Two PUCO Employees Lose Their Jobs

(Columbus, Ohio) Two employees of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have lost their jobs for operating real estate businesses out of their state funded offices. Robert Moazampour, an $82,326-a-year utilities specialist, was fired and Sumonta "Sam" Jarupan, a $74,693-a-year utilities specialist, resigned.

My take on the subject is that it appears that the PUCO does not have enough work to do to keep their people occupied. It appears they're overstaffed. Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles should take a closer look at what the PUCO does. Ohio taxpayers should not be paying salaries to employees that are not working for the taxpayer benefit.

It would also seem appropriate that Moazampour, as a minimum, should be required to return the money he was paid to do the job he obviously wasn't doing. And, it appears that additional investigation of this type of corruption is warranted.