It is notable that the "whistle blower" was a county employee who the tax payers paid to be a compliance officer. His job is to make sure that the billings and hospital policy were in compliance with the federal guidelines. If he had done the job he was paid to do, the county would not have had the fine. Instead he used his position to feather his nest to the tune of 1 million dollars tax free. Oh yeah, we still get to pay his pension.

When will our public employees actually respect the public trust.

Scott, Do you know something the rest of us who read the article don't know? How can you reach the conclusion that "If he had done the job he was paid to do, the county would not have had the fine" with the limited information in the article? Don't you think it's at least possible that he TRIED to do his job, but met with resistance from his supervisors and thus had to blow the whistle to ACTUALLY do his job? Is it possible that he is a "former" employee because he was fired or pushed out of his job because his finding that the county was overcharging was not greeted warmly by his supervisors? (Do you understand the nature of whistleblower protection?)

Your remarks display either too great a willingness to jump to conclusions without thinking a situation through, or a hidden agenda. Don't know which it is, but comments like yours are irresponsible.