President Of Company That Tainted West Virginia’s Water Wants To Be Paid During Bankruptcy

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Think Progress

The man at the helm of Freedom Industries — the company that declared bankruptcy days after polluting drinking water for 300,000 West Virginians in January — would like to be paid for his troubles.

Gary Southern, who earns a $230,000 salary, has not received a paycheck since Jan. 19, according to court documents. But he has been working very hard, his lawyers say.

Since Jan. 9 — the day when 10,000 gallons of mystery-chemical spilled into West Virginia’s water — Southern as worked 12-16 hours per day, every day. Since March 3, he has worked 10-12 hours per day, Monday through Friday, and has been on call. Those duties have included tending to environmental clean-up efforts, cooperating with a federal investigation into his companies’ practices, and attending “daily meetings with representatives of the state and federal government.”

It is not unheard of for a company executive to ask for compensation while he or she works during a company bankruptcy. But each instance is highly scrutinized, and the decision to award such compensation belongs to the bankruptcy judge.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/17/3414651/west-virginia-spill-bankruptcy-salary/

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This guy's arrogance knows no bounds:

[daleanime]

1. No....

[sakabatou]

2. Disgusting

[tanyev]

3. Would he accept bottled West Virginia tap water?

[dembotoz]

4. they always do

and an easier bet than march madnes--bet he gets paid too.

with a bonus

[Populist_Prole]

5. Of course. It's required to retain "Talent"

Really though, my conspiratorial mind thinks this is just part of a coordinated shock doctrine of corporate fascists against the hoi-polloi as a way of demonstrating the absolute power they wield and to intimidate the latter into submission.

[freshwest]

15. I can see that. The gloves are off now. 1930s style. n/t

[Omaha Steve]

6. I'm not sure the guy that didn't protect the public or the water should be in charge now

Was there a whistle blower we could reward?

[CatWoman]

7. what a fucking patriot

[SoapBox]

8. Uh....

FUCK no!

Clear enough?!?

[sheshe2]

9. Hell No!

[QuestForSense]

10. He's speshul.

[tofuandbeer]

11. The new CEO of the company for which I worked for 9 years, manuvered the co. into the rocks.

He quit, but remained on the board for a million a year.
These guys need to go away.

[Thor_MN]

12. 12-16, 7 days a week? Bullshit. Besides, he is salaried, so it doesn't matter. 16 = 8.

Essentially, salaried employees are paid to get the job done. Welcome to the world of unpaid overtime, A$$hole.

[OldRedneck]

13. You'd think . . . .

You'd think, at $230,000 a year, he'd have some savings to see him through tough spots. Or don't the 1% worry about savings?

Maybe we could take up a collection for him?

[Brigid]

14. Is he going to pay West Virginians . . .

For poisoning their water supply and for medical treatment for illnesses that crop up later because of his company's criminal recklessness? By all rights he should be in jail.

[JoeyT]

16. If ever there were a pack of assholes that ought to have their assets seized,

it's people like that guy. Why don't we ever use asset forfeiture on dicks like this?

[Judi Lynn]

17. He knows better than to demand he gets the appropriate payment for what he's done. n/t

[notadmblnd]

18. You would think that someone so important such as himself

would have been intelligent enough to have saved some money to live on during hard times.

[Earth_First]

19. Pay him in buckets worth of the water he and officials deemed as 'safe for consumption'

Afterall, water will be a commodity traded and warred over in the near future.

He'll be sitting on a goldmine.

Jackass.

[Bad Thoughts]

20. Minimum wage

I see no reason to say his work is without value, but it does create the lowest value.