And they voted to not put the county manager before the voters. The 3 remaining Republicans voted for it, 10 Democrats against, and 2 Democrats actually broke with the union line, er, I mean “party line” and voted for it. :tup: to two of you not being entirely in the union’s pocket.
I don’t really see the “union whipping boy” in that decision, since they’re increasing the pay of managers and there’s no mention of a union contract, but hey thanks for playing the “Try to get a dig in on unions every chance I get” game…I think it’s just bad politics and policy, and my boy Mark agrees with me.
:word: I bet Poloncarz gets this taken care of. He was the liaison to the college democrats @ Canisius 2 years ago when I was present and he’s pretty liberal himself, but this move is very Republican-like.
but since this is unions’ fault even though tey’re most likely non-union managers, does that mean tax cuts for management-level employees by republicans are union handouts too?
Union or not, the fact remains that giving raises when the county is facing the very real possibility of having to raise taxes again, is wrong. And the fact still remains that 10 out of 12 Democrats were on the wrong side of this vote, and 3 out of 3 of the Republicans were on the right side of it.
And as for the county manager, something that would have eliminated patronage and the voters wanted on the ballot this fall, 12 for 12 of the Democrats were on the wrong side, voting against putting it on the ballot at all. Republicans? Yep, 3 for 3 voted for it.
This county is a perfect example of why NYS is so fucked.
truth…if your yearly income doesn’t increase at least by the yearly inflation, you’re getting a pay cut…If you’re getting a paycut and you’re not quitting your job you need to re-evaluate your career choice. People should get a raise every year…not 20%, but at least inflation + 1 or 2%
Oh no, if we get that 71k back erie county will be saved! I’ll bet you complain when teachers get pay raises too, because they were incapable of teaching you common sense.
lol but its this 71k mix with the other 100k plus wasted here and that 50k dumped there…these do add up…this area is a place that I hate to love…it could be soooo nice but nope, ruined by greed like most of society
“She says the legislators were told if they didn’t give the raises those employees would leave. Locklear says let 'em go. “These are very good jobs there alot of good benefits that come with county jobs and I have the feeling that there are probably many qualified engineers out there community that would be willing to submit their resume if these people quit.” said Locklear.”
So engineers start sending in your resumes asking to do all the same work for 60K/yr
Reading some of these comments, like I originally said, this county is getting exactly what it deserves. If you’re too stupid to realize giving raises when the county is in the shape it’s in, especially to people who just got large raises last year, then you deserve to live in the highest taxed state in the country.
Just keep saying, “well it’s only another 71K”. That’s how this state got to be #1 in taxes, and the political apathy of the voters is guaranteed to keep it that way.