http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/58 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 03:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/58#comment-140 Houblog » Blog Archive » The Last Oppressed Minority Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:08:09 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=58#comment-140 [...] . . . will be government employees, even after white males become respectable again. But with crap like this to drag us down, it’s easy to understand why one typical response is “Government is the final resting (literally) place for those who cannot make it in the private sector.” (I’m not naming the author of that comment, because I don’t want that person to feel I’m calling them out. Yet, anyway. :/ ) Which I’ve addressed this issue before. Somehow everyone keeps missing the part where the arbitrator pointed out (emphasis mine) : But an arbitrator has ruled that Department of Corrections policy mandated light discipline for a first time offense, not firing. . . The arbitrator said there were 10 similar cases with corrections employees and none was terminated. [...] [...] . . . will be government employees, even after white males become respectable again. But with crap like this to drag us down, it’s easy to understand why one typical response is “Government is the final resting (literally) place for those who cannot make it in the private sector.” (I’m not naming the author of that comment, because I don’t want that person to feel I’m calling them out. Yet, anyway. :/ ) Which I’ve addressed this issue before. Somehow everyone keeps missing the part where the arbitrator pointed out (emphasis mine) : But an arbitrator has ruled that Department of Corrections policy mandated light discipline for a first time offense, not firing. . . The arbitrator said there were 10 similar cases with corrections employees and none was terminated. [...]

]]> http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/58#comment-138 Houblog » Blog Archive » In The Mail Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:14:13 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=58#comment-138 [...] This mailer also included a URL to the Texas SEIU website, which has several articles dealing with Houston specifically, since we’re ground zero for their next big push. Of course that’s because the preconditions exist which make city employees ripe for recruitment, but that’s no one’s fault except the city’s leadership. [...] [...] This mailer also included a URL to the Texas SEIU website, which has several articles dealing with Houston specifically, since we’re ground zero for their next big push. Of course that’s because the preconditions exist which make city employees ripe for recruitment, but that’s no one’s fault except the city’s leadership. [...]

]]> http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/58#comment-118 Houblog.com » Blog Archive » The Numbers Game Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:27:49 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=58#comment-118 [...] In a previous article, I said our pension is nice, but it (and the health insurance costs) are strangling the city. We can’t offer the pay, and we can’t hire the help, because every dollar we spend now means more dollars into the pension fund in the future. If anything, Mayor White has been too timid in challenging the status quo. His best bet may be to lay all the facts and numbers on the table, and use his popularity as a weapon in a go-for-broke solution; increasing the front end pay, while decreasing the long-term pension obligations. [...] [...] In a previous article, I said our pension is nice, but it (and the health insurance costs) are strangling the city. We can’t offer the pay, and we can’t hire the help, because every dollar we spend now means more dollars into the pension fund in the future. If anything, Mayor White has been too timid in challenging the status quo. His best bet may be to lay all the facts and numbers on the table, and use his popularity as a weapon in a go-for-broke solution; increasing the front end pay, while decreasing the long-term pension obligations. [...]

]]> http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/58#comment-114 ubu Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:11:42 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=58#comment-114 You assume my sanity, sir. You assume my sanity, sir.

]]> http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/58#comment-109 DrHeinous Wed, 04 Jan 2006 17:43:10 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/?p=58#comment-109 I suppose it takes a certain kind of person. That sort of thing would drive me absolutely bonkers. I suppose it takes a certain kind of person. That sort of thing would drive me absolutely bonkers.

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