Posted on 08/07/2013 5:30:57 AM PDT by MichCapCon
Unions lie, even to themselves.
It’s simple. Do what Governor Scott did in Florida. He had every employee write down what they did. Astonishingly, quite a few couldn’t. Some of these were in highly compensated positions. Scott fired them. (The employee I got this from was caught between outrage that he had to describe his job and glee that several of his many superiors were now gone.)
Part of the problem is the complete and utter corruption that permeates the whole city. Everybody has their own scam going on and nobody knows the truth.
So, what's difference if Detroit screams that it has to furlough police officers but CANNOT tell us how many there are on the books?!
“But I’ve got people skills!!!” /OfficeSpace
We tried passing a law that would allow the emergency manager to fire people at will (Including city council members). Unfortunately we’re stuck with the old emergency manager law.
The emergency manager for the Detroit public schools was far more effective. He stopped mailing checks to school employees and made them come take the checks from his hand. He found nearly 300 employees who didn’t exist but were getting paychecks.
Something in this math equation doesn’t figure. Only one-third are street cops? I’d go and fire half of the other guys overnight, or give them the choice of pulling street duty.
Charlie LeDuff just posted this a few minutes ago. Detroit gives the mayor a 20 cop protection force. Fortunately the new police chief came from outside and is cutting the force. I personally think 2 for the mayor would be plenty. Kevyn Orr on the other hand probably needs the protection.
The current situation of Detroit makes the Robocop series all too realistic
Did he bring in the Bobs?
Sooooo,
Is the Detroit police dept. killing young black boys on purpose like the Chicago police are?
How many Robocops does the city need? 10? 20? 50?
How many red-head babe girlfriends does a Robocop require and, more importantly, what about the race issue?
How many African American Robocops are required as opposed to Caucasian Robocops? What is a “fair” ratio?
The DPD must be an equal opportunity Robocop employer...
What they are good at doing is:
1. Spending money
2. Screaming racism at the top of their lungs
3. Stealing
4. Lying
5. Supporting Obama and other Democrats.
Amazing. I am required to write detailed plans of how I am to spend every minute of every workday, and have them ready anytime my boss wants to look at them. And so are everyone of my colleagues. And the cops can’t report a summary of their day?
Solve all of Detroit’s crime. Layoff the entire police force. Hire a couple of bounty hunters...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBfSbdAC-3k
Marion Shepilov Barry ran DC the same way. At his worst it was determined that NO ONE knew or could figure out how many people worked for the city. When he came to office, Dave Bing had all Detroit teachers come to his office to personally sign for their checks. Not surprisingly some - not many - but some were never picked up. Those checks had been cashed in the past, but no one wanted to be seen personally stealing them. Of course the matter was dropped for fear of union trouble.
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