Comments on: In Case You Were Wondering

By: Robert-NW Side

Robert-NW Side — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:11:08 +0000

Wow!! WRTV News is reporting that most of the WTB refuses to speak to reporters concerning the vote on the raise.
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Odd that public SERVANTS are refusing to speak to the news concerning a matter of public (taxpayer) importance.
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6News also reports that most Citizens they spoke to were not aware of the proposed pay raise.

By: Jon G

Jon G — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:53:46 +0000

Are they doing it for the money or because they care about being a good civil servant. Not that they shouldn’t get paid but in these times that much of a raise? Remember Bart Peterson’s timing? How soon they forget.

By: JudgeNot

JudgeNot — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:10:33 +0000

c’mon. if you hadn’t received a pay raise in umpteen years, you would quit your job. these people work more hours than is reflected in the meeting times.

By: Robert-NW Side

Robert-NW Side — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:18:36 +0000

UPDATE:
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Looks like the group email that I sent went off into cyber-space.

How convenient.
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Your message has encountered delivery problems
to the following recipient(s):

rbclimited@comcast.net

Delivery failed
550 5.1.1 Account not available

No recipients were successfully delivered to.
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This is who I sent the message to:
lori@washtwp.org; david@washtwp.org; don@washtwp.org; mary@washtwp.org; jack@washtwp.org; joe@washtwp.org; maureen@washtwp.org; rbaker@washtwp.org

By: Robert-NW Side

Robert-NW Side — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:14:05 +0000

Amazing! Following is quoted from the WTB contact webpage:
http://www.washtwp.org/publiccontactlist.html
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“Committed to providing the best possible services and programs to the Washington Township citizens while being fiscally responsible.”
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“…while being fiscally responsible” ???
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I sent a message to all of them, urging them to step down if they don’t believe they are being paid enough. They are already being paid $550 per meeting.
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I guess that serving gratis, in the spirit of ‘giving something to the community’, is absent in Washington Township.

By: Concerned Taxpayer

Concerned Taxpayer — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:32:01 +0000

November 17th, 2008 at 2:30 pm.
Washington Twp also has a Chief of Staff paid just below $50,000 plus full coverage for insurance and a hefty retirement. She has no staff.

Part time Trustee making lots.

By: mike

mike — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:17:54 +0000

Hopefully I will be running for the Perry Board next time around. That was an issue of major proportion. As Long as the board is around I would hope to have a positive impact for the citizens. Time will tell, there is much to look at down here!

By: Jon G

Jon G — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:23:58 +0000

All they are doing is giving us another reason to get rid of township government.

By: Think Again

Think Again — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:56:35 +0000

Don’t lose focus: health insurance is only one part of this puzzle. The bigger piece is–their duties have decreased, in a budget-proportion ratio, by about 85%. Yet, theyn increase their pay by 65-70%.

They decreased their pay by some amount in 2007; they’ll llikely argue they’re trying to put it back where it was.

Logic is not their strong suit. This isn’t difficult.

By: veritas

veritas — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:43:55 +0000

The board members do not receive health insurance, but I believe all other township employees have their health insurance 100%paid.