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Good morning
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Sungold:
Good Morning
Carl:
Hi Sunny
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ProducerBadBob:
You pass!
Sungold:
:)
Sungold:
One year ago we needed more police and firemen. We still need them
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Jarhead:
they don't care about saving money for law enforcement because they are already counting on and spending the sales tax increase they want voted in
Jarhead:
shouldn't there be a separate group of citizens that votes on pay raises
Jarhead:
an objective group
ProducerBadBob:
Well the argument could be made that you elect these people to carry out the will of the voters and if they do not you replace them.
ProducerBadBob:
They can be rotated out and try someone else.
ProducerBadBob:
Handing off decisions to a committee is already too common.
Jarhead:
but these elected officials take the opinions of the same city officials on all issues...what would change in this issue
Jarhead:
and the council counts on these group votes to stay in office
ProducerBadBob:
then the people need to take charge of the ballot and elect new officials who have the power to hire and fire said staff.
ProducerBadBob:
we have an average 18% turnout of the voter base...we deserve what we get IMO
Jarhead:
I agree Bob
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Sungold:
18% is ridiculous. So many folks complain all the time.
Sungold:
The most expensive part is the process which happens after the cameras have rolled
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Red:
someone needs to calculate the full expense of a 2.2% raise considering the growth of Pers exposure
Red:
for every .5% Pers missed on projected interest the exposure to the municipality grew 4%
Red:
they projected 7.5% and hit 2.25% you do the math on that
Red:
next year they have to hit 18% to fund....yeah right