So I really needed time to digest/forget last Mon. Circus Council....group of out-there speakers, last minute antics with TIF funds, and ending with the Council gauntlet laid down over the obscene raise proposed for LarryBoy's GoldenGirl, JuliahyphenatedValdez ....
WAIT ONE MINUTE!!! (started this last week,my, things happen quickly when one procrastinates,huh?)
THIS week's meeting was one for the DVR,kids...LarryBoy's on vacation, his bestest LarryBotBenitaScurvy named mayor pro-tem...and she showed her impatience with any threats to Allegiance to the LarryBoy Empire...
Check it out, there was(IS) a MAJORITY of the Council that have a REAL PROBLEM with all the dire budget news and accepting the proposed(?) $34,000-a-year RAISE for Julia and, through a series of motions and amendments, voted her an interim position/salary bump....
( Parliamentarian "TightSuit"Hayes had his work set out for him, stumbling,mumbling,cautioning under the questions and pressures)
In the end(despite Scurvey's play of the GENDER CARD), Council(AND TAXPAYERS!!) won out with the lesser pay increase...
BUT "...Morrissey, who was on vacation and didn’t attend the council meeting, said that his designee for the position of HR director remains Julia Scott Valdez, even though the council did not approve her appointment....Monday night, Morrissey said Valdez is doing the job and got the raise he negotiated with her, and he has no plans to proceed any differently...."
See folks, it is no wonder we have a 'budget crisis' when we have King LarryBoy ignoring the Council and spending as HE SEES FIT(remember the Adam Smith$41,000hush-hush raise?)
It's Good to Be KING!!!!
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various observations formulated during the reign of LarryBoy ....
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Believe it or not, there are City employees who really care about the community and wish that those in positions of power and authority would quit wasting tax dollars on projects which benefit their relatives, friends and business partnets at the expense of the community - including municipal workers. In a recent Rock River Times article, Larryboy was quoted as acknowledging that employee cuts need to be double the proposed 5%. And they are considering giving huge raises to other staff when NO ONE should be getting a raise at all. As for my little neck of the woods, we are federally-funded and take nearly no general revenue funds. In fact, the City needs our department as we provide the cash flow for the City in terms of paying for goods and services which are needed to run our programs. If we were to take a 10%paycut, it would hurt the employees and the community for several years down the road. The bigger picture here is that if we do not spend our federal grant dollars, we have to return it to the feds, which can result in less funds being allocated in future entitlements and competitive federal grant awards. How about instead of giving folks an obscene raise let's consider not funding the Coronado, the RAEDC and others and tell them to do their own fundraising. Many other nonprofits are thriving here and have been very successful in raising thier own funding instead of relying on the City to bail them out. Also, does anyone care if the Metro Centre is the "US Cellular" or some other huge corporation Metro Centre?! Frankly, I can't afford to bring my kids to a show downtown anyhow - I don't have the time or the money. It's a dire situation here folks. There's more people in crisis and the resources to address these crises pale in comparison. Yet, each day we come to work and do the best we can with what we have. With a 10% paycut, many of our employees will become our clients. Sad, very sad.
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