On Nov 20, 2003, at 12:42 PM, Kathy Seifert wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy]
Well said, Paul. This reminds me of a much earlier discussion that we had about civic involvement and how do we as a community or a nation encourage civic involvement and volunteerism.
Kathy Seifert
It looks like something I wrote two months ago comes into play.
Furthermore, I agree with the increase in council members compensation for many if the same reasons highlighted below.
Winona for a long time has had a nasty habit of allowing its compensation for labour fall behind that of others. A cut in council pay only further affirms this condition.
On Sep 25, 2003, at 5:44 PM, I wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy] On Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003, at 08:58 US/Central, Dwayne Voegeli wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy]
Bob, at the County Board meeting before last, I brought up cutting all per diem expenses for Commissioners. Marcia Ward agreed with me but we lost on a 3-2 vote. You're singing to the choir on this one. Please share your feedback with the other 3 Commissioners. I have also brought up the wage freeze proposal, starting with the Commissioners first. At best, that proposal saves about $200,000...a long ways from solving the bigger problem.
What kind of example does it set toward the private sector when commissioners do more work by trying to resolve budget issues caused by mainly external influences and make less for it. Does that seemingly justify the massive migration of jobs from North America to Central America or South Asia because compensation in these regions is lower, not to mention the lack of external costs such as environmental and safety standards?
The other commissioners did the right by holding their pay steady. Any action toward county commissioners' compensation should be directly in line with that of the employees. The plan that Ward and Voegeli supported clearly did not do that. Attempts to cut commissioners' compensation is nothing more than a political ploy designed to appeal to the minority that views paying taxes as an epidemic rivalling the bubonic plague in deadliness.
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David Dittmann
Did anyone at the crooked 'E' ever ask, " 'Why' is the 'E' in 'Enron' crooked?"
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