*Editor's note: This text has been scanned directly from the complaint and has not been edited.*
To:
The Graham County Board of Commissioners
From: Steve Odom
Ref: Whistle Blower Complaint
Date: January 07, 2022
To the Board,
For several days I have been struggling with a tough decision as to whether or not I should file this Whistle Blower Complaint. One part of me wants to take the information I have gathered since director Boyle took over Graham County EMS straight to the press, state and federal regulators and more importantly to the taxpayers who are suffering the greatest loss. Another part of me says I should give your Board one last chance to send this guy packing. Personally, the way I was treated and the way I've seen others treated and the fleecing this County is currently undergoing under his management, I will not be satisfied with nothing less than his immediate dismissal.
As most of you know by now, I resigned from Graham County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on December 22, 2021. This resignation was hard for me, as I loved my job more than you will ever know. I love the people of this county, many of whom I had the high honor of serving while working on EMS. However, as you very well know things changed at EMS. The organizational changes were needed, but what came with director Phillip Boyle has been nothing short of a disaster. The things I have witnessed and have firsthand knowledge of are nothing short of appalling and will make the average taxpayer...
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