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“What? I’m retiring today?”

Oh yeah. I totally believe this one. Totally.

This City of Danville press release came out at 4:42 PM on Thursday. Yep, the time when bad things get shoved out to the media before spokesmen walk out of the office for the day.

Danville announces retirement of utilities division director

City Manager Joe King announced today the retirement of Ken Ashworth as power and light division director for the Danville Utilities Department.

Ashworth’s retirement is effective Nov. 1. He will take leave until the effective day of his retirement.

King said Jason Grey, interim director of the utilities department, will oversee the power and light division until an interim division director is named.

Well, isn’t that special. I don’t believe that Ken Ashworth willingly “retired” one damned bit. I think his head was the first to be chopped in the overtime scandal.

Regular retirements of city workers either get a flourishing five paragraph celebration of all they’ve done while working for the city, or they get nothing at all.This just smells fishy. But hey, this comes from the same city government that told you that GOK was going to do Just Fine in their company’s rebirth.

I wish for the day that government would simply tell the truth.

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10 comments to “What? I’m retiring today?”

  • sonja

    Joe King needs to “retire” along with Linwood Wright

    • Harold Garrison

      Linwood Wright is retired, from Dan River. He is a part time consultant for the city making more money than most of the citizens of Danville. Southside Central has published a copy of his contract.

      • Jeff

        Linwood Wright has never done anything but think he is the smartest man in the room. Retire, then get your buddies to pay you big bucks for nothing (milk the taxpayers). Maybe we ARE the dumb ones.

  • Mark

    Only a deaf dumb and blind man wouldn’t be able to see thru this. The KING is deflecting the spot light from him to Ken.
    I’m calling out Lee Vogler to step up to the plate if he is as forward thinking as he tries to project himself and ask city council to RETIRE the KING.

    JOE KING is the root cause of the problems in the utilities department

  • safesession

    Drive by the REBORN GOK. Never a car in the parking lot. By the way, what happened to the Chinese flooring company that was was going to take of the GOK building lease?

  • Ken

    Mr. King knew of the abuse as far back as the beginning of 2012, as he was informed by the then Utilities Director of the abuse, and threats that the Director was receiving as a result of trying to stop the abuse, but Mr. King asked the Director to leave instead! So who was the King protecting back then? Mr. Vogler was not interested in hearing about the abuse while he was running for office either. Mark, you have the correct version!

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