Democrats call for probe of businessman’s contract
Source: Niki Kelly, The Journal Gazette (IN), May 4, 2006
The Indiana Democratic Party on Wednesday asked Indiana’s government corruption watchdog to investigate a state contract with a Fort Wayne businessman who they claim outsourced his state job to himself to nearly double his pay. The move came just days after The Journal Gazette reported the agreement between Richard E. Rhoad and the Family and Social Services Administration. ….. Beside the Democratic Party complaint, the Rhoad contract was criticized by union officials. “The governor is certainly running Indiana government like a corporate executive would run a corporation,” said David Patterson, spokesman for AFSCME Council 62. “Executive pay goes up while hard-working employees get the shaft.”