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Albany is mismanaged and corrupt. Of that, I am certain. However, why do people think that tossing money at our problems will fix things? Having Albany toss money at Brentwood does not fix the fact that the current employment conditions there are unsustainable. They cannot pay these salaries, with these benefits, and these huge pensions.
As baby boomers age and live longer, we will effectively be paying for at least TWO teaching forces at the same time. One will be in our schools. The other will be in Florida.
Unions can only survive as long as the goose continues to lay the Golden Egg. That time is running out.
True.
With that being said wouldn't the ones in our schools have effectively been taught by those others in Florida?
That is absolutely correct, without getting school board members who are responsible for the approval of the teachers and superintendents contracts its difficult to accomplish anything since their salaries and benfits comprise 70-80% of the budget. Most of the budget hearings are this week and next, residents need to voice there opinions now.
My opinion is made up already... one example......the head of the Gym dept makes $1027. a DAY!
Anyone notice the declining enrollment in most of those schools, yet an increase in budget? Like I said in another thread, we're hemmoraging our young people and pretty soon all these teachers, cops, and town management will have no one to teach, police, or manage.
It's always amazed me, that when a school budget is voted down, the folks voting down the budget will re-elect the school board trustees that put this budget before the public for a vote!
The first vote on next year's budget is this year's vote for school board trustee.
It is strange, why do you think that happens Walter?
Anyone notice the declining enrollment in most of those schools, yet an increase in budget? Like I said in another thread, we're hemmoraging our young people and pretty soon all these teachers, cops, and town management will have no one to teach, police, or manage.
Sure they will - they can teach golf at the public country golf courses to the retirees of the LIRR, the police can play traffic cop to all the golf carts and the town management will manage all the illegal gardeners on the golf courses.
It is strange, why do you think that happens Walter?
As has been suggested, "THIS is why being fully informed is key, no?"
Most of those who do vote (the total vote is typically only about 5% to 7% of those eligible to vote) are not knowledgeable about how a budget is prepared and what it represents and that the first vote on the next year's budget is this year's vote for the school board trustee.
Walter, I always picture you to resemble obi wan kenobi, am i close?
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