Comments on: And It Starts to Pour Out http://archpundit.com/blog/2009/01/08/and-it-starts-to-pour-out/ Illinois, From Misery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: smithie http://archpundit.com/blog/2009/01/08/and-it-starts-to-pour-out/comment-page-1/#comment-18892 smithie Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:56:23 +0000 http://archpundit.com/blog/?p=11207#comment-18892 I think you also have to take what Arya says with a grain of salt. It is pretty widely known in state government that Mr. Arya was more talk than anything. I worked with somebody who worked for him when he was moved to CMS. Supposedly, he was hired in 2006 to be the Governor's travel person. That role lasted a week or two. What he did for his remaining two years was more a result of the Governor's staff reluctance to fire anyone. I think they even put him in charge of the constituent mail at one point (hence the nurse story). But he still would telll everybody that he "talked with the Governor all the time" - a lie. Eventually, things got so bad with him not showing up for work (for weeks at a time nobody knew where he would be), that they reassigned him to CMS. He claims in his letter he left the Governor's office in disgust - a lie. Then, the director of the agency eventually had enough with his lack of showing up to work that he finally got fired. He claims in his letter he left on principle - another lie. Hopefully some of that background helps put this letter in the proper light. I am sure some of these things happened, and some of these problems with the Governor existed, but this letter is more about Mr. Arya's healthy ego than anything else. At least it provided some good comedy looking at all these news outlets take him so seriously. LOL. I think you also have to take what Arya says with a grain of salt. It is pretty widely known in state government that Mr. Arya was more talk than anything. I worked with somebody who worked for him when he was moved to CMS.

Supposedly, he was hired in 2006 to be the Governor’s travel person. That role lasted a week or two. What he did for his remaining two years was more a result of the Governor’s staff reluctance to fire anyone. I think they even put him in charge of the constituent mail at one point (hence the nurse story). But he still would telll everybody that he “talked with the Governor all the time” – a lie.

Eventually, things got so bad with him not showing up for work (for weeks at a time nobody knew where he would be), that they reassigned him to CMS. He claims in his letter he left the Governor’s office in disgust – a lie. Then, the director of the agency eventually had enough with his lack of showing up to work that he finally got fired. He claims in his letter he left on principle – another lie.

Hopefully some of that background helps put this letter in the proper light. I am sure some of these things happened, and some of these problems with the Governor existed, but this letter is more about Mr. Arya’s healthy ego than anything else.

At least it provided some good comedy looking at all these news outlets take him so seriously. LOL.

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