Once again, Herbert misses the mark when
painting candidate
positions.
I did not say that the salary problem was
not urgent—that was Herbert’s subjective interpretation. I said that the core
problem of salaries appears to be overtime expenses which have to be handled
with better management, reclassifying some positions and systemic changes to
the way that we provide staff infill. I also indicated that broader
changes to contracts, pensions and how we determine what salary levels are appropriate
is a longer term project that will take time and cooperation with the state and
neighboring jurisdictions.
I do not believe that any candidate, no
matter how urgent they believe the problem to be, will resolve this issue on
their own nor very quickly. To believe otherwise is naïve. I do not
recall seeing magic wands in the hands of Philpott, Kazazian, Stepanian or Yousefian last night, and Bob hasn’t yet pulled one out of
his coat in the last 8 years on council.
I think that Herbert Molano
needs to start listening more closely at these events and perhaps take his
Bluetooth receiver out of his ear.
Michael Teahan