oil-executive

jeb6294 said:

Doesn't say in the article, but the $3,000 value was only what they figured it was over 5 years, even though he's been CE for 15 years and I can say with 100% certainty that he was doing this kind of stuff since the day he took office...literally.

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All that means, is that they had incontrovertible proof for $3k. They wouldn't pursue charges on something that minor unless then suspected it was doing much much worse.

Supe said:

I think I can one-up you, Jeb.  The CEO of my last company (before the split) and one of his PM's embezzled $2B off a project, $16M of which was spent on prostitutes.

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Like, how many parties and bribes were these guys throwing?!

RBHeadge PE said:

Like, how many parties and bribes were these guys throwing?!

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A buttload.  Several outlets also named him "worst CEO in America" a few years back (2014-2015), consistently placing no worse than second on the list.  Occasionally an O&G CEO was put in front of him, except that they had a dying industry to blame.

Dleg said:

Hah. What a dick. It's nice to see the universe work properly, at least occasionally.

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https://www.clermontsun.com/2019/08/02/chris-hicks-swamp politics-and-the-county-engineer/

Doesn't work right all the time.  I was able to listen to the audio from the sentencing and it was a joke.  The way the judge was carrying on about Pat bordered on gay porn.  Sounds like he was so busy thinking about what a good guy he is that he didn't even bother reading the investigation.

I guess the only takeaway is that he can't hold office or public employment for 7 years.  If you believe his lawyer...which I don't because he's another one with a pretty shady past in Clermont Co...this means he's been unable to get another job because even private firms don't want him cause they work on public/Gov't projects.  To me it sounds more like he can't work for the Gov't, not that he can't work somewhere that does Gov't work.

The Ohio Board may or may not have gotten a tip to take a look since he's a P.E./P.S. as well.