Klarinet Archive - Posting 000195.txt from 1998/12

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Girko "canned" over a bottle?
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 21:06:08 -0500

>At 01:12 AM 12/4/98 -0600, Neil Leupold wrote:
>>Is everybody aware that Steve Girko was fired from the
>>Dallas Symphony last month for allegedly steeling a case
>>of very expensive wine at a DSO fundraiser? The rumor
>>mill has it that he was caught with the goods, after
>>which he subsequently returned the unopened portion,
>>paid for what he had consumed, and was then handed his
>>walking papers. I assume there's an appeals process
>>in action over this whole thing, but if the termination
>>is final, it almost seems a fitting way to go. The reason
>>for the firing, however, sounds more like an excuse to
>>get rid of him, rather than bona fide legal grounds
>>for dismissal. He does have a contract, after all.
>>Meanwhile, Paul Garner has been getting in a lot more
>>time in the Principal chair, and doing a very nice job
>>of it, despite the circumstances.

Then, Bill Hausmann wrote:
Stealing from your employer is generally accepted as sufficient grounds for
>dismissal where I come from.
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>Then Carl Schexnayder wrote:
Just as we teach in high school band, when a member does something, (good or
band), it reflects of the band, the school, thecommunity, etc.). Why should
the other members of any symphony or any other similar organization have to
endure a tarnished reputation because of the action/s of another member?

Carl Schexnayder
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