In the fall of 2009 UNH Professor Ed ‘Flash’ Larkin was put on paid leave for exposing his genitals to a young lady and her mother in the Milford Market Basket Parking lot. (My earlier remarks here.) As of October of last year, the plan was to let him go, but it looks like the Union and an arbitrator have stepped in and Flash still has a job.
Ed “Flash” Larkin has, to the best of my knowledge, continuously collected his $87,375.00 per year UNH salary, since the incident.
Under the terms of his probation, as reported in the Sunday Union Leader, he will remain on the UNH staff for another three years before being permitted to meet with students. That restriction prevents him from teaching during that time. We can only assume that a University that pays full salary during an investigation does likewise when they are told they cannot terminate said employee. Without knowing any other details, this amounts to five years worth of salary at a state supported university, to a German Language professor, for what? Exposing himself in public.
Talk about a government jobs program. Show some strangers your “little professor” at the grocery store parking lot and we’ll give you $436,875.00 over five years.
But you get forced out of your job if you just expose yourself on Twitter? I bet Anthony Weiner is pissed.
I guess that personal touch really does make a difference.
Or maybe the union and the arbitrator figured Flash could never expect to get another decent living wage with this on his record? You know how picky the private sector can be about that. So sure, we should just keep him on the UNH payroll. Yes, and how about after his probation we just transfer him to the Women’s Studies department?
Who needs Extra credit?
Say it with me, “Ich zeige dir meinen penis?”
I’m wondering if the probation letter that described how Flash will be permitted to milk the UNH cash cow for another three years, outlined how a university whining about money might recover its losses in this sort of situation? Half a million dollars is no small piece of change.
Well I’m here to help.
How about a new scratch game from the New Hampshire lottery. We can call it “More For Your Dollar.” It’s a ticket with six little pictures of Ed Larkin standing in a parking-lot, shopping carts in the background pushed by unsuspecting mothers and daughters, trench coat open, with the little silver scratch circle covering his junk. Just expose the penis and you win 436,875.00 dollars paid out over five years.
And if we make it scratch and sniff the Democrats up in Concord could pay off Flash Larkin’s free ride for us in just a couple of days.
