Pending State Layoffs

[jmen24]

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

Just where is SAMIAN coming from anyway. Did he have a state government job at one time and knows first hand what they do?

I do not know whether he worked in the state or not, my comment was in regard to running a private business compared to how the state runs. For all I know SAMIAM could be going in a different direction than I am thinking. I should have written "I think" I know where he is coming from!

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

Just what DMV do you go to? Every time I go there, it doesn’t take long at all.

Your right, The DMV in Concord is a joke, granted the one I use NOW in West Leb is not usually busy.

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

Please, stop blowing your own horn all the time. How do you know what each worker is doing by just passing by?

Why, am I making you, your company or previous work history look bad? A spade is spade and when someone wants you to stop talking about how you perform your job, it typically means you are out performing them. And honestly, other than my ad in the classified section, I have not told anyone that they should use my company, I have mostly offered advice to the folks here that gives them an idea of what to expect when dealing with a contractor or perform a repair on their own property. Call us up, the information is in the ad, do not tell who you are and have us do work for you, don't take my word for it, see for yourself.


I travel up and down 89 to various jobs in the area. Just last week I traveled past a state crew reworking a section of guardrail at 8:30am with four guys standing behind the truck and one guy unbolting a post and the other digging around a broken post. Drive back by (other direction now) at 1:00pm and only half (3-maybe 4) of the broken posts have been replaced. Drive back by the next morning and construction barrels are set in front of the area because they could not finish the replacement of 30 feet of guardrail in one day. That tells me that efficiency is not high on the list. See when you are not working with a fixed quote to perform your work it really does not matter how long it takes you, but when you do, as in the private sector efficiency matters! But again you are right, I do not know what each specific persons task was as I drove by.

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

Not run like a business? Please tell me how they can improve so that they run their business just like you do.

How about working from a pool of money that you are going to get, not what you would like to get. Not much in the of competition out there for the state, so why reduce overhead, why reduce burden, why reduce cost, because you will still be in business tomorrow if you are the state.

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

Have you not been watching TV and seen all of the private sector people talking about how this has hurt them. They are on almost everyday.

Well I do not watch TV everyday so you may be right on that one.

By the way, I am enjoying "the new sheriff in town" tone you provide in your posts.

[Ropetow]

The budget mess can be blamed on many, but Gov. Lynch bears the ultimate responsibility. He was the one that allowed his comrades in the Democratic majority to dramatically increase the state budget to fund social welfare programs, even last spring when everyone knew the economy was bad and the folks were hurting. With his overwhelming popularity since being elected, he could have told his fellow Dems "NO!" to their drunken-sailor (apologies to all real drunken sailors) taxing and spending ways. Knowing that we had a huge hole in the budget, he could have and should have implemented layoffs, furloughs, etc. long ago, just as the private sector would have done. I'm on our local School Board and I know that hard choices will have to be made this spring. Show some real leadership, Gov. Lynch! I'm so disgusted by what's happening in Concord that I am tempted to run for State Rep. At least I will bring one voice for fiscal responsibility to Concord (and a vote for allowing the Marine Patrol to do its job of safety enforcement and not worry about unenforceable speed limits!).

[Yosemite Sam]

Originally Posted by Ropetow

The budget mess can be blamed on many, but Gov. Lynch bears the ultimate responsibility. He was the one that allowed his comrades in the Democratic majority to dramatically increase the state budget to fund social welfare programs, even last spring when everyone knew the economy was bad and the folks were hurting. With his overwhelming popularity since being elected, he could have told his fellow Dems "NO!" to their drunken-sailor (apologies to all real drunken sailors) taxing and spending ways. Knowing that we had a huge hole in the budget, he could have and should have implemented layoffs, furloughs, etc. long ago, just as the private sector would have done. I'm on our local School Board and I know that hard choices will have to be made this spring. Show some real leadership, Gov. Lynch! I'm so disgusted by what's happening in Concord that I am tempted to run for State Rep. At least I will bring one voice for fiscal responsibility to Concord (and a vote for allowing the Marine Patrol to do its job of safety enforcement and not worry about unenforceable speed limits!).

Page right out of the old "Political Handbook"

[Yosemite Sam]

Originally Posted by jmen24

I do not know whether he worked in the state or not, my comment was in regard to running a private business compared to how the state runs. For all I know SAMIAM could be going in a different direction than I am thinking. I should have written "I think" I know where he is coming from!



Your right, The DMV in Concord is a joke, granted the one I use NOW in West Leb is not usually busy.


Why, am I making you, your company or previous work history look bad? A spade is spade and when someone wants you to stop talking about how you perform your job, it typically means you are out performing them. And honestly, other than my ad in the classified section, I have not told anyone that they should use my company, I have mostly offered advice to the folks here that gives them an idea of what to expect when dealing with a contractor or perform a repair on their own property. Call us up, the information is in the ad, do not tell who you are and have us do work for you, don't take my word for it, see for yourself.


I travel up and down 89 to various jobs in the area. Just last week I traveled past a state crew reworking a section of guardrail at 8:30am with four guys standing behind the truck and one guy unbolting a post and the other digging around a broken post. Drive back by (other direction now) at 1:00pm and only half (3-maybe 4) of the broken posts have been replaced. Drive back by the next morning and construction barrels are set in front of the area because they could not finish the replacement of 30 feet of guardrail in one day. That tells me that efficiency is not high on the list. See when you are not working with a fixed quote to perform your work it really does not matter how long it takes you, but when you do, as in the private sector efficiency matters! But again you are right, I do not know what each specific persons task was as I drove by.


How about working from a pool of money that you are going to get, not what you would like to get. Not much in the of competition out there for the state, so why reduce overhead, why reduce burden, why reduce cost, because you will still be in business tomorrow if you are the state.


Well I do not watch TV everyday so you may be right on that one.

By the way, I am enjoying "the new sheriff in town" tone you provide in your posts.

Thank you, I can't find fault with any of your responses.
Good job!