Pantsing the Taxpayer
When Probation Officer Luke Ellison went to client Amanda Confer’s Williamsport, Pa., home, she ran, and he tore his pants chasing her. So he asked Lycoming County to reimburse him $60 for the pants. County Controller Krista Rogers refused — and spent $4,285 on legal fees to fight the issue. That’s as of Sept. 26; it may be more by now. Judge Nancy L. Butts ordered Rogers to pay the $60, so she did, calling it a “fringe benefit” and withholding taxes. And she appealed the ruling, racking up more legal fees. Rogers argues that the offender-supervision fund can’t be used for the reimbursement because the county has not undertaken to provide pants to probation officers. (AC/Harrisburg Patriot-News) ...When the taxpayers read about this, they’ll rip Rogers a new one.Original Publication Date: 10 December 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 24.
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