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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
Worth watching, GBGirl. In Meredith recently, town employees were angry because selectrmen asked them to forgo their cost of living raise due to the bad economy so they stacked the town meeting with family and friends and voted themselves a raise at taxpayers expense.
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Well, good for them. To me, it just seems unfair to ask a town employee to give up a negotiated raise so that taxpayers, on an individual basis, can save a small fraction of that amount. The employee gets hurt way more than the taxpayer would. Besides, if the economy was instead roaring along, would the selectmen and taxpayers be offering the employees a bonus or would they insist that the contract be honored? I think we all know the answer to that question.
01-05-2010, 02:00 PM
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