For the past several years Rick Pollitt has cut the County’s budget while whining incessantly that he has to because there is not enough money to fully fund schools, road repair or routine upkeep of the Courthouse (just look at the peeling paint, etc.). But now he wants to give County employees a Christmas bonus – over $100,000 total – and says there are ample funds to do that despite the recent estimate by his staff that he will have to cut the next budget by about $7 Million due to insufficient revenue.
If your child has dilapidated or missing textbooks or the County can’t repair your road, please attend County Council meeting next week and ask Mr. Pollitt’s representative, Sharon Morris, to explain why that bonus money can’t be better spent for those needs. And be sure to thank the Council members (except Ms. Hughes) who told Mr. Pollitt to forget about any more bonuses.
When Rick starts agitating once again to kill the tax revenue cap, remind him of his bonus play this year as well as those secret bonuses that he gave to a select group of County employees during his first term in office – and why the County still has a “public information officer.”
remember all this when the next election comes around.....
ReplyDeleteHow about this Joe, why don't those parents ask the schools why teachers haven't taken a pay cut like the rest of the county employees have for the last three years. The budget was balanced on those 600 employees backs so that the schools would not get cut as bad. But how about the teachers. They even got a raise the first year that the rest got cut. The boe needs to look within to find their money. I know of many businesses that are giving Christmas Bonuses. Why aren't you complaining about that? That money could be used instead to lower prices on something that you buy. Most people spend more money a year on their cable bill. Why not complain that comcast employees got raises this year and raised cable rates?
ReplyDeleteno sense of priorities
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ReplyDeleteWhen a private business gives a bonus it's the owner's money, not the taxpayers'. If you have a gripe with Comcast, don't do business with that firm.