Freedom Industries President Demands Payment For His Valuable Time During Bankruptcy Proceedings

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CHARLESTON — The president of the company that spilled chemicals into 300,000 West Virginians’ water supply wants to get paid for work during bankruptcy proceedings. In court documents Saturday, Freedom Industries President Gary Southern requested an order to cash paychecks for work following the company’s Jan. 17 bankruptcy filing.

The documents list Southern’s salary since joining the company full-time in January at $230,000. Southern became president Jan. 1 when parent company Chemstream Holdings Inc. purchased Freedom Industries.

Court records show Freedom Industries also paid about $5 million the year preceding the bankruptcy to two contractors that employed Southern — Enviromine and Blackwater. Southern last received a Freedom Industries paycheck covering his services through Jan. 19.

The court papers say Southern worked 12 to 16 hours a day for 46 straight days up to Feb. 26. Subsequently, as of the first week in March, Southern has been working 10 and 12 hour days and been on-call over weekends.

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Ed. - Emphasis added. Also, three little words - Boo. Fucking. Hoo.

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