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Paid leave maddening

The Spokesman-Review

At first I was mad at reading the headline about fake diplomas (“Fake diplomas won’t cost jobs,” Oct. 31), but after reading this article I am hopping mad that these eight Washington State Patrol troopers have been on paid leave for a year and now will be re-instated with suspensions of unpaid leave ranging from three to 10 days.

Why has this been allowed to drag on for a year while these troopers continue to be paid for not working? This is craziness in today’s tight economy to pay these people while they are not working. It should have been resolved right away and they should have either been on unpaid suspension or put back on the job, but to pay them for not working is senseless.

Although I am not a Washington resident, it still makes me mad as hell as a U.S. taxpayer. This is a lot of taxpayer money down the drain.

Joni Lueck

Hayden Lake

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