Is this where our raise is going?

Former Opa-locka city manager now a secretary

Posted on Mon, Feb. 04, 2008

Arlington Sands Jr., former Opa-locka police chief and city manager and friend of former School Board member Robert Ingram, has a new job: $40,000-a-year secretary for Miami-Dade School police.

Among his new duties as a ''support specialist'' in the special projects division: preparing payroll, ordering office supplies and arranging meetings.

The new job is a far cry from the 1990s, when Sands skyrocketed from an unpaid reserve officer to police chief to city manager. He agreed to resign in 1999, with a $313,000 settlement payout, amid accusations of financial bungling and mismanagement.

He was given the police job in late December, after Ingram died. Sands had applied unsuccessfully for appointment to Ingram's seat.

Sands, 67, did not return repeated messages seeking comment about his new post.

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I wonder what our current support specialists have to say about this? $40,000 a year to start? Has this guy even shown up to work? When was he hired? What does he do?

Is the union looking into this? SAO?

Give me a break. The union is a joke.

Sing this to the tune of kung-fu fighting...

Arlington Sands was never typing...huh
His fingers ain't fast as lightning...huh
In fact it was a little bit frightning...huh
and he spells real bad, while timing...huh

They were funky school board men from funky school board-town
They were hooking him up and they were helping him out
It's an ancient hook-up art and Fat Rudy knew his part
From a feint into a slip, they are giving real employees pink slips

Arlington Sands was never typing...huh
His fingers ain't fast as lightning...huh
In fact it was a little bit frightning...huh
and he spells real bad, while timing...huh

There was funky Darling and little Stinson
He said here comes the big boss, lets get it on
They took a bow and made a stand, started hiring Mr. Sands
That hiring made me mad now we're into budgets gone bad...

Arlington Sands was never typing...huh
His fingers ain't fast as lightning...huh
In fact it was a little bit frightning...huh
and he spells real bad, while timing...huh

Boogie down,that was classic. Bro,leave and do comedy shows,l.o.l.

You can bet Chief Gerry aint gonna cut this position.