ISSUES WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO JUST YET...

Having this funeral this morning as it is 2:30 AM and I'm having trouble sleeping, I thought I might pass some things along cluttering up my list of things to do (which people have asked me to address).

1. No, I do not feel the Police should get 4% raise and the rest of the City employees get a 3% raise. As a member of the local FOP and the State FOP and my uncle retired from the force in Ashland and my other uncle past Greenup County Sheriff, you have to know it's nothing personal.

Personally, I feel with 80% of the budget already going there (and the other 20% in Redevelopment what with tax abatements and TIFS); and taxpayers requests about use of police cars out of the City not being addressed; just don't see it. Gosh knows, though, it sure isn't personal.

Another thing, the wanted new sewer board arrangement. Some of us have talked, and we feel if they are willing to take the five employees from Drainage out of there (as they insisted they had to do last year) and they take sanitation out of there and they take drainage out of there and if they take the Accountant and her staff's salary out of there (seeing out Books are outsourced, the least they can do is sign the checks). Then, all of the monies owed to the Sewers needs to be paid back, and then, and only then, could we see the justification in this bill before Council.

Browsing through some other blogs, I'm glad New Albanian is still going after One Southern Indiana. The relationship is going to be through Paul Wheatley, and Mayor-Elect England, etc.

Most of what I mentioned above are, what I feel, Mayor Elect England's ideas, coming through Mr. Coffey. Some people haven't realized the ties that bind and what is now happening is the setting of what is to come.

Well, enough of my opinions.

Still shocked about the harassment of individuals after election day. Maybe I could understand the harassment of Mr. Seabrook and that one could be a joke (hah, hah -- as being maintained)...but Commissioner Bush - in Georgetown? He didn't even vote here. Tim Dietrich wore a Hubbard shirt, so, I guess I can understand that retaliation. The one I truly can't understand is Amani Ali. That one has me stumped, especially knowing her boss had a sister who won on the Democrat ticket and her boss is good friends with Mayor elect England...so I'm puzzled on that one.

Keep plugging...what else can a body say?

Oh, Peace.