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Spurned Union County official sues right after becoming given $120K do-nothing work

Printed: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 6:fifteen AM Up to date: Thursday, January twelve, 2012, ten:43 AM
Courtesy of Rick LapollaRick Lapolla, 53
LINDEN Rick Lapolla states he obtained the hang of his new occupation automotive scanners proper away.
Initial, there was the place of work: A small windowless storage place, encased in off-white cinder block walls and replete with abandoned computer systems, printers plus a Television.
There were the obligations. Effectively, there have been no obligations: he states he put in his days reading through and surfing the net, reporting to nobody.
For which he produced a salary of $122,000 a yr.
Lapolla, fifty three, was once the top of Union County s facilities and operations division, taking care of a lot all data program more than two hundred personnel along with a multi-million dollar spending budget. That s in which the wage emanates from.
He claims he was produced an outcast by his exceptional and thrust right into a do-nothing work because of a political vendetta towards his brother, a strong Union County politician. He says the entire thing drove him into a serious depressive disorders. Now, he s suing in Top-quality Court.
"Most men and women might have been proud of (this non-job). I m not that kind of individual," the Cranford resident said. "It s like solitary confinement. And that operates on your own mind."
Lapolla s task, his suit expenses, was punishment doled out by former county manager George Devanney, who retired in August. Lapolla statements he was set within an employment rubber space while in the county juvenile penitentiary since Devanney didn t like his brother Michael Lapolla, a one-time freeholder and county supervisor who had been an important drive in nearby politics.
Union County officers won t say significantly in