Sunday, May 13, 2007

Richmond columnist calls Erwin's typos "a lie."

Yesterday, Richmond columnist Don McNay tossed in his two-cents worth on Barbara Erwin's resume problems in his article, Unbridled Typos."

"...[Dr.] Erwin may need a remedial course in typing. She also might need a course in semantics. In my high school grammar classes, we used different words than Ms. Erwin for incorrect information. One popular definition was “a lie.” Other definitions were “a falsehood” or “a misrepresentation.” “Typo” never made the list..."

"...If Ms. Erwin can teach me how to pad my resume and blow it off as a “typo,” she might be worth the money Kentucky is paying her..."

"...I am distraught that Kentucky would hire an education commissioner whose knowledge of typing and semantics are so weak. For $220,000 a year, they bought to be able to get a better candidate.

When a government entity makes a bad hiring decision, I don’t get angry at the person being hired; I get angry at the people doing the hiring."

And "Former Scottsdale Leader Lies to Get Job" from Scottsdale Insider blog. "Barbara Erwin is looking for a job and a pesky thing like the truth isn't going to stop her."

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