Comments on: Bonus Score: Three Methods http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/167 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 02:48:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: ubu http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/167#comment-178 ubu Wed, 22 Feb 2006 05:10:29 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=167#comment-178 I'm definately not taking the other end of that bet. That's what I've been saying too. As for the computers though, I don't see an issue. Yank the hard drives, then hand the boxes back. Review at lesiure. Whomever handles IT for the council offices would have to replace the HD's, reload all the software, and reset all the network/e-mail crap. Four systems, a few hours max for a top-notch properly set up staff dedicated to rolling out systems. Even generalists without all the right tools shouldn't take more than a day or two. :-) I’m definately not taking the other end of that bet. That’s what I’ve been saying too.

As for the computers though, I don’t see an issue. Yank the hard drives, then hand the boxes back. Review at lesiure. Whomever handles IT for the council offices would have to replace the HD’s, reload all the software, and reset all the network/e-mail crap. Four systems, a few hours max for a top-notch properly set up staff dedicated to rolling out systems. Even generalists without all the right tools shouldn’t take more than a day or two. :-)

]]> By: CityWorker http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/167#comment-177 CityWorker Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:19:22 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=167#comment-177 Why are there never any hard questions asked by local reporters? Why arent open records requests being made for all the documents from Alverado's office and the MPT office? Why were only the computers from the MPT's office seized- and not Alverado's herself? I heard they never touched her office. There's got to be more paper trails out there! If they are actually doing a full investigation into this, I don't see how the computers they did seize were returned the next day by the OIG Department as reported by the Chronicle? "workers using computers with OIG department tags on them", or something to that effect. How thorough can that be??? It seems that as Alverado said, something stinks here. And it does. I smell coverup. Why arent reporters talking to those doing the investigation at the OIG Department to get some insight into what's going on? Word is that the Mayor and others at higher levels are controlling what is looked at and who is investigated (safeguarding Alverado). Don't talk to the bosses- talk to the workers doing the work....dig a little. Talk to the payroll clerks and others processing paperwork. We have always had WEAK journalists here in Houston when it comes to questioning city hall or political "leaders". No one will ask hard questions or dig a little. Remember that Mayor Brown wrote himself and his staff "blank checks" and walked out the door with impunity? No questions of any substance asked by reporters. The reality is that bonuses have been handed-out like candy to council staff. It was so commonplace that who could expect anyone to question it after that long? I assume that this all will be swept under the rug.... scapegoats will be named and Alverado will walk. Who's laying odds? Why are there never any hard questions asked by local reporters? Why arent open records requests being made for all the documents from Alverado’s office and the MPT office? Why were only the computers from the MPT’s office seized- and not Alverado’s herself? I heard they never touched her office. There’s got to be more paper trails out there! If they are actually doing a full investigation into this, I don’t see how the computers they did seize were returned the next day by the OIG Department as reported by the Chronicle? “workers using computers with OIG department tags on them”, or something to that effect. How thorough can that be??? It seems that as Alverado said, something stinks here. And it does. I smell coverup. Why arent reporters talking to those doing the investigation at the OIG Department to get some insight into what’s going on? Word is that the Mayor and others at higher levels are controlling what is looked at and who is investigated (safeguarding Alverado). Don’t talk to the bosses- talk to the workers doing the work….dig a little. Talk to the payroll clerks and others processing paperwork. We have always had WEAK journalists here in Houston when it comes to questioning city hall or political “leaders”. No one will ask hard questions or dig a little. Remember that Mayor Brown wrote himself and his staff “blank checks” and walked out the door with impunity? No questions of any substance asked by reporters. The reality is that bonuses have been handed-out like candy to council staff. It was so commonplace that who could expect anyone to question it after that long? I assume that this all will be swept under the rug…. scapegoats will be named and Alverado will walk. Who’s laying odds?

]]> By: Innkeeper49 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/167#comment-173 Innkeeper49 Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:50:54 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=167#comment-173 Well the further you dig in to this pile of dung the smellier it gets. Well the further you dig in to this pile of dung the smellier it gets.

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