AZ Government Employee fired for Misuse of Resources
18 June, 2008
This should be a lesson to every government employee that wants to use government resources for partisan politics.
Cross posted from Sonoran Alliance
Maricopa County Spokesman, Al Macias, has lost his job after being discovered of using his work computer to conduct personal business. According to the Arizona Republic, Macias, “violated ethics policies by ‘disclosing potentially negative information’ about Brock to his District 1 political opponent, Ed Hermes.”
Macias was also discovered of using his County computer to surf the internet, shop for personal items and for sending emails to local television stations containing, ”potentially negative information about Sheriff Joe Arpaio.”
Macias responded to his termination with the following letter which addresses the charges against him.
Al Macias was on the County payroll at $90,000/year.
Lesson learned - Do not use taxpayer funded resources for partisan purposes!
