Archive of coverage: Problems at Mecklenburg Open Door, a now-defunct mental health contractor, have led to the indictment of the agency’s former chief executive, the resignation of the county’s mental health director and a flurry of new questions about county management.
Documents and interviews raise questions about who initiated the release of confidential personnel information about county commissioner Jim Pendergraph, a vocal critic of County Manager Harry Jones.
New memo states Mecklenburg manager Harry Jones used provision that gives him broad control over some budget dollars when he approved $60,000 post-resignation payment to former mental health director.
By April Bethea and Ames Alexander | Staff Writers
| February 16, 2011
Mecklenburg commissioners said County Manager Harry Jones erred in not promptly informing them about a $60,000 settlement to the former county mental health director, and leaving the public with a misleading impression about that director's final pay.
For decades, Charlottetown Manor has provided a no-frills home to thousands of people wrestling with mental and physical ailments, drug addictions and the trauma brought on by war.
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