City Staffing: Puffing....the Art of Exaggeration?

Why do we need a Director AND a Program Manager, PLUS a Field Supervisor? Too top heavy (as usual) That's three supervisor/management people to oversee 5 people. That is unacceptable! And, exactly what does Teresa Jones do as a "Senior Admin. Assistant.....get the top three coffee and send out some E-Mails and call it a day? This is horsesh--!    Then, to add insult to injury, we have Judy Demonstenes as a "Secretary III". Why a need for Teresa Jones as part time, when you have Judy Demonstenes as full time doing admin. duties? Why the need for two admin. duty people in a department to support the other 6 people? Looks like government waste hiring two people to do the work that one could probably do if kept busy. Cut Adkins, dump his big salary and let Fuchs run the department. This kind of crap does not impress the citizens who are looking at city government waste and are listening to Gilleland cry that she has no money to run the city. Not enough cuts have been made Gilleland, judging by this department hierarchy.

I have been asking myself two  question,Why do they call to inform people that is on Section 8 there coming to inspect and Why they dont do drug test on people on it?I know of 3 people that are on it,havent worked a day in there life(Ages from 21 to 36)have people that live with them that arent suppose to be there,plus charge them to live with them.Seems to me if they just happen to pop up at the door it would solve a problem and get rid of the people that have been on the system to damn long.

While I am ranting they ought to drug test people that are on food stamps too.I got tested for my job,so why shouldnt the people that my taxes pay for have to have one too?

This may be a rhetoriacl question, but are there any actions which a group of concerned citizens can take that have an impact, while tabling those that don't? You aren't going to change Section 8, the city knows it has too much, and will attempt to get a handle on reducing the numbers. We all can speculate about the problems, including its impact on the schools, upon the retailer, upon the city and its reputation, but the city knows there is a problem. Is it possible to focus a group to make change happen in some meaningful manner? Or, is this a sounding board to project hostility that is doing nothing to effect my property value, yours, and the quality of life of citizens. The more visibility given constantly to HUD and section 8, simply illuminates to others, Middletown is not the place to be.  

Would it be possible to meet or discuss this in a private forum Mike. I can speculate on some Sunshine violations, and have more than my share of knowledge associated with actions and lack of proper procedural follow through in many areas, but I'm uncertain what your reference to be. There is no need to share it openly, but I can surmise some reference associated with MMF, which the caselaw would give guidance, funding (I like many, are completely lost on the HUD issues and view that as a Washington function as clueless as any that exist). I've read about recalls at 1500 signatures. I've read about pro bono efforts (only the ACLU would have any interest and probably one that wouldn't catch their attention), so I for one, would like to comprehend these actions, as I don't have enough knowledge to know who did what, when, where, how, and why.     

Would it be possible to meet or discuss this in a private forum Mike.

Certainly!!!  Monday and Friday evenings are bad for me, but just about any other time is fine.  Just let me know.

Sunshine is certainly one area, and should be a slam-dunk, but there are others.  Some of the others result in penalties that include the automatic removal from office, and that would be an admirable goal (at least in my view.)  Then citizen action could apply pressure for prosecution.

I won't share it openly only because I don't want to tip them off.  Generally speaking, there are actions of public officeholders (both elected and appointed) that are specifically either prohibited or mandated by the general laws of the State of Ohio, so there are both violations oc commission and omission.  Some may be criminal, many are not, but all have remedies.

Yes, as far as I know this sort of electioneering by public officials is still illegal!!!

I agree.  I have no idea how to proceed on any of these matters, other than to point out the obvious.

Both recalls and referendums are fairly straightforward procedural matters.  I really don't think we need an attorney for these.  However, it is more difficult to get 1,500 VALID signatures than many think.  Other keys to success this way are:  1) timing.  2)  picking the right issues.  3)  remembering what comes AFTER a recall (win or lose).