by Larry E. Matthews » Feb 25, 2012 10:33 pm
The person who is leaving "voluntarily" is Mike Carlton, who was head of the Parks Program.
Mike Carlton called me on the telephone at my little cubicle there at TDEC back in 2005. He said he had seen my new book on Dunbar Cave. I thought: "Gee, he likes it and called me to tell me so."
No, he told me it was a "Conflict of Interest" and threatened me over the phone. I was so shocked, I didn't know what to think !!! Of course, it was not a Conflict of Interest. I had read the State's Policy carefully. If it really had been, I'm sure they would have marched me up to the Commissioner's Office and fired me that afternoon.
But then, as now, the Big Boys hate cavers (we have challenged them in Court......and won !!!), so they thought they would take it out on me. The whole group of them are bullies........and cowards.
Larry E. Matthews
NSS #6792-F