10-22-2012, 12:55 PM
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Originally posted by Obie
Well Ken,
It's because the union got their jobs back because union rules were not followed.
I would be very happy if we had more people like our County Clerk!!
The employee who died was running a private business on county property.
I believe there may be allegations of copyright infringement too.
So you are happy with a Clerk who cannot read and follow a Union Contract bargained for and AGREED TO by the County of Hawaii and the Union?
In business, this is called ineptness.
So you would be OK if she had unilaterally given herself a 250,000 dollar a year raise too then?
There are rules - AGREED TO in writing with respect to these matters. They simply were not followed, when in fact, had a real violation of that Union Contract occurred there are ways and means to effect a proper disciplinary action, inclusive of and up to termination.
Because of that ineptness, we are now looking at a tab north of 2 million. Would you support an amendment that if you agree with the Clerk, your taxes will be increased to pay for the lawsuits whereas people like me who think the Clerk should be fired immediately as well as being held personally responsible for some if not all of this tab would get a credit on my taxes?
As for the sign printing issue, it looks to me that the evidence is very weak to say an actual for profit business was indeed being run out of the County Election Warehouse, however, I do agree there may have been the appearance of impropriety, which in business or politics is in and of itself indeed an impropriety. However, that worker has now unfortunately passed away. And, as is quite common when sheer ineptness rings its ugly bell with respect to politics – the County soon will be faced with a wrongful death lawsuit – which, at the minimum, will cost hundreds of thousands of tax payer dollars to defend.
And you support that style of management from our Clerk? And the elected people on this Council who allowed it? And the Chairman who either supported it or directed it?
I have to quote you Obie:
“WOW!” “REALLY?”