Comments on: Citizens’ Budget Panel Urges Cecil County Hiring Freeze, “Level” School Funds

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:02:44 +0000

Really? Seriously? The way you think is exactly the problem. No one said that the employees have an “employment for life” mentality; it’s folks like you and the elected officials who have that mentality. No leadership or guts to make the tough choices. Do you think that all of the private sector employees who lost their jobs over the last 5 years were slackers? They showed up to work everyday and did their job well too. When the economy tanked and the funds ran out so did their jobs. The government is the only employment entity that remains blind to the fact that the money is gone. We who are paying the bill (the taxpayer) expect the government to shrink accordingly.

To claim that I am uninformed because I believe that the County needs to live within its means, lower our taxes and shrink its size is the “ridiculous” statement. To think that the County could not do its job with a 30% smaller work force is really the “uniformed” opinion.

By: RuKidding

RuKidding — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:08:08 +0000

To suggest that the county cut 30% of its workforce is absolutely ridiculous. Clearly you have no concept of the amount of work that county employees do and the services they provide – all while being subjected to budget cuts, 3 years without raises and people such as yourself.

The idea that these employees have an “employment for life” mentality is simply ludicrous. The truth of the matter is that people are scared – they see layoffs at the schools, jobs going unfilled and being cut altogether. But, they show up for work every day and do their jobs well only to be met with uninformed comments such as yours. By the way, no, I am not a county employee.

By: Russ

Russ — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:42:43 +0000

How about a reduction in the size of the County workforce, not just a hiring freeze? A 30% reduction would go along way in getting our fiscal house in order, and we wouldn’t even notice the difference in service delivery. Our County has become just like the State: unwilling to make the tough decisions by adopting an “employment for life” mentality on the taxpayers backs. We just can’t afford it anymore.