Neal Krasnoff writes: >>> The city is eliminating a lower-paid engineering >>> position to create the Snow Boss job.
>>Eliminated an ENGINEER'S job? Someone who actually does productive >>work? What the hell do we need another upper management bureaucrat >>for? At a salary of $94,119 plus benefits? Isn't there SOMEONE in the >>City >>DOT that is capable of this job without displacing an engineer? After seeing how badly MN-DOT is doing clearing our highways, I'd ask that the state think about doing the same thing. >>Let me try to understand this idiocy: a public official comes back >>from a...a...a...Snow Conference...A SNOW CONFERENCE...and requests >>the City >>Council to create a job for which no job description is written, no >>duties are specified, and to whom no authority is given...yet - >>except >>that he or she will be paid from $94,119 to $104,026 a year. >> >>Hey Klara - how much did I pay for you to go to a Snow Conference? I always find it amusing that folks who complain about gov't officials attending various conferences also complain (at other points of time) that those same gov't officials don't identify "best practices" that work in other locations. Seems to me that conferences like these afford those gov't officials the ability to discover best practices. Of course, taking shots at gov't officials wouldn't be nearly as much fun to let a few facts interfere with the shooting. Rick Mons Tanglewood neighborhood of Shoreview REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
