Driver fired for flipping off Bush - Wants job back
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Cptech31 Posts: 650
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:00 am
Driver Fired for Flipping Off Bush Wants Job Back
By GENE JOHNSON
AP
SEATTLE (Nov. 2) - A school bus driver fired after she reportedly made an obscene gesture at President Bush has filed a union grievance in an attempt to get her job back.
The 43-year-old driver, whose name was not released, was driving middle school children back to school after a zoo visit on June 16 when the president and Republican Rep. Dave Reichert drove slowly by in a motorcade.
From the bus, the children waved; with the windows down in their car, Bush and Reichert waved back.
That's when the driver gave the president the finger, according to Reichert and Issaquah superintendent Janet Barry.
"The congressman hadn't seen it, but the president turned to him and said, 'That one's not a fan,"' said Reichert spokeswoman Kimberly Cadena.
Reichert later called Barry to tell her about the incident, but the bus driver had already been fired. District officials learned about the incident after the driver boasted to colleagues about it, Cadena said.
District spokeswoman Sara Niegowski said the driver has filed a wrongful termination grievance through the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The union did not return calls seeking comment.
Niegowski said the firing was not politically motivated.
"The bus driver was not terminated for making an obscene gesture at the president. The bus driver was terminated for making an obscene gesture in view of the students," Niegowski said. "That's not the role modeling we need for our students."
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TipiCrawler Posts: 617
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 12:59 pm
I would have mooned him.....
peryus88 Posts: 459
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:28 pm
Cool, local news.
TipiCrawler Posts: 617
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Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:35 pm
mhm
Bjoern Posts: 3610
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Tue Nov 07, 2006 5:30 am
I read it was a woman...
A big bus next to the president... a bus can be a weapon... why didn't they charge her with beeing a terrorist who wanted to kill Georgi-Boy...?
KungfuZombie Posts: 192
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Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:44 pm
She's been sent to Guantanemo Bay for some torture... er... I mean interregation. Yeah, that's it.
*Whew*
jarmerson Posts: 57
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Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:02 pm
hehe, funny stuff
good times
BigRUSS Posts: 2118
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Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:20 am
oh yea like middle school children have never flipped the bird at someone.......................... they are so innocent
I agree that she shouldn't have flipped the bird, it is a bad influence, and true middle school kids flip the bird like Mickey D's flips burgers, however it only reinforces the behavior. I think she should have gotten a writeup or some sort of suspension, but not termination. I'll be surprised if she gets her job back.
