Records Show Keith Gladney Firing Unusual Event

Less than three months after he had received a positive performance review from his superiors at the St. Louis County (Mo.) Department of Health, Keith Gladney was fired Dec. 23 from his job as an animal control officer. Thanks to information I obtained today via the Missouri Sunshine Law, I learned his firing was something of an unusual — albeit rare — event.

Why should anyone care about the firing of Keith Gladney? Several reasons exist. For example:

1.Keith Gladney is the brother of Kenneth Gladney, the St. Louis man thrust into the national spotlight Aug. 6 after he was allegedly beaten by a group of thugs from the Service Employees International Union at a South St. Louis County health care town hall meeting hosted by ultra-liberal Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.). Video shows what happened to Kenneth Gladney after SEIU thugs found him selling conservative memorabilia outside the event at Bernard Middle School in South St. Louis, then judge for yourself whether allegedly is a term that adequately describes the beat-down.

2. Keith Gladney publicly criticized St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch and St. Louis County Counselor Patricia Redington for dragging their feet when it came to charging the individuals allegedly involved in the beating of his brother. Later, he joined a nationwide chorus of conservatives appalled by the fact that the duo — formerly known as the St. Louis version of an Obama “Truth Squad” — filed only ordinance violations Nov. 25.

3. Keith Gladney joined a nationwide chorus of conservative appalled by the fact that, on Nov. 25, Redington filed only orordinance violations — not felony chargees — against his brother’s alleged attackers.

Now, back to the issue of Keith Gladney’s firing.

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Tags: Bob McCulloch, keith gladney, Kenneth Gladney, Patricia Redington, SEIU
Posted Jan 12th 2010 at 9:23 am in Justice/Legal | 5876675 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/bmccarty/2010/01/12/records-show-keith-gladney-firing-unusual-event/Records+Show+Keith+Gladney+Firing+Unusual+Event2010-01-12+17%3A23%3A41Bob+McCarty

Worse Than Scrooge: Gladney’s Brother and Public Advocate Fired by St. Louis County Hours Before Christmas

As bad as Ebenezer Scrooge was, at least he didn’t fire Bob Cratchit right before Christmas.  I can’t say the same for the St. Louis Dept of Health.  Animal Control Officer, Keith Gladney was fired on December 23^rd, less than 48 hours before Christmas Day.

Regular readers of Big Government will recognize the sur name of this unfortunate soul who finds himself unemployed just as the holidays are upon us.  Yes, Keith Gladney is the brother of Kenneth Gladney, the man who was assaulted by leaders of the St. Louis SEIU outside of Rep. Russ Carnahan’s Town Hall for Health Care on August 6, 2009.

Considering the fact that government work seems to be the only growth industry in this economy Keith probably thought he was in a stable job, serving diligently for the Animal Control agency, a division of the St. Louis Dept. of Health.  And, considering he was just given a positive job performance rating as recently as October, it must have come as a heartbreaking shock to learn of this Dickensian turn of events just he was preparing for his Christmas.

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Tags: animal control officer, Big Government, Bob McCulloch, Ebenezer Scrooge, government jobs
Posted Dec 23rd 2009 at 5:18 pm in ACORN, Big Labor, Featured Story, News, Politics | 51630167 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/sright/2009/12/23/worse-than-scrooge-gladneys-brother-and-public-advocate-fired-hours-before-christmas/Worse+Than+Scrooge%3A++Gladney%27s+Brother+and+Public+Advocate+Fired+by+St.+Louis+County+Hours+Before+Christmas2009-12-24+01%3A18%3A18Larry++O%26%2339%3BConnor

Anatomy of a Beat-Down Part 3: Why Kenneth Gladney Was Beaten And by Whom

In Part 1 of this series we detailed the events leading up to the assault on Kenneth Gladney on August 6^th and revealed the document written by Margarida Jorge at Health Care for American Now (HCAN) a front group funded by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) which laid a blueprint for the unions to follow that evening at Rep. Russ Carnahan’s town hall meeting.  Yesterday, in Part 2, we exposed a second town hall meeting that occurred the same night in Tampa Bay, FL with Rep. Kathy Castor that followed the same structure and had very similar results.  We also detailed the relationships of key decision makers at HCAN, Rep. Carnahan’s office and the White House and showed how they were all inter-related at SEIU, the Obama for America campaign and the two accused of assaulting Kenneth Gladney that evening.

Margarida Jorge

On the evening of August 6^th hundreds of citizens were shut out of the meeting and not allowed to question their elected official while hundreds of SEIU members were ushered in a side entrance to sit in reserved seats in the front of the hall.  This followed precisely the instructions penned by Margarida Jorge of HCAN.

• We need to stack our folks in the front to create a wall around the Member…
• Get to your location early and make sure you set up the venue in a way that ensures that the attendees you want are at the front and that any protesters who come are sequestered as far as possible from the stage.
• Make sure that you assign marshals to take care of moving the crowd, keeping people organized and orderly, and acting as security

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Tags: Barack Obama, Bob McCulloch, Buffy Wicks, Carnahan town hall, Elston McCowan
Posted Dec 2nd 2009 at 3:19 pm in Big Labor | 4009449 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/sright/2009/12/02/anatomy-of-a-beat-down-part-3-why-kenneth-gladney-was-beaten-and-by-whom/Anatomy+of+a+Beat-Down+Part+3%3A+Why+Kenneth+Gladney+Was+Beaten+And+by+Whom2009-12-02+22%3A19%3A01Larry++O%26%2339%3BConnor

County Prosecutors Downgrade Charges without Checking Medical Record in Gladney Case

Photo by Dana Loesch

St. Louis County Prosecutors watered-down the charges in the Kenneth Gladney case from a misdemeanor to an ordinance violation without so much as even calling St. John’s Hospital, where Gladney received treatment for his injuries, and checking Gladney’s hospital record or speaking with care providers on site.

Elston McCowan and Perry Molens were witnessed on video assaulting Gladney who is seen being taken to the ground. Cheryl Johner punched Kelly Owens in the face – which Owens caught on camera, an assault witnessed by a police officer, according to the police report – and all three get off with nothing more that ordinance violations.

Owens beating recap:

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Tags: Bill Federer, Brian Malone, Cheryl Johner, Dick Gephardt, Elston McCowan
Posted Dec 1st 2009 at 9:21 am in Big Labor, Justice/Legal, State Politics | 3878677 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/dloesch/2009/12/01/county-prosecutors-downgrade-charges-without-checking-medical-record-in-gladney-case/County+Prosecutors+Downgrade+Charges+without+Checking+Medical+Record+in+Gladney+Case+2009-12-01+16%3A21%3A58Dana+Loesch

Something Rotten in River City: The Gladney Beating and a Prosecutor’s Political Application of the Law

The symbol of our judicial system is the blind folded lady liberty holding the scales of justice in her hands.  In St. Louis County it appears she may be peeking.

On October 9th, 2000, Patricia Redington, a newly appointed St. Louis County Counselor showed such dedication to her job, that she opened the office on the Columbus Day holiday in order to file assault charges against Republican candidate Bill Federer.  This is in contrast to the way she handles the, typical case and the way she is handling the case of Democrat SEIU members pounding a businessman.   St. Louis area patriots smell a rat and show no signs of letting up until justice is served.

Realizing that workers can lose their initial zeal for their jobs, we can understand why Counselor Redington now says that despite what she did for Federer, her typical time to get charges written up and filed is six to eight weeks.  That is unfortunate for Federer who had an election in four weeks and might have appreciated a delay.  He lost his election as voters had to choose between throwing out Gephart and voting in a guy under a legal cloud and media scrutiny.   The respected author, historian and family man just might be mentally unstable considering he had in fact, been charged with a crime.  Redington, by the way, is a Democrat.

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Posted Dec 1st 2009 at 7:03 am in Big Labor, Featured Story, Justice/Legal, News, Politics, Tea Party | 3891048 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/jloudon/2009/12/01/something-rotten-in-river-city-the-gladney-beating-and-a-prosecutors-political-application-of-the-law/Something+Rotten+in+River+City%3A+The+Gladney+Beating+and+a+Prosecutor%27s+Political+Application+of+the+Law2009-12-01+14%3A03%3A03John++Loudon

Kenneth Gladney Speaks Out–County Officials Blow Him Off

On August 6th Kenneth Gladney attended the Russ Carnahan town hall meeting in south St. Louis County. Kenneth was there to make some money selling freedom flags and buttons. After the meeting Kenneth was assaulted, beaten and stomped by angry SEIU thugs who were upset that a black man would be selling anti-Obama merchandise. Gladney was taken to the hospital following the attack.

Ken Gladney is pictured here after his public beating by SEIU thugs. Kenneth Gladney attended this protest against SEIU violence in August in St. Louis. He was beaten, kicked and called racist names by Russ Carnahan’s SEIU supporters after the town hall meeting earlier that week. St. Louis County officials have yet to press charges.

It’s been over 3 months and still St. Louis county officials have not met with Kenneth Gladney to discuss the case nor have they press charges against the SEIU thugs who beat him.

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Tags: Bob McCulloch, Carnahan town hall, Kenneth Gladney, Patricia Redington, Russ Carnahan
Posted Nov 24th 2009 at 7:09 pm in Big Labor, Featured Story, Justice/Legal, News, Politics | 3673495 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2009/11/24/kenneth-gladney-speaks-out-county-officials-blow-him-off/Kenneth+Gladney+Speaks+Out--County+Officials+Blow+Him+Off2009-11-25+02%3A09%3A21Jim+Hoft

St. Louis County Counselor Redington: Gladney Beating ‘Has Not Been Swept Under the Rug’

The story of Kenneth Gladney may finally be getting somewhere. County Counselor Patricia Redington, after waiting three months, has been forced to come out and defend her office in emails and in an interview with KMOX, a local St Louis radio station.  We’d say it was quick work, but waiting to look into charges of political violence until after healthcare reform comes to a vote seems to be the plan.  In previous columns, we identified a time difference for assault charges of 3 months versus 2 days.  3 months to start looking if you’re a black man beaten by union thugs and 2 days if you’re a Republican running for Congress against Dick Gephardt.

Redington is now responding to emails saying she is looking into the events, the investigation is still under review, and her office is interviewing witnesses.  This is one of her responses to a St Louis county resident about the affair.

There were several incidents at this event which required police intervention, and our office is reviewing the police report and has been interviewing various witnesses before making a final decision on what charges may be issued.

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Tags: Bob McCulloch, Dick Gephardt, Elston McCowan, HCAN, Jake Wagman
Posted Nov 19th 2009 at 7:17 pm in Big Labor, Justice/Legal, Media Criticism, News, Politics, State Politics, Tea Party | 3403855 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2009/11/19/st-louis-county-counselor-redington-gladney-beating-has-not-been-swept-under-the-rug/St.+Louis+County+Counselor+Redington%3A+Gladney+Beating+%27Has+Not+Been+Swept+Under+the+Rug%272009-11-20+02%3A17%3A04Capitol++Confidential