Damascus Needs Lessons In Hiring
Damascus needs a lesson in hiring protocol after recently trying to lure another town’s clerk away to work, then rescinding the job offer while claiming a conflict of interest.
Gayle Karriker had been working as town clerk in nearby Glade Spring, Va. Earlier this month, she said she got a call from Damascus Mayor Creed Jones verbally offering her the same job in Damascus. She told a reporter that she was urged to quickly start the new job in Damascus, so she resigned her position in Glade Spring without giving standard notice.
But after she resigned, she learned there wasn’t agreement by the Damascus Town Council, and she didn’t have a written offer. Earlier this week, the Herald Courier reported Jones’…
