"Safety worker’s 2 jobs restored, but with limits; Shift-swapping at EMS, Massport drew scrutiny" by Walter V. Robinson, Globe Correspondent / June 1, 2011
Both the Massachusetts Port Authority and Boston Emergency Medical Services Department have reinstated Richard G. Covino to his two full-time jobs as Massport firefighter and Boston paramedic, but under schedule restrictions likely to force him to relinquish one of the jobs.
EMS Chief James W. Hooley said yesterday that Covino will no longer be allowed to swap shifts with other paramedics, the practice at both agencies that made it possible for Covino to rearrange schedules so that he could work 100-hour weeks and earn about $200,000 a year. In at least five instances last year alone, Covino was paid for working both jobs at the same time, according to payroll records....
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Related: Sunday Globe Special: Firefight at the Boston Firehouse
For the record, I am not in favor of any of these looting jobs against taxpayers; however, the newspapers make it seem like this is the reason the state is broke when the real reason is shoveling away billions in debt interest payments to banks and corporate welfare to well-connected interests.
