LETTER – A giant hole in the City bucket leaks a lot of money

Posted on December 21, 2023 in Feedback, Letters // 2 Comments

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Re: EDITORIAL – Stop complaining about the tax hike; the days of 2% are over

Dear armchair mayor. There is a giant hole in the bucket where all the money is leaking out. COK.

I am an equipment operator who worked for Highways and the same union for three years. So I know that you make three more dollars an hour if you are in a piece of equipment rather then a pickup. Which is why you see plow trucks on the North Shore doing nothing.

The cost to change blades on your wing plow and underbody is minimum $300 a blade. I know because that was part of my job. I have seen the waterworks truck sitting at McArthur Island at 3:20 with three guys sitting there texting.

KIM BAIER

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2 Comments on LETTER – A giant hole in the City bucket leaks a lot of money

Egg Shen // December 21, 2023 at 3:58 PM // Reply

It’s well known that municipal union workers park their vehicles and do nothing regularly.

Stop playing games with our money. How dare you vote in a double digit tax increase when your fiduciary oversight looks like a slice of Swiss cheese.

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Pierre // December 21, 2023 at 6:33 AM // Reply

I mentioned of similar situations for years, the wastefulness is in plain sight but somehow they all get rewarded even more.

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