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Dear Scal1024,

I believe you and I agree on the idea of paying newly hired employees a little less in order to protect the salaries and benefits of the existing people. Add to the equation the voluntary pension reform I stated above and I don't think you will need to ask for much, maybe nothing at all, from the unions that you have a clear and honest commitment to.

For example, when David LaPlante was fired, his replacement was offered $113,000 a year for a position that, in private industry, would pay far less. I asked "What was the School Committee's (SC) opening offer?" I was told $113,000. I have to wonder what would have happened if the SC offered $70,000.The new replacement would probably receive $90,000+- and since the taxpayers would have ended up paying less, the current employees would have less pressure to make concessions.

Happy Easter old friend.

Rick Corrente