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Published on: 7/1/2007
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Lafayette Regional Airport Director Greg Roberts' six-month contract will be ready for acceptance by the airport commission before this afternoon's meeting, according to commission Chairman Carroll Robichaux.
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At last month's meeting, where Roberts faced possible termination, Commissioner Don Higginbotham proposed the contract (Roberts is currently an at-will employee) and a second resolution that would allow for the position to be advertised nationally three months before its December expiration.
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At last month's meeting, where Roberts faced possible termination, Commissioner Don Higginbotham proposed the contract (Roberts is currently an at-will employee) and a second resolution that would allow for the position to be advertised nationally three months before its December expiration.
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"[Roberts] can apply for the job," he says.
Robichaux and Burley maintain that Higginbotham also was opposed to Roberts staying on but surprised them at the June 7 meeting by proposing the contract.
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Louisiana DOTD Secretary Johnny Bradberry is perturbed by his employees' decision to intervene on behalf of Greg Roberts' keeping his job as director of Lafayette Regional Airport.
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Bradberry's subordinate, DOTD Aviation Director Phil Jones, wrote a May 23 letter on department letterhead to City Parish President Joey Durel and also appeared at the airport commission meeting June 7, in both instances pleading — and using language some commissioners deemed threatening — with local officials to retain Roberts.
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Though a majority of commissioners wanted to see the director terminated in the days leading up to that June meeting, then-Commissioner Don Higginbotham — who had opposed Roberts — instead introduced a motion to keep him on for at least six months.
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Four days after the airport commission made an about-face in deciding Roberts could stay on till the end of the year, it was Bradberry's turn to intervene — firing off a letter to Durel, who has been supportive of Roberts.
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Four days after the airport commission made an about-face in deciding Roberts could stay on till the end of the year, it was Bradberry's turn to intervene — firing off a letter to Durel, who has been supportive of Roberts.
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It has come to my attention that Phil Jones, aviation director for DOTD, with the support of Tom Atkinson [DOTD deputy assistant secretary] acted inappropriately regarding public commentary involving your airport Director Greg Roberts.
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"It was like if we got rid of [Roberts] we weren't going to get any funding," Burley says.
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Both the commission and Lafayette Regional Airport Director Greg Roberts have been under fire since late last year when a group of concerned residents began questioning expenditures and possible violations of the state's open meetings law.
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