tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post8259323699906187933..comments2023-06-05T11:00:03.268-04:00Comments on Welcome to Ward 5 Online: Confirmation of Appointments to Interview Police Chief Nominee David FallonWard Fivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17778842318441687936noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-48048051125419155322014-09-04T08:07:32.629-04:002014-09-04T08:07:32.629-04:00I would venture a guess that more than half of the...I would venture a guess that more than half of the working people in Somerville earn less than fifty thousand dollars a year.<br />Paying a consultant (needlessly) fifty thousand dollars was absolutely absurd.<br /><br />Another example of a waste of taxpayer money.<br />The Somerville Journal, a few weeks ago, reported that some city employees were paid a cumulative total of approximately seventy-seven thousand dollars in fiscal year 2014, for perfect attendance.<br /><br />Gotta believe, some, if not many, were absent from their jobs one day or more, but were not recorded as being absent.<br />Just a rip-off of tax payers money.<br /><br />Also, many are paid a very good salary <br />to be at their jobs. <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-4071080890087367212014-09-03T15:29:12.286-04:002014-09-03T15:29:12.286-04:00$50,000 taxpayer's money wasted here, $50,000 ...$50,000 taxpayer's money wasted here, $50,000 wasted there, and elsewhere, pretty soon it amounts to quite a bit of "change."<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-63836610032996197882014-09-02T18:01:33.998-04:002014-09-02T18:01:33.998-04:00The State Police and all the military promotes fro...The State Police and all the military promotes from within their ranks; and I believe Somerville Fire does also.<br /><br />And too many times when Somerville went "outside" the ranks and the city for a Police Chief, some resigned before their contract was up.<br /><br />Let's stop the foolishnes, the time, the wasted time. energy, and taxpayer dollors.<br /><br />We don't need a consultant @ $50,000.00 for promoting the likes of Chief Fallon.<br />He knows the city,the problem areas, and all who will be serving under his command from the get-go!<br /><br />Same goes for the other Somerville Officers who were in the running for chief.<br /><br />No, I am not a police officer or in any way on the city payroll.<br /><br />Just a concerned taxpayer and citizen; but invite any replies (good, bad, or indifferent) as to my thinking on the subject.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-63795456497418889532014-09-02T16:27:10.938-04:002014-09-02T16:27:10.938-04:00Absolutely agree with the above comment. Absolutely agree with the above comment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4495259053695893001.post-21798016874085712812014-09-02T08:08:04.788-04:002014-09-02T08:08:04.788-04:00I can never understand why Somerville conducts a &...I can never understand why Somerville conducts a "world-wide search" for a police chief; complete with creating a committe, hiring a consultant at $50,000.OO and the entire process taking five or six months, when we have at least two or three qualified officers, who served as Acting Chiefs and/or Deputy Chiefs, all of whom came up through the ranks.<br /><br />In my opinion a complete waste of time and taxpayers money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com