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Originally Posted by Heaven
Her arrogance is appalling. I'm sure her personal success had many footsteps along a path built and paid for by others.
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Just to clear the air on this post....During the Selectman's meeting I was asking the Selectman to review the Town Employee's benefits and salaries. I have looked at them and I must say that they are better than most of the private sector. In addition they got raises every year throughout this economic down turn, absent the department heads who did not get raises last year. I mentioned the falling assessments as the towns revenue base and that in the private sector when we have falling revenue we usually freeze or cut wages and benefits. The Town Administrator Scott Dunn replied 'no town employee ownes two homes on Governor's Island'. This was his way of telling me that I had no right to complain and that I should just shut up and take it. My response was that my success and the success of any of my neighbors should not be an excuse to over pay the town employees. Like I have said in the past...they do not NEED the money they WANT it and take it by force through taxation.
With regards to my
preceived personal success. Heaven, I am a product of the public schools. I did not have weathly parents. I paid my way through college, married a guy with a similar background. We started a company (
www.futureplus.com) and have done fairly well. I challenge you to find the path that we followed that was paid for by others. Our company has had no banks, no bail outs, no TARP just hard work from us and our dedicated employees. We are the American Dream and we were fortunate enough to buy waterfront real estate on this beautiful lake. Never did I imagine it would have turned me into a property rights advocate (see
www.NHPropertyRights.com). We pay good wages and benefits to our employees. My question, Isn't this the kind of people you want to attract to your community?
Regards,
Ms Merge