Library Head Fired for Not Being Honest Like Abe

The headline in the Charlotte (NC) Observer summed it up as well as it could be.

The head of the Lincoln Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois, was arrested twice for shoplifting at a local mall. The first time, it was for $300 worth of purloined silk ties and the second and most recent, for $40 worth of DVDs.

Well, you know that librarians, curators, and museum folks don't get paid much, but this is ridiculous. No, WAIT a minute, Rick Beard, 61, the director was making ALMOST $250,0000 a YEAR!!!! And, at 61, you'd think he knew better.

I'll Take the Job for Half of That!!! --RoadDog