In his typical fluffy style, Chamber Cheerleader Caraway of the Morning Snooze, tries to make it sound more appealing by saying the money is mostly going to police and firefighters. Who wouldn't want to give our men and women in uniform a bonus or a raise? The reality is the $294,000 bonus money is NOT going mostly to police and firefighters. Attorneys, judges and our beloved code enforcement officers will all be collecting a check too.
Everyone likes to feel appreciated and most people deserve to get a bonus once in a while, but when I look around Springdale, I don't feel quite so generous.
I would urge the hard-working employees of the City of Springdale to start questioning where their pay raise was really spent.
(The back door of Springdale's Code Enforcement)
Funny how all the Captains at the Police Department got raises at the beginning of the year when the city "didn't have any money" for anyone else and they had $380,000 to buy land for a bike trail. Take a look around Springdale sometime- is there ANYWHERE in that town you would want to ride your bike??
ReplyDeleteAnd WHERE did the money come from to remodel the Mayor's bathroom to make it more "befitting a Mayor"??
Does this mean the city council members (like Jeff Watson) who consider themselves a full-time employee just enough to mooch off the taxpayer funded city health insurance plan will get an "employee" bonus too?
ReplyDeleteThe mayor has his own bathroom?
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean the city council members (like Jeff Watson) who consider themselves a full-time employee just enough to mooch off the taxpayer GravyTrainBingo
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