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" Abby arrogance is spelled N-I-C-K
C-H-I-R-O-S and he truly does hide behind his badge, lay off a good officer and open your eyes. I would be a bit paranoid and more to if I went through what Officer Panos has been through with this town, and I know how poorly they treat people and talk to them I have been on that end. You go Mr. Panos! "

" Abby has Angelo confused with his brother John, Bella does not know him and the rest of the negative is from Corunna employee's how amusing. I worked for Angelo for 6 years and he was always very respectful and helpful, to all of us girls! Yes there is a "Good-Ole boy club" in all departments. Wait until your child gets threatend by an officer... oh yeah that won't happen because 99% of you are in the "club" I'm not and our son has been, for no good reason, of course is there a good reason to threaten to kick a 16 yr. old's butt? Only if your wearing the badge can you get away with this!

The ony whiners I have heard here are from Corunna workers, are you worried about your jobs to? "

" I am so sick and tired of all of the things that are being said regarding this situation. Panos got what he wanted and he should just leave well enough alone. We all need to give him some cheese to go with his whine.
What people do on their own time is no ones business and it is up to God to judge them. For the negative things said about Kim Williams let me tell you what kind of a man he really is. When a family member of ours was dying,on his days off from the department he would drive him to Saginaw for his treatments. He didn't have to do that but WANTED to.
And all you can do is whine about poor Panos. And, I also admire Joe Sawyer for what he did on his drunk driving charge. At least he owned up to his mistakes. He paid his price and Panos has to continue bringing it up when he fails at his job. What about Panos owning up to his????? He won't as he isn't man enough.
Because of Panos losing his temper the last time we were at the family restaurant we will never dirty our feet in there again. He needs to get a life and leave others alone. We have also seen him make customers get up from a certain area of tables and sit elsewhere so he could play Mr.Big Shot to other police officers. And, let them have their food for half price while he wouldn't for his help that the waitresses don't even make minumum wages and he won't cover it. His girlfriend and her mother were two of the worst waitresses out there and they got the best of everything. But, not the ones who deserved the help. No wonder they always have an ad in the Argus for servers. "

" Hey,the one who calls them selves No Way, I have a queation. What do you know about Kim Williams criminal record? I would say from as well as I know the chief he has no criminal record. He has never been arrested for being drunk. I would like you to prove it to me. Yes, I'm calling you out! Are you trying to pass off your DUI on someone else???? "

" Well, Bravo to the City of Corunna. Panos might be as bad as you all say, but it doesn't matter anymore now that the city has engaged in this coordinated smear campaign. With the city manager calling him names in the press, and the city employees publishing derogatory comments about his business and his employment application (on city time?), I think the people of Corunna are going to be writing Panos another check. "

" this is not the issue about Joe Sawyer you all are failing to see that Panos spoke out on the durand officers behalf he was making a point that Sawyer didn't lose his job when he was arrested for drinking and driving??? WHY??? but the durand police officer was !! Yes , it was a mistake on both parties but thanks to Mr. Panos Joe Sawyer was not able to make a fatal occurence happen do to the good duties Mr.Panos made for our community. You all Are arrogant and should lose your jobs for all this slander on the blogs. I can not wait to see Mr. Panos fight this one I'll be supporting him all the way. You know you all have skeletons in your closet I dare you to come out with but you wont because you are all cowards and it shows it. would you all say all this in person obviously not your blogging where everyone can use different names. Cowards. "

" I believe all of you do not have a life. All you do is sit back get half the story and make a snap judgement. Look at the way you all are bickering like little high schoolers. Williams himself said Angelo was a highly respected police officer but noone remembers those things. GROW UP !!! All those women that are blogging against Mr. Panos are jealous. You all are State officials for cring out loud start acting like it. "

" First of all Nicole, Angelo is like family to me I have known him for 21 years. How long have you know him for? 5 years? I remeber when he first got the job as an officer he was so happy, Angelo has always been a law biding citizen. He has prided his career at making other people do whats right and making them pay for whats done wrong. There isnt anything wrong with that, it in a police officers job description. DUH!!!! And as to abby your just flat out wrong i worked at Newport for 6 years and i had NEVER saw Angelo not once get disrespectful to a waitress on the floor around customers. And for all thats bad mouthing Angelo its proboly because he busted you doing something wrong. If any of you bad mouthers knew the man that i know personally you wouldnt say the things that you say. And about the comment that Bryan made the law suite isnt why he was let go but it is because of the corrupt way that the police department is ran and the things that he knew about that that got him terminated. Angelos late father Gus would be so proud of him right now and thats all that i have to say tonight!!! "

" Of course Chief Williams supports Mr Sawyer, they are both drunks!! Chief Williams weren't you arrested for a drunken situation too?....YES! Ofc Panos, good work and ignore the city officials writing on this page, they don't want to suffer the same fate you did which is why they are supporting Joe. You are a good and honest police officer and I hope you take this one to court! "

" I am glad to hear that Mr. Panos lost his acess to the Law Enforcement Information Network as he used it to run checks on his resteraunt employees without their consent. Then came in and told how funny it is and told everyone about everyone elses record, in front of the patrons. "

" I agree with bella and abby if everyone knew the whole story wouldn't that change everything!!! "

" Sally and Suzanne must be relatives of Angelo Panos. Either that or they're confusing the Shiawassee Co. Sheriff's Department with the Corunna Police Department. Ignorant people confuse us all the time. There is no "good old boys club" here. There used to be, but not now.

I've worked for the City of Corunna for over 10 years and I have never seen a worse officer than Panos. If you don't show up for work when scheduled, lie, and are insubordinate, you don't get to keep your job. That happens anywhere! The employees of the City of Corunna are glad to see Panos go.

As Nichole said, if the Argus was interested in getting at the truth, they would FOIA Panos' employment records.

Also, if the Argus Press would stop being a "rag" just to get more readers, the city employees would be happy to make statements to you. But, we don't want our comments misquoted, taken out of context, or spun to fit a sensationalize story.

I hope it goes to trial too. Then we'll see who is telling the truth. "

" Garden Gail,Nicole,S.smith,& Bryan Kauffman, i could not agree with you more. Angelo does whine ALLOT!! i think he keeps being up Joe's arrest just to make him "look big". I've known Joe for 26 year's, he is a decent man who made a mistake.we all make mistakes & learn from them. if he turned in his application late, then yes, he should of been passed over. he is an arrogant man and our police force would be so much better without him. kudos's to Gail, Nicole,smith & kauffman. i am behind you guy's 100%.. "

" Where did you dream up this "Good Old Boys Club"?? No such club exists. "

" Sally, think about it. One's that run to the press first thing, are usually guilty and want to be the first one to tell their side, that way people feel sorry for them. Someone that truly believes they are in the right, don't need to have it on the front page of a newspaper. He went to the Argus knowing darn well we would not respond. Not because we are guilty, but because it is ridiculous. I have never heard of a business or City that allows you to show up for work when ever it fits into your schedule and hope that someone can cover that shift not caring if it is going to cost overtime. Or you ever think about the other officers? Do you think they appreciate get called into work? They have families too. Luckily we have a wonderful group of police officers (the GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB as you refer to them) that are there for each other, too bad Panos couldn't have been a team player. Now imagine if he had been hired full time. He cannot show up for more than 1 day a week (oh, unless it is a week with a holiday)so that means we would have to cover the other 4 days. I am pretty sure the residents would not approve of having to pay for 4 extra shifts a week to cover him. At that rate we would have to ask for a Police millage or not have 24 hour coverage because there is no way the City can afford those costs. To be full time, you have to be willing to work 40 hours a week, not whenever it fits into your schedule. I believe the residents would not be pleased if City Hall was only opened whenever we felt like coming in. That is not how the real world works. So until you know the whole story, maybe you should not judge.

You want to know another stunt Panos pulled. I will tell you. One day he had to go to the shooting range. Something the officers do twice a year. They are to take their on duty gun only. Well Mr. Panos decided to take not only his on duty gun, but all his guns. So he took about 5 or 6 guns (not sure if it was 5 or 6) but anyways, he wanted to be paid for shooting them all and cleaning them all. So again he is trying to waste the taxpayers money. He can shoot his off duty guns and clean them in his own time. Not the City's time!!! But if you are saying that is ok, then it needs to be ok for everyone at City Hall to do personal business during work hours. I mine as well go do my grocery shopping during work hours if everyone is so willing to allow taxpayers to pay for us to do personal stuff.

So you see, you are only seeing a side of Panos that he wants you to see. "

" Yeah Nichole! At least somebody's eyes are open! "

" Dominic Adams is one creepy little guy! Get a life & report the REAL news! You're not welcome here! "

" Smith, I would not whine and run to the press if I were guilty either. Embarrasment to the other officers...Why because Panos is one of the very very few that had the guts to stand up to the higher ups and do the job he was hired for. Maybe the dept needs to take the hint get somemore real cops. Ones that want to up hold the laws. Oh thats right Panos is not part of the GOOD OLD BOYS CLUB.

I'm with Susanne "overhaul the whole dept" "

" bella and ms hobo, you are two funny broads. "

" I'd LOVE to see Panos' annual performance reports. If he was an excellent cop before Sawyer's arrest and his reviews went downhill after that, I think Sawyer and Williams would have much explaining to do. If Panos has been a crappy cop since day one, HE has a lot of explaining to do.

This is going to fun to watch. "

" I would like to start off saying yes, we all make mistakes. The biggest mistake the City of Corunna made was hiring Panos. I have never met such an arrogant, creepy, paranoid human in my life. I have been nothing but nice to him and more than welcomed him into my office so he could review his personnel file whenever he wanted. The comments he made in my office were terrible. He stated over and over how he does not trust anyone at City Hall, including myself. Well I for one have NEVER done anything to him. I did ask him why he would want to work for a City that he has so much distrust towards, he says it is for the citizens. Well Panos, that is a lie!!! So if anyone should not be trusted, it is you. You do not care about the citizens or else you would have showed up for your shifts to protect these citizens you say you care about so much. Luckily the Police Chief had back up officers but imagine if those other officers were not so flexible and willing to work. Panos was going to just let the City go without an officer on duty. Way to protect the citizens Panos!!! Another example of how he does not care about the residents are all the FOIA requests that man submits. So now he is wasting tax payer money for me to get his FOIA's. Another example of how he does not care about the residents tax money is when he decides not to come into work for his scheduled shift, we have to call someone in and sometimes that causes overtime. So now we are paying overtime to cover a part-timers shift. I can see why he gets so much respect from the community, yes, that is sarcasim. The residents need to know the truth about that man. He is the type of police officer you warn your children about, I actually already have. I am glad he no longer represents the City of Corunna.

Now let's address the Joe Sawyer issue everyone seems to keep bringing up. Yes he got arrested for drinking and driving. This is not new News. He was arrested on his own time. Guess what, I work with Joe, and believe it or not, he is human!!!!! Maybe that should be the headline "Joe Sawyer is Human and he actually made a mistake!!!" Well for those of you who do not know, he has paid his dues, just like any other person that has gotten arrested for the same thing. Now I could see you bringing it up in the paper again, if he was arrested again. But as far as I know, he has not been. He has learned a very valuable lesson, one that many others should learn but have not, and hopefully we do not learn the hard way like Joe did. So that issue is in the past so let it go. We all don't need a constant reminder of that setup. And yes, I do believe it was a setup. But that is whole different story that is in the past. We at the City have moved on and we still have more respect for Joe today than we did before his arrest. I have never had a boss that loved his job and the people as much as Joe. I could not ask for a better boss. He is a better boss than I could have ever imagined.

My next issue is with the Argus. Wow. Have you guys ever heard of getting both sides of the story? Never mind, I already know that answer. Not sure what Panos has on you guys, is it free coupons for his dive, oh, I mean diner. If you are saying no one is commenting, you are right. You know why? I will tell you, because you twist everything!!! You do not state what people really say. So yes, I suppose we are not comfortable talking with the Argus. That is what happens when you get a bad reputation. Maybe you should work on cleaning that up a bit then you would get the truth. Instead it is like reading the Enquirer. So Argus, clean up your act and I bet we would be more than happy to answer any questions you have, as long as you earn our trust back.

Now for my last issue. Yes, I am on a roll here!!! Panos sued us for not getting the full time position a while back. I have read his application, trust me, you would not hire him to be a parkinglot security guard. Would you hire someone that has many years of experience, great reputation, awesome resume and references or someone that handed in there application late, that does not have the qualifications that the other applicants turned in. First of all, it was LATE!!!! Enough said. We have deadlines for a reason, if you cannot follow that simple rule, are you really qualified to be a full time officer? So when he sued the City for that and got a settlement, I was pretty disgusted. We would have loved to go to trial but unfortunately we did not have the choice. Our Insurance knew it would be cheaper to pay him off than to go to court and win. So you see, if we went to court and won, it would have cost far more than the $25,000 we paid to him. His attorney is no dummy. He knew the dollar amount to ask for to make sure it settled out of court whether or not we were innocent, which we were.

I know, I said that was my last issue, but I thought of one more. Goes back to the Argus only printing what they want people to know. Now if you really wanted to get the truth, why don't you FOIA Panos information? That right there tells me you do not care what the real truth is.

Okay, there you have it. I feel better. Someone needs to speak up around here and let you know Panos is not this respectable officer he tries to make himself out to be. "

" S.Smith has it completely right. Panos is a whinner and a lousy cop.

Bryan Kauffman has it completely wrong. Panos didn't win any lawsuit. It was settled by Panos. I'm quite sure Panos did not want to go to court because he knows the courts have a way of getting at the truth.

I hope this one does go to trial. There's a lot more to this story, and the Sawyer arrest, than has come out in the papers so far.

The police, city manager, and everyone else connected with the city should wait and make their comments in court. At least the court will make sure the statements are quoted correctly, unlike the Argus! "

" This is crazy. There is quite a bit of speculation and guessing going on. As an employer, Chief Williams would not be at liberty to discuss personnel issues with the press. Mr. Panos has a history of being a "Whiner Baby" and calling his lawyer. Could it be, that he is not professional enough to be an effective officer for the Corunna Police Department? When ever things do not go as he wants... he brings up Mr.
Sawyer. This incident happened years ago. If the city was being vindictive, they would have found a way to be rid of him much quicker. Mr. Panos always brings up the incident with the City Manager, which I might add, was handled much more professionally by Mr. Sawyer. He did not whine and run to the press, instead he took full responsibility for his actions and learned from his mistakes. I personally am tired of reading about it. Mr. Panos, perhaps it is time for you to take a hint... You are no longer effective and an embarrasment to the other officers. Pick up your toys, and go home, and for goodness sakes, give this thing a rest. "

" Very interesting reading here. I have followed the nasty stories about your recent elections in Shiawassee County. Now I read about the story Mr. Panos. I don't know him either but I see a common name - that would be Dominic Adams. Would he be the type of writer that likes to keep the pot stirred? Those type of people had better watch their own backs. Still watching the news out of your little county. "

" Dear Argus,
Your online poll is unjust. You are a terribly one-sided "newspaper". One of the options on your poll should read "I don't have enough information to judge, for I am not God". These are people's lives you're messing with. There's a difference between reporting a story & twisting information. Sounds to me like Mr. Panos has a buddy at the Argus. "

" Abusing his power???? Drunk driving is drunk driving it does not matter who you are. Crime is crime. Have you thought about what could have happened had Angelo let him go. Thank God he was pulled over before some one was killed. Angelo was doing his job like cops are supposed to and its sad he has to go through all this. We need more cops like Angelo.

What is good for one is good for all.... "

" abby are you suggesting it's OK for the so called higher up to drink and drive? I think a police officer that would arrest the governor for DUI should get a medal. Drinking and driving is against the law period.

Sounds like you got a personal problem with Panos. Your tar & feathers might have gotten in your eyes blinding you from the real jerk. "

" Don't you think it's time for a complete overhaul of the Corunna police depatment, starting from the police chief on down the line. If they can't work together how can they possibly protect the community? This has been an ongoing problem for too long. "

" I think what Panos did was the right thing. It does not matter who you are..THE PRESIDENT....if you are drinking and driving you are no different than the anyone else. All people should be treated the same. He was doing his job and if you as police cheif or city manager..you are no better than anyone else.. GO PANOS...I hope you win your case. "

" Sounds like Mr. Panos is the kind of police officer who became a cop JUST to abuse his power. Nobody knows the whole story. Argus, quit being a tabloid & start being a newspaper! Have some respect! "

" Angelo is an arrogant man. he thinks he's god's gift to everyone. I've seen him in his family restaurant, and he is awful to his waitress. if they don't do exactly what "he" wants, he chews them out right in front of the patron's. Now how rude is that....i think he got exactly what he deserves. and it will never hurt my feeling's if he's not on the police force again. yes, Mr. Sawyer made a mistake, but i know many police officer's who have given "rides" home to people in high places in the surrounding area's. so, i think the police chief did the right thing. who wants an arrogant man out on the roads. he's the type who would pick our governor if she was pulled over for drunk driving. he is just trying to be a jerk. and abusing his power as a police officer. "

" could it be possible he was let go because of the lawsuit he won,,,or maybe hes got dirt on the police force starting with the chief,hope mr.panos wins another lawsuit!!! "