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Hamblin e-mails
Below (HamblinEmails.pdf) is a copy of every e-mail former county administrator Derek Conklin retained that contain reference to James Hamblin during the years Hamblin was married to County Commissioner Charles Furmon’s daughter.
Later e-mails talk about Hamblin’s pay being shifted out of Environmental Services and into Emergency Management earlier this year, and concerns that his $75,928 salary exceeds what the EMA can afford and is close to what that agency’s director makes, according to EMA Chairman Dennis Conrad.
Retention requirements didn’t force Conklin to keep these e-mails, so there may be others that were deleted. Neither Conklin nor Hamblin — both of whom have resigned from their jobs (read about it here) — are commenting on anything.
This is information gathered from a public records request that I simply thought I’d share. I’d suggest reading it from the last page forward, as it starts right before he receives a much referenced (and seemingly unwitting) promotion and 23 percent raise. Take from it what you will.
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By null
April 19, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
Sounds like Derek talked about “juicy” stuff on the phone, not in e-mails. Why was Hamblin given all raises given Environmental Services employees just because he was paid from that account and wasn’t an employee of that department? Also why were Environmental Services employees given so many raises when other departments weren’t?
By null
April 19, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this
Retention requirements do not apply. E-mail records are permanent, so you should be able to access all of them. Marcia Holstein is the “Marcia” mentioned in the e-mail. Derek not only got her daughter a county job, but stepped in on Marcia’s behalf for several county jobs too.