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This has been a interesting thread today. I have enjoyed and learned a lot and no arguing. Thank You to everyone......you all are a breath of fresh air.....
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The real question this drives is why is Muncie’s mayor willing to expose herself and her family to such a negative environment, yet the city of Anderson’s mayor appears unwilling to even consider doing so?So once again we have to ask why is it that the figurehead for Muncie has chosen to initiate the hard decisions and tackle them head on, while the figurehead for the city of Anderson is not?
Maybe there are other areas that can and should be cut first, but what are they and who is looking into them? And how? And why are the citizens of Anderson being asked to pay more for services before a reduction of headcount in all possible areas of local government?
How much of the difference is attributable to the fact that Mayor McShurley is a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democrat town, trying to deal with in-house unions, and that Mayor Ockomon is a Democrat who has sprung from the ranks of these self-same unions? That might be one of the strongest explanations for the differences, imo.
- Thomas Paine
I heard this evening that Okomon also some how kept his spot in APD. So if he does not get re-elected he has a job to fall back on. How many other people can leave one job and somehow keep it to cover their butt in case they screw up on the second job? I know Lil Kevin did it and I thought it was wrong when he did it. Some how that policy needs to be stopped!
I wonder if it's true for everyone at APD that they can take a LOA, and under what conditions? Is it in the contract somewhere that if you become mayor you have a special dispensation?
- Thomas Paine
Sure would be interesting to find out would it not be. Lil Kev got by with it so I guess they all can.
Well people this battle is over. It passed 5-4
David Eikes, Rodney Chamberlain, Art Papela, Mike Welch voted against
the other people tat don't care about the tax payers voted for.
TAXES = NO GROWTH
Isn't Artie the only Rep on that list?
- Thomas Paine
Mike Welch and Art are the only 2 republicans on the council
TAXES = NO GROWTH
Welch is a republician.
The police union took a no wage increase for 2010 in their new contract. The ASFME union (Street, CATS, Parks, Sign and Sewer) also agreed to no wage increase for 2010. There are 4 other unions yet to make that decision.
I would love for someone from the city admin to take a few minutes and come on here to explain to us what the Mayor (and Council) has done to cut expenses.
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