Comments for Outsized pay for public-sector manager at http://tracypress.com , comment 1 to 20 out of 20 comments http://tracypress.com Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:34:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41192 Malik, runs the city, thats funny, I don't think so. - maybenotdumBcommenT Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:12:07 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41055 I don't ever want to see this $8,000 with name on it: "Oath of silence!" - amy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:18 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41048 Public Sector Payroll is out of line VS Private, I agree with Michael and his stand this issue. The package that was given is very generous and almost 100k more than his last job. If this view is old school so be it! City Hall has never been run by the city manager anyway, that will not change. Malik, Ives and underlings run the city. - d Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:45:20 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41045 No d, I am not a city employee. I checked Lodi and their city manager gets paid comparable to what ours is getting. It's like RichSimmons said, "old school". Get with the program d. He will be running a city. I didn't like the previous guy at all. We will get to know this new guy, see if he will get out there and get the jobs done. - maybenotdumBcommenT Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:26:33 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41024 If I got a job that would give me a $8,000 raise without propationary period of 90 days I would take it! Plus those perks. Not a wise decision, just my opinion. Hope he will show us he is worth it and has alot of expertise to prove it. I expect to see revenue growth, jobs and saving the homes by seeing to it that there would be new jobs for families who wish to reside here. Hope he will have the vision to help with the sportspark with or without adjoining wetlands with agricultural "living museum" as Dave Hardesty proposed in his earlier article. I hope he has the experience to see these things through for the benefit of Tracyites! Vote wisely, he will have to work with people of our choice. - amy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:51:06 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41019 You got Nixon??? :P - Union Worker Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:30:37 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41018 Private sector's where it's at!! We got H. R.! We got Enron! We got Labor! We got Union! We got India! We got Chevy! We got China! We got squat? - Union Worker Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:29:32 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41017 and my home was worth squat... - Gary Blanch Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:21:24 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41015 You forgot to mention they also have retirees on a small, fixed pension plan. I would be concerned too, that my pension was so low and my mortgage was so high. - Gary Blanch Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:17:49 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41014 Wrong again! In the world of Business and the private sector, you have to work for your buck. Public agencys feeds off of us and we get very little for ou tax dollar, unlimited budget and spending is the norm for Tracy! High quality customer service? Top heavy payroll. Waste, Accountablity, lack of Disclosure, Deceptive Business Practice. City Hall has it All! - d Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:51:30 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41012 d, Actually, I was thinking that you may be on the city payroll. It's not self preservation but more like, upset that someone is gettin less. Sorry to hear that. Good luck on your next interview! :'( - Paycheck Police? Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:39:22 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41011 Actually this is Good news! [quote]... and bob blinker was ranting that there are "inadequate jobs" in Tracy...[/quote] Opportunity knocks! Otherwise, why would anyone leave a private sector job that pays more money than than government jobs? Do city employees get stock options? No they do not! And the city manager is from an area of the country where people make a LOT less than Californians do. This is a City Manager position, people. Not a City Clerk position!?!?! The real problem with Tracy is there are too many old-school here. They lost their equity. They don't make much money. They are on a fixed income. And they RANT. And they don't care much for the Silicon Valley being next door either. They don't like the traffic. They don't like the noise. They don't like the neighbors. And they don't like it when someone makes more than they do. By the old-school Tracyite's logic, they would have the city pay people to do exactly, nothing. Paying people nothing yeilds the same. Garbage in garbage out. Which may be what they want??? But, good managers can make more money elsewhere in California "private sector" jobs. Can "Tracy-old-school thinking" do the same? Based on the lack of critical thoughts here, I doubt it. Time to grow up. Or step aside. Think about your [b][u]blanket statements[/u][/b] people. Tracy is changing. The "old-schoolers" are being outnumbered with newer younger people. And the next generation will get the job done, like it or not. Jobs are being created in Tracy. Growth is sufficient in Tracy for some substantial changes. So, if you can't apply... Just move over, and let someone else do the job! - RichSimmons Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:31:06 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41010 You both must be an employee for the city of Tracy. Self preservation is the name of the game with you two! - d Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:19:17 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41009 d, "Those on the public dole!" Go back to England! - Bill Dole Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:03:11 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-41008 * People have various levels of support for "bob blinker" and "d". I think they eat too many grapefruits for breakfast. [quote] Sour grapes are they???...[/quote] No on Gerrymander! - Paycheck Police? Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:58:41 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-40996 I don't think they are sitting their doing nothing. The place seems pretty busy whenever I'm there. After all there is a city to run. Why you say they are doing nothing and hanging out and getting paid for doing nothing is for what purpose? The manager looks to be getting paid comparable to cities around us. - maybenotdumBcommenT Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:31:43 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-40982 Those on the public dole! - d Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:03:07 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-40974 d, who's sitting on their arse for 10-30 years exactly. Everyone in general or someone specific? - maybenotdumBcommenT Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:52:37 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-40937 Th worst public service is at the city hall. Results and accountablity is not the way they do business. Get a job and sit on your ass for 10-30yrs! - d Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:30:33 +0100 http://tracypress.com/content/view/14043/2244/#comment-40933 The elected council treats us like a piggy bank. It is not their money. Spending and payroll for all of the department heads at the city level are also overpaid. What a WASTE! Tax dollars are wasted on payroll for these people! - d Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:22:18 +0100