Comments for Clearlake considers tough budget choices at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:10:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13154 The Chief's Secretary entails much more than typing and answwering the phones. There are many things that keep the place running that only she knows how to do and does well. Like everything else about you clueless! I'd be a little more concerned about filling a dispatch position so that when someone does call and needs help, that call gets answered and an officer is assigned to that call. There's plenty of work to keep the Chief's secretary around and with a hugh savings to the city. What's the real reason here? - a guest Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:57:02 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13151 I am glad that our chief is out in the field instead of at the station answering phone calls. With our town already being short officers and maybe not filling a dispatch position, I would rather have the chiefs secretary answering phones and doing paper work, than the chief himself. If kd006 would have read the article closely he/she would realize there are no extra policw Lt toanswer phones and take messages. kd006 needs to stop being so defensive, this problem is not about you. These issues effect everyone in the city. - concerned parent Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:07:09 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13149 What do you not understand? Does our little podunk PD really need a chief's secratary? Just try and call the bozo and your intercepreted by either the secratary or one of the police LT's, is he so busy he can not talk to the public? How is this going to cost more money? Can't one of the dispatch people type up his memos and letters or can't they type? If so fire one or all of them! Get rid of Janine Lowe(sp) she is a waste of money and all I ever see her do is sit in her car and smoke cigarettes, funny seems she is the only town employee that can do that! Guest you must have a vested interest in the pay scale here in clearlake, otherwise you would not come off with such nonsense. Want to be the next to guess my ID, think I have a pretty good idea who you are! - kd006 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:38:56 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13148 Why of all the positions in the City of Clearlake is the Chief's Secretary position the one chosen to eliminate? Did I miss something here? I am sure that to replace that person will take more people with less experience and cost the City more money in the long run. Not to mention the dedication this person has brought to the job and the city for so many years. I can't believe it's even an option. There has to be another solution! - a guest Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:53:53 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13145 I find it sad that people are not willing to take a small cut in pay to save others jobs. If it was their job on the line I'm sure they would feel differently. Our town is better because of code enforcement, I cannot see the police having time to do the job efficiently as our current code enforcement. As it points out in the article that we are already short staffed when it comes to law enforcement. I hope when the issue is relooked at that the other employees will change their minds about a decision that could cost people their jobs. - concerned parent Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:26:18 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13144 Why, in the interest of saving money, Do the people who actually do the work get laid off? Should'nt those who sit around and think of things to do get the boot? They are the ones that would have a waisted position. Without workers, Why do we need to think about what has to be done? I say create a rental tax, or I should say enforce the ones that are already in place. If they were to collect the taxes that they should be getting from lakefront "parks" it would go a long way towards making our budget. Just because people live there year 'round shouldn't give them a pass. To help solve another problem, the city should tax heavily those who have more than one or two rentals. Not only would it promote home ownership, but it would help pay the code enforcement bill that these places acrue. Its funny how the things that made this city what it is today are still the things that keep us down. Nobody seems to realize it or care for that matter. - cale_page Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:12:42 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/9432/919/#comment-13142 being closer to the edge Clearlake is feeling the pinch first, a sign of things to come. The difference here is that the city put all it's commercial eggs in one basket (walmart), and there's several million dollars a year that leaves the city and heads-off to Arkansas permenately. Maybe they would have more cash if they hadn't bought the airport, remind me again, how many millions did that run and how many millions more will it take to regrade the land into usable condition? Now they don't have the cash to turn on a new traffic light, maybe if they hung a "walmart" sign from it (or just renamed the town "walmartville") they could get them to sponsor the operation of the light! - smurf Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:04:30 +0100