Local Conservative Party head returns to county job after using homophobic slurs
Thought a few people would be curious to know that Bill Fiacco is back at work with the County; less than 2 weeks after being suspended for using homophobic slurs on social media.
I have been trying to determine whether the suspension was paid or not; it is however damning that the County refuses to elaborate on that detail.
I’m a County employee who has to routinely deal with Fiacco. One fact I want to correct both the County PR and Times Union on is his job title/responsibilities: he is much higher up than “a maintenance supervisor at the courthouse”.
In the years I’ve worked with him, he has repeatedly been referred to and presented himself as the Superintendent of Buildings. As in, he oversees the entire Rensco Building Department and handles numerous sites and jobs beyond the one courthouse (he reports directly to Jim Gordon and Rich Crist). He is also often deeply involved in internal political and personnel matters.
He has both mediated and been the source of workplace grievances multiple times that I have witnessed alone. He has way more power and influence in the County than he is being presented as having in the press on this. And this is far from being the first time he’s gotten into trouble for running his mouth too much. I was in fact retaliated against in the past for complaining about his behavior so forgive me for not wanting to ID myself and rock the boat more.
Seems to me like he likely got a paid vacation for being a cyber bully. Like most of the deplorable behavior by the county admin this will likely just get swept back under the rug because nobody cares enough to ever hold these people accountable; even for something so blatantly hateful that was literally written publicly. The only reason they gave him a slap on the wrist is because he broke a core tenant for county admin: NEVER PUT ANYTHING INTO WRITING.