Klarinet Archive - Posting 000155.txt from 1998/12

From: "George Landis" <George@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Girko "canned" over a bottle?
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 14:05:38 -0500

There is more to this than lifting a few bottles of wine. I would suggest =
that the subject be dropped.

>>> Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu> 12/04 9:39 AM >>>
On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> Stealing from your employer is generally accepted=20
> as sufficient grounds for dismissal where I come from.

Naturally it is difficult to disagree with you here in
general principle, but I suspect that if Girko didn't
have enemies within the orchestra, a more lenient re-
sponse might have been likely. It's not like he em-
bezzled endowment funds. He stole some wine, which he
then returned and paid for, doubtless with an apology. =20
Worthy of punishment, yes, but termination? Maybe it
will be reduced to suspension and a reprimand on his
record. No love is lost between Steve and I, but on a=20
purely objective basis, the punishment does not appear=20
to fit the crime.

Neil

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