tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post3237424109115595085..comments2023-11-14T05:56:54.066-05:00Comments on MVM News: MAYOR "I DO WHAT I WANT AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME" ABRAMSON LATEST FIASCOLouisville News and Politicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304053439681295941noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-36641085509322557522009-04-24T01:09:00.000-04:002009-04-24T01:09:00.000-04:00Look at this link and tell me about government lar...Look at this link and tell me about government largesse. If this partly isn't a waste project I don't know what is. Its no wonder our independent business community cannot survive here with this type of spending. <br /><br />http://www.louisvilleky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/AFE10FA0-66DA-4D50-AA7D-4AC5D527BA61/0/LouisvilleShovelReadyProjectList.pdfJimhttp://www.lowwagelouisville.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-8090078289863510582009-04-24T01:06:00.000-04:002009-04-24T01:06:00.000-04:00This is total nonsense about Jerry Abramsons's com...This is total nonsense about Jerry Abramsons's comment that Rick Johnstone was the best qualified person about the job. The only reason is because Rick needed the income after retiring and doing his double dipping. Are you telling me that a deputy mayor that didn't do squat for the last several years is going to be qualified for the job. I think we need a wide variety of people for the job or perhaps some sort of personal with professional experience in dealing with different private sector employers. Not only that but what are Rick Johnstone's qualifications. <br /><br />I believe that there should have been a community board with non Abramson and non political based people doing oversight for a hire such as this. Getting some real employment professionals. We can't afford to strike out on this plan as they have for the last 30 year. We've been shedding jobs since the 1970s and 1980s that were good paying jobs and seeing them go overseas. Yet that was fine until we hit the current crisis. <br /><br />I've been unemployed or even underemployed for the past several months and that is with a college degree. So Jerry when are you going to get us thousands if not tens of thousands of jobs we all need to survive and prosper. <br /><br />I'm sure that we could have done better in this case than Rick Johnstone who is a appointed crony of Jerry Abramson and drawing 94,000 for this job. Maybe 50 k for this job but not 94,000 and we could have found a true employment professional for that price.Jimhttp://www.lowwagelouisville.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-47865654784004697362009-04-22T20:37:00.000-04:002009-04-22T20:37:00.000-04:00Any of Abramson's opponents next year are going to...Any of Abramson's opponents next year are going to have a boatload of material to use against him. This is a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-8082738121416050972009-04-22T09:17:00.000-04:002009-04-22T09:17:00.000-04:00Your story is valid in so far as a volunteer posit...Your story is valid in so far as a volunteer position turns into a $94,000 a year job. There’s a hiring freeze, but this job is not only created as a new position, but filled.<br /><br />Mr. Johnstone retired before Obama became president, so there was no stimulus package to over see. So apparently the argument that this was planned before he retired doesn’t hold water. Sorry.<br /><br />Now for the double dipping, what is the problem? The money does not come from City funds. The city and Mr. Johnstone contributed to his retirement funds for years. Then he decided to retire. It’s the same as drawing from a 401k that ane employee and employer paid into, and now the Employee is collecting form it. <br /><br />Yes, the city is paying into a new retirement plan for Mr. Johnstone, but if we had hired a non former employee at the same salary would they not be paying into the retirement plan. The answer of course is yes, and it would be the same rate that they will be paying for Mr. Johnstone. So the double dipping point is moot except for one issue. Instead of hiring someone unfamiliar with city government you have an experienced employee in the position. Yes, he’s a “friend”, but who want to work with someone you don’t like?<br /><br />So your only valid complaint is that he hired a “friend” during a hiring freeze.Metro Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967989005244565757noreply@blogger.com