To Mayor Mallory, City Manager Dohoney, and Council members Cole, Harris, Crowley, Thomas, and Qualls:
Today I am ashamed of my City Council for doing today something that they could have done weeks ago. When the unions were first asked to take furloughs to save jobs, they might have responded positively had they been told exactly what those furloughs would have bought. Did it not occur to you that asking someone to pay that you had to offer something specific in return for the sacrifice you were asking the unions to make? Doing it today, after many employees have already turned in their equipment, is too little, too late.
However, the real issues have still not been addressed. The profligate spending over the years of this and past City Councils is the root cause of the mess we’re all in. Your inability to face the real problem, that there are too many non-necessities in the budget, is shameful. Your inaction has let this drag on for way too long, and now the citizens are paying the price.
The first duty of government is to provide for the safety of its citizens.
Its duty is not to provide take home cars, bloated administrative staff for Council, duplicate dispatch systems for the Police and Fire Departments, free weekly recycling and trash pickup, separate payroll systems for the City and the Police Department. Its duty is not to be paid salaries for part-time work that most citizens would be thrilled to receive for full-time work. In times of crisis, drastic measures are needed in order that a government can continue to provide basic services – the necessities.
It is important to remember that WANTS do not equal NEEDS.
I am proud of my adopted City of Cincinnati. I am ashamed of its government.
To Council members Berding, Monzel, Bortz and Ghiz:
Thank you for your efforts. I am sorry that your sensible efforts were unsuccessful.
Sincerely,
Today I am ashamed of my City Council for doing today something that they could have done weeks ago. When the unions were first asked to take furloughs to save jobs, they might have responded positively had they been told exactly what those furloughs would have bought. Did it not occur to you that asking someone to pay that you had to offer something specific in return for the sacrifice you were asking the unions to make? Doing it today, after many employees have already turned in their equipment, is too little, too late.
However, the real issues have still not been addressed. The profligate spending over the years of this and past City Councils is the root cause of the mess we’re all in. Your inability to face the real problem, that there are too many non-necessities in the budget, is shameful. Your inaction has let this drag on for way too long, and now the citizens are paying the price.
The first duty of government is to provide for the safety of its citizens.
Its duty is not to provide take home cars, bloated administrative staff for Council, duplicate dispatch systems for the Police and Fire Departments, free weekly recycling and trash pickup, separate payroll systems for the City and the Police Department. Its duty is not to be paid salaries for part-time work that most citizens would be thrilled to receive for full-time work. In times of crisis, drastic measures are needed in order that a government can continue to provide basic services – the necessities.
It is important to remember that WANTS do not equal NEEDS.
I am proud of my adopted City of Cincinnati. I am ashamed of its government.
To Council members Berding, Monzel, Bortz and Ghiz:
Thank you for your efforts. I am sorry that your sensible efforts were unsuccessful.
Sincerely,
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