Jerk principal headed for the slammer
While we were busy with the election the former principal of the H.B. Wilson Elementary School in Camden pleaded guilty to using his position as principal to steal $14,000 from students and teachers. Michael Hailey, 67, used his position to have teachers and students pay for field trips already paid for by the school district. Teachers conducted fund-raisers and sometimes paid out of their own pockets for the trips for children who couldn't. The Attorney General's Division of Criminal Justice gets the credit. Under a plea agreement, the state will recommend three to five years in the slammer for Hailey. He retired from being principal in July 2006 when investigators were hot on his heels.
Labels: Camden, corruption, Michael Hailey
posted by Bob Ingle at 6:27 AM
27 Comments:
Only the best for our children.
That's why we pay them so much.
They should revoke his pension. One thing would be to give it back to the school district he scammed.
"It's for the children." Yeah, right. Sure it is.
This guy's blatant public thievery--stealing from poor kids--- indicates a calculating con artist at work. All of his activities---public and private--- warrant an investigation. All of the official documents this guy ever filed should be examined with a fine-tooth comb.
Falsifying official documents incurs felony charges for 1st-degree tampering with public records, 1st-degree offering of a false instrument for filing, 4th-degree grand larceny, and 1st-degree falsifying of official records.
Filing false documents negates his several state pensions, buyouts, retirement contracts, annuities, lump sums, bonuses, etc----a hard and fast rule of CONTRACT LAW since the person did not negotiate in good faith.
I do agree that this man should lose his pension. Hopefully, they will review it and then pay him back his contributions (after they pay back the school), and then exit him from the pension system.
Contract law does not apply here, anon 7:47. There is a process for him and he will not be working in education in NJ anymore.
NJEA SUCK SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS
Pretty intellectual, huh? But that's how I feel. It's one of the main mob branches in NJ. Nothing we will do or say here will change that.
what is wrong with these people who are in education, are they all really a bunch of con artists ?
VOUCHERS ARE A MUST, TO BREAK NJEAs BACK
Javagold
3-5 years? Not a chance!
He'll be out in 3-5 months with his nice fat pension waiting for him.
The follow up on the pension is critical as the pension is a big part of the "final" payout they all crave.
If it isn't revoked a significant deterent will be removed. Until NJ reaches a point where public officials and employees believe "crimes doesn't pay" we will be rife with such larcencies.
What should scare all decent citizens is the outrage of this instance but the realization that a great deal more of this type of stuff goes on than we can even fathom.
One day, if should ever get a NJ AG who actual investigates government crime and isn't afraid to prosecute wrong doers, then we take a real turn to better government. I'd love to see it, but I'm not holding my breath.
TB
C'mon guys, lighten up on the poor fellow. He's just learning from the rest of NJ's players.
TB
Instead of getting an AG who does they jonwe instead are going to lose the US Attorney. The state of corruption will soon be the lawless state of corruption.
Revoke his pension? Be serious, did they pull Lunch, Steele, Hackett, James pensions? Do you think they'll revoke Bryant's? The hi8gh rollers didn't lose it why would this poor slob?
A fresh troop of judges who are more concerned about the enforcing the law rather than raising their own pays would help a bit too!!
The politico of this state is like a bushel of apples but rather than finding the one that spoils the whole bunch we're looking for the one good apple amongst the rotten.
TB
Javagold, How are your property taxes?
It is kind of funny how anti-teacher people are on this. In Bob's Blog it commented how teachers conducted fundraisers and sometimes paid for the trips out of their own pocket. Although you have people like anon 8:13 who is blaming the NJEA. Principals are not a part of the NJEA. Javagold is just an idiot who believes everyone in education is robbing him blind. The principal should go to jail and the teachers who helped out the students should be praised.
anon 1:51
You are correct and it is even true that if one were to be critical of a "teacher's union" that one doesn't carry that opinion to every individual teacher.
Some systems and groups may be more out of control than others but losing sight of individuals who should be accountable just for themselves does happen often.
Somewhere in the recent past, when we cast aside ethics and morality in favor of political corrrectness we started to obscure the notions of personal responsibility and honest work as a path to earned rewards.
TB
You know the worst thing about this is that some children were not allowed to go on the field trips because their parents couldn't afford to pay for it.
Bob,
Can we have an update about what Governor Corzine plans to do to "help" NJ's economy.
Yes, I am afraid to ask, but am wondering nonetheless.
Thanks.
Anon: 3:17
He had his economic stimulus speech and out of that there are several bills winding through the Legislature.
Most of it was to help with food banks, heating assistance for seniors, money to help the legal aid program stay afloat and some business tax adjustments. There is a proposal to give tax credits to any business that creates jobs.
Vouchers are a MUST ,it's the only way to break the stranglehold of the NJEA
Instead of prosecuting the gang on theives in Trenton, they once in a while pick a thief with no political clout and prosecute him. Then they say, see we prosecute law breakers who steal from the public. Yeah they do, in the one in a hundred instance where the thief has no political clout.
This guy stole 14k and is going to jail. Meanwhile 8.6 billion got stolen from the school fund and no one went to jail. Then hundreds of millions got stolen from encap and again no one went to jail. Instead 2 million more is spent to fund a do nothing IG who protects the politicians that she is supposed to investigate.
Stop Paying your property Taxes (keep in escrow account) until the NJEA Mafia is broken...If people are not willing to take a stand , NOTHING will happen...call me an idiot today all you want one day in the future you will see i was correct all along, i am not afraid to speak the truth and the NJEA is killing people with property taxes
People Stop being afraid , they CANT take all our houses and they CANT put us all in jail....WAKE UP!
Javagold
Javagold, I believe our founding fathers would have been proud of you.
From Samuel Adams:
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
and,
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen!"
Some consider it quaint or irrelevant to quote our founding fathers. How terribly sad.
...Michael Hailey, 67, used his position to have teachers and students pay for field trips...
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Good for him.
A fine educator.
About time teachers and children learn that there is no such thing in the real world as free lunchs...or (laugh) free trips.
And, by teaching this needed lesson, he made a little pin money.
the punishment for his crime is the jail sentence. there is no provision in the 2 c code to revoke his pension.
how about a update on why I am home for 2 days while teachers are in AC. Could they of done this the 2 days before school or after, during Christmas or Spring break.
Why AC and not Raritan Expo center? Why at all,could of done this on the web with e-learning.
Javagold
When did you stop paying taxes? Please let me know so I can buy it at the auction.
Anon 1:51
There are plenty of BAD teachers who are protected by tenure and the NJEA. You are a jerk if you think otherwise.
If these teachers are all so godammed great, then why are you all so afraid of the free market system?
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