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I think the three of us are of the same mind, and want good and proper municipal government. And I don't think anyone disrespected the majority of city employees who work hard to provide us services.
The issue is leadership, and what those in leadership do with their power. We even got into why there are problems there, lack of voter oversight, intrusion of special interest power.
Sorry Raven, you are brilliant and well informed. I only with I could make the case that you do and apply citations. But in this case you may be going after Bob for the wrong reasons. If someone with his position on governance wants into the public sector I am all for it. And if he isn't, as you seem to imply, attacking current council members because he may have an opportunity to apply his values in our government, now that Avedisian has moved on, great.
I do not agree that he should be 'outing' your identity or implying you 'benefit from a corrupt system' because that impugnes the good people inside any bad system, and they are our only hope. And we should respect your choice for anonymity, nor do I agree that you should dig up elements of his bio and try and paint him as attempting to cash in somehow. We can only hope that both of you with your similar values can contribute to improving these issues in our public sector.
Finally, I really liked these words from Cushman:
It means wanting a better educational system for our children.
It means wanting better social service programs for the elderly and those in need.
It means wanting better roads and infrastructure.
It means redirecting our limited resources on current city employees who are performing these services today rather than spending almost 50 cents of every new tax dollars collected on past employees who performed services in the past.
And it also means being fair to retired employees by providing reasonable retirement packages that are sustainable without bankrupting all other city and educational programs and services
WHO CAN ARGUE WITH ANY OF THAT?
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