Ferries chief tells all, is fired
In two months of running the state Department of Transportation's ferries, Harold "Buddy" Finch says he ran into nepotism, payroll padding and questionable spending. He brought it to the attention of the department's top officials and its inspector general.
They launched an investigation - and fired Finch for not being a team builder.
Finch, 58, is a career Coast Guard officer who came out of retirement May 1 to lead a division battered by a federal investigation into illegal dredging in Currituck Sound. The former division director was convicted of lying to investigators.
Posted by: Fred 2010-07-04 |