The Chris Williams File

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Pressure has come down on UL to review the work Chris Williams has been doing at the university since he first secured a full-time job as a political science instructor in January 2008, thanks to former UL President Ray Authement.

The pressure is clearly growing on UL Lafayette to review the work Chris Williams has been doing at the university since he first secured a full-time job as a political science instructor in January 2008, thanks to Ray Authement — a move pulled right from the good ol’ boys’ playbook that the former president shamelessly tried to pass off as an emergency appointment. Authement hired Williams just as he was leaving the Lafayette City-Parish Council.

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The Independant

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New details out of the Lafayette Housing Authority scandal but these details may lead to more questions than answers.

The questions surround the hiring process; at least one of the applicants who was hired, a one individual.

Parish President Joey Durel browsed through more than 10-pages of criminal documents surrounding the employee.

"Forgery?" Durel asked in astonishment, "how in the world does this happen?"

Earlier in August, Durel booted every Housing Authority board member but one... A Donald Fuselier.

The decision came after an audit showed severe problems- especially with the disaster assistance program where seven agents somehow gained a $26 pay raise.

Those agents included Chris Williams ....

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KATC

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An audit revealing abuses in the Lafayette Housing Authority helped uncover former City-Parish Councilman Chris Williams’ lucrative and super-human workload, but it also pulled back the sheets on much bigger problems with LHA Executive Director Walter Guillory’s stewardship of the agency.

It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to do the math on this one. Forty plus 40 equals 80. Last week The Independent Weekly uncovered the number of hours former City-Parish Councilman Chris Williams has been getting paid to work every week since at least August 2008 — splitting his time between the Special Services Department at UL Lafayette and as a contractor for the federal Disaster Housing Assistance Program, which is administered by the Lafayette Housing Authority.

Williams’ work ethic was brought to light as a result of a recent independent audit on the LHA, an audit that led state and federal officials to investigate the program, referred to as DHAP.

But wait, there’s more. After last week’s story reporting Williams’ hectic work schedule, we learned that in January he secured a third government-funded contract, this one between his not-for-profit Lafayette Training and Career Development Center and SMILE Community Action Agency, funded by $65,000 in federal stimulus money. By our count, that’s close to $200,000 a year he gets from government-funded entities (his own financial statement for the training and career center discloses $172,000 in grants for 2009).

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[Hammer58]

_ Its time higher education pay the piper, the state has too many employees on the payroll. _

Start by geting rid of Chris Williams

[cajunref]

_ Start by geting rid of Chris Williams _

Good start....

[Cajunrunner]

_ Start by geting rid of Chris Williams _

Dr. Williams is a very brilliant, talented man. Could you hold down two full-time jobs, one from 8am-5pm and the other from 8am-4:30pm?

http://www.katc.com/news/-double-dip...lliams/page/4/

I think not, sir.

[Hammer58]

_ Dr. Williams is a very brilliant, talented man. Could you hold down two full-time jobs, one from 8am-5pm and the other from 8am-4:30pm?

http://www.katc.com/news/-double-dip...lliams/page/4/

I think not, sir. _

He was slacking off. I think at one time he used to hold donw three positions at once.

[CajunRed]

Actually, it was THREE... AND he also owned his own business.

Very hard working guy.

And a "PhD"...yeah, right.

Dr. Williams is a very brilliant, talented man. Could you hold down two full-time jobs, one from 8am-5pm and the other from 8am-4:30pm?

http://www.katc.com/news/-double-dip...lliams/page/4/

I think not, sir.

igeaux.mobi

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Former Lafayette City-Parish Councilman Chris Williams making accusations after auditors release their report on the Lafayette Housing Authority.

Williams was accused of double-dipping because he held a full-time job at UL and was contracted to work full time with HUD's Disaster Housing Assistance Program.

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Williams, through the LTCDC, was initially hired at a rate of $16.08 per hour working 80 hours bi-weekly for a $1,286 paycheck every two weeks plus a $300 car allowance. The contract was renewed in December of that year to extend until March 31, 2010, increasing Williams’ hourly take to $30 and his bi-weekly paycheck to $3,260 — this while Williams was working a full-time job in the Special Services Department at UL Lafayette.

Williams’ herculean work load — simultaneous “full-time” jobs — was brought to light as a result of an independent audit on the LHA, an audit that led state and federal officials to investigate DHAP. In August of 2010, as the LHA saga spiralled out of control — its top executives would soon resign their positions amid intense federal scrutiny and unflattering media coverage — the agency terminated DHAP and canned Williams.

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