Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Money To Burn

A 62 million dollar budget. No layoffs. The maximum allowed increase in the tax levy. A 2.4 million dollar tax hike. Half a million more in spending. "Modest" raises for several years.
The rest of the world is in a recession. People are losing jobs or taking pay cuts and losing benefits. But not in Teaneck. We're going to keep the bloated bureaucracy just as bloated as it ever was.
The proposed layoffs are out the window. Our spendthrift mayor is willing to hand out raises to Teaneck's employees. What do the employees have to sacrifice? Maybe rolling back larger raises to take smaller ones. No givebacks, no productivity increases, nothing!
Looks like Feit fiddles while Teaneck burns. Who ever thought I'd agree with Monica on this one?
And now that William Broughton is officially the township manager, I'd think he'd be taking over the negotiations with the unions. Not so. We're going to keep Interim Manager Greg Fehrenbach on the payroll. Why? Because it would be "challenging" for Broughton to take over midstream. If Broughton can't even handle the job from Day One, imagine what kind of trouble Teaneck is going to be in on Day One Hundred.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

THATS UNFAIR AND NOT CALLED FOR.
WE ARE IN BETTER HANDS NOW THAN IN MANY YEARS...

Anonymous said...

Whose hands are you talking about???

Anonymous said...

CERTAINLY NOT MAYOR ROMANS

Anonymous said...

FIRE THE LOT OF THEM and replace with non-unionized workers.