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WELL HERE WE GO AGAIN! ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REACH OUT TO OFFICERS AND INSTEAD OF THANKS, HE GETS VILIFIED BY ANONYMOUS COWARDS! THEY USE SUCH MUNDANE NAMES AS "GUEST6" AND "ANTI676". TO THEM I SAY, DO EVERYONE WHO HAS THE COURAGE TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON THIS FORUM A FAVOR. IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A COWARD, AT LEAST TRY AND BE A CLEVER ONE!
I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 11YRS. AND HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW MCDONOUGH, DONOHUE, LEONE AND DAVIS PRETTY WELL. MCDONOUGH HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAS BEEN IN NUMEROUS SUPERVISORS OFFICES RIGHT UP THE CHAIN. HE HAS BEEN IN THERE TO FIGHT FOR OFFICERS AND TO MAKE SURE THEY GET TREATED FAIRLY. DONOHUE AND LEONE ARE RELATIVELY NEW TO THE BOARD BUT HAVE REPRESENTED AND ASISSTED SEVERAL OFFICERS IN THEIR SHORT TIME AS REP.'S. DAVIS IS A SGT. WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO BE A REP. HOWEVER, I THINK IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND AN OFFICER WHO FEELS THAT DAVIS HAS NOT ALWAYS TREATED OFFICERS FAIRLY AND WITH RESPECT.
AS FAR AS THE CONTRACT IS CONCERNED, LT. BAMFORD AND JOHN STOKES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL OF THE PAST NEGOTIATIONS. THE CURRENT CONTRACT WAS GOOD FOR IT'S TIME AND I'M SURE THEY WILL NEGOTIATE ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT IS GOOD FOR THE FUTURE. OFFICERS ARE LEAVING OTHER AGENCIES TO COME TO DAVIE WHICH SHOULD BE AN INDICATION THAT IT IS A GOOD CONTRACT FOR THE AREA. OTHER OFFICERS ARE LEAVING DUE TO COST OF LIVING. BUT THEY ARE LEAVING TO ANOTHER PART OF THE STATE AND NOT ANOTHER LOCAL AGENCY.
IN RESPONSE TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: I HAVE SEEN THE VARIOUS LEGAL DIFFICULTIES THAT OFFICERS HERE HAVE BEEN INVOVED IN. THEREFORE I UNDERSTAND HOW LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS A VALID CONCERN OF OFFICERS. IF THIS IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUR CONCERNS THEN BY BY ALL MEANS DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS BEST FOR YOU. IF IT MEANS JOINING THE PBA AS WELL, THEN GO AHEAD AND JOIN. HOWEVER, THE CONTRACT WILL EFFECT MORE PEOPLE AND THE FOP WILL NEGOTIATE A BENEFITIAL ONE FOR OFFICERS. UNTIL THAT CONTRACT IS COMPLETED AND PRESENTED TO MEMBERS, IT WOULD BEHOOVE US NOT TO COMMENT ANY MORE ABOUT IT.
IN REGARDS TO MORALE, I UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS NOT AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, SO TO SPEAK. HOWEVER, THIS IS MY WORK LAPTOP AND I WILL RESPECTFULLY NOT MAKE ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS TOWARDS ANY OF THE CAUSES OF THE LOW MORALE.

IN RESPONSE TO GENE'S POST JUSTIFYING FAVORITISM BY SAYING THAT IT OCCURRS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL. WOMEN ARE OFTEN PAID LESS THAN MEN IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. USING THAT LOGIC, SHOULD THEY BE PAID LESS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AS WELL? OF COURSE NOT! IT IS WRONG IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND WOULD BE WRONG IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. PEOPLE SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY ACROSS THE BOARD IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, RACE, SEX ETC. THAT IS ALL OFFICERS ARE ASKING FOR IN THEIR COMMENTS ON THIS FORUM. FAVORITISM IS EQUIVALENT TO DISCRIMINATION WHICH IS ILLEGAL IN THIS FREE WORLD, THOUGH I DON'T KNOW ABOUT NEVER NEVERLAND. FAVORITISM SHOULD NEVER BE ACCEPTED JUST AS RACISM, SEXISM AND ANY OTHER ISM THAT PUTS A LESS QUALIFIED PERSON AHEAD OF A MORE QUALIFIED ONE BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE.

I THINK PEOPLE KNOW ME IN THIS DEPT. AS SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS HIS MIND. THE RECENT ATTACKS ON BOARD MEMBERS IS ON MY MIND. I AM NOT SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO GAIN FAVOR OR DISFAVOR WITH SUPERVISORS OR ANYONE ELSE. I COME IN, DO MY JOB AND MY BEST TO ENSURE THAT I AND EVERY OTHER OFFICER GOES HOME AT THE END OF THE NIGHT. I TRY AND HELP BREAK THE TENSION OF THIS JOB BY CRACKING JOKES. SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK I'M FUNNY, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. HOWEVER, THEY KNOW THAT MY INTENTIONS ARE GOOD AND THAT I ALWAYS SPEAK MY MIND OPENLY. I DO NOT COWARDLY HIDE BEHIND RATHER ILL FORMED PEN NAMES!

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hey josh who wrote this for you.

Your sister. :lol: