What should have been done a year ago, or two years ago, or five years ago, is finally going to happen today at City Hall — and all of it behind closed doors. Public excluded.
First, the Mayor and City Council members on the Executive Employee Relations
Committee will meet to discuss reopening employee contracts in the face of bankruptcy unless drastic measures are taken.
Then, the full City Council will go into closed session to take up the same issue followed by the Mayor meeting in private with department heads to tell them to fire 1,000 or more worker bees, the youngest and lowest-paid city workers with less than five years of city service.
Afterward, you can be sure you’ll hear how all those officials are victims of the economic downturn and doing their darndest best to avoid bankruptcy for the city and provide the same great service to you, their wonderful constituents they always have.
They are lying. They have failed in their sworn duties and have never done anything that isn’t for their own advantage or the advantage of the special interests who put them into office.
Here’s my take last night on NBC’s “The Filter with Fred Roggin” which is being re-broadcast at 11:30 a.m. this morning on Channel 4:
Our corrupt, incompetent leaders will finally have to face reality in order to avoid bankruptcy. Unfortunately, they will go on with their fat salaries,cars,and perks, sush as yoga classes, while young families will suffer. They should be prosecuted for a ponzi scheme and fraud.
Excellent show Ron!
I love the passion, but when you run B-roll of the state Senate Chamber under a discussion of city politics it kind of takes the edge off, y’know…
I also was amused to hear, Ron, that you are “the penultimate in what you do.” If this is your next-to-last act, what do you have planned for the curtain?
Wow, that show hit the mark – just the right timing, well spoken guests, interesting topics.