Gwinnett County Soap Opera

In the middle of my busy day I stumbled upon an article about the Gwinnett County LIbrary Director. Apparently, the library director’s salary is $127,000 per year. Yes, library directors are making half of what the the President of the United States makes.

When I brought this up with fellow Gwinnettians, the look of shock, awe, and lastly disgust were repetitive. Followed by the question, ‘What does a library director do?’

“You! Yes you. Put that book back in it’s place!”
“If I have to shush you one mo’ ‘gain, so help me I will revoke your microfiche privileges!!!”
“DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM!! What part of Dewey don’t you understand!!!!”

Now, the article wasn’t about the salary raked in by JoAnn Pinder. It was about the prospect of her getting fired. Fired not because of performance after apparently 15 years of providing literary ecstasy to millions. Nope, fired because Phyllis Oxendine, a board member, has haterade pulsing through her veins. Phyllis, ya see, she don’t like JoAnn and we think it’s ’cause of some mess years ago when Phyllis toiled in the library system. So now that Phyllis is a big wig, relatively speaking, she has recruited two other members to her side to oust not only JoAnn but many others as well, probably for being associated with JoAnn. It’s kind of like a bookworm driveby. Phyllis is shooting for JoAnn but she’ll take anyone close to her as well.

Now as a member of the soon to be outsourced, I must say that I sympathize with JoAnn. No one should lose a job because of personal vendettas, unless of course you work for the mafia. The sad part is that one of the three hitmen hitpersons on the board is a new member. She just joined last month so it’s very likely that Phyllis is straight using the newbie for her personal agenda….ah the politics of it all!!!!!