LAYOFF 11 FIREFIGHTERS

heck might as well get rid of some more fire fighters so Adkins can fill city hall with just more BS!! he could hire like 10 more of these communications intern's to focus on improving the city’s image in the region and never put a dent on that image..  and adding  two assistant economic development directors and setting concrete goals for the department."how many more of these do you need to screw in a light bulb??

Public Safety Director?
Over police fire? though they have chiefs and unions--what power/control would he have?
Maybe assimilate the Health Dept.? Safety Council? Neighborhood Watch?
Housing?

Seems like a new home for higher wage double dippers?
If running our city gets considerably more expensive(with more layers/bodies of bureaucracy), how do we pay for it?

I have stated many times the problem in the beast called public wages and benefits in Middletown, has been the infliction of the union mentality, the influence of Armco/ AK unions, and entitlement, at Donham Abbey. While city management talk about cuts, talk about new ideas, innovation, new paradigms, alterations, thinking out of the box, nothing changes, because these same members of workers benefit from the same benefits. Its all talk, never action.

Hence, the double, triple dip, is the norm, and expected. Its a right of passage associated with retirement. It isn't going to change in Middletown, and it isn;t in corrupt Butler Cty. Its politics and cronyism at the norm. As it is, as it always be. But.....Middletown doesn;t need a Public Safety Officer. It needs revenue, which it is not receiving to keep up with expenses. Simple.

I had a friend who recently shared some insight about the land bank in Butler Cty and how it is working to reward friends. Evidently, the county bought Todd Bell's parents house, which is next door to the Nenni younger brother. He said he got West Niles virus from the old house Neil Barielle owned with a stagnant swimming pool in ground. The city with Mr. Adkins support, went in and tore out the swimming pool. Since the equipment was there, they moved down the street to the Bell's and tore down their house, vacated for a few years, and by faking it needed a new roof and all sorts of expensive repair so no one would bid on it. It was bought by the county for 63,000. in a neighborhood of $200,000 + houses, so the Nenni's would have the land for $500.

That;s how the county and city work, using state money, to do favors for friends.  House is destroyed for a parking spot for a family. Surreal.

Middletown will not change, and the leadership is not the same as it has been. Same people running the town into the ground, taking money for wasted use, new jobs for second and third dippers, and most just yawn.

Ground Hog daily, in the town falling deeper into despair while shouting we are on the road to recovery, we are marvelous. As the Burger King commercial used to say, "have it your way". Watch it become Detroit, and wonder why. There is no change, business as usual.    

 

Friends .....with benefits.

Attend the right school, F, drink wine, and dine, and get a nice perk

FWB- Friends with Benefits....this is how it is done.

He wants to get that big bonus at the end of the year they promised him if he delivers. The jobs being created are all in city building.IMO

public Safety dee-rector requirements for the city require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting and to walk, stand, or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to operate a vehicle to travel to various locations; to get snacks and lunch and to wait on quitting time...