Robert Bobb, the emergency manager of Detroit Public Schools has really had his hands full trying to quash decades of blatant corruption and mismanagement but it is hard to get rid of the gravy train some Detroiters have been used to all these years and to hell with students and their needs!
Recently Bobb got pissed off at the DPS security guards and fired them. He fired them for excessive absenteeism or in plain language; they just did not show up for work but still wanted to be paid.
He hired a security firm that will not only guarantee guards will be on the job every day but will save the DPS system 5.5 million dollars; you can’t go wrong with a deal like that BUT wait…
The union that represented the absentee guards went to court and had Bobb’s decree nullified; he was instructed to re-instate those sorry ass guards, after all the union did not want to get off the gravy train either.
Bobb will appeal the decision but why does he have to? This has nothing to do with law and everything to do with a smart business decision that will greatly benefit the community and especially the students!
The governor of the state needs to stick her nose into this and block these stalling tactics by gravy train riders and if she can’t, let the legislature pass some laws giving Bobb all the power he needs to quash these obstructionists for good!
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