Comments on: Boise Brass Benefit While Workers Are Shined

By: Different Bob

Different Bob — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:17:34 +0000

As a long-term city employee I’m upset that the department heads and others at the top have better benefits than other non-union city employees. Silly me, I thought the city treated their employees equitably, although it doesn’t take a mathematician to know that when we used to receive 3% COLA raises, the higher-paid employees received bigger raises. I agree with my co-worker that the Mayor and Council need to re-examine the use of unfair perks to attract and keep quality employees, it’s not necessary, lowers morale and burdens the taxpayers. I thought I was a valued employee too, but now my 2% match to my 457 feels like a slap in the face.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:49:13 +0000

I saw some guy in a boise city truck towning a personal trailer after hours the other day. So they apparently get to take the new trucks home at night too.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:46:29 +0000

And the result will be this:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-san-bernardino-bankruptcy-20120712,0,2433019.story

By: chicago sam

chicago sam — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:11:54 +0000

Regardless of what they are paid they still haven’t figured out how to keep geese from pooping. Two good dogs every morning would do the trick but apparently nobody is paid enough to come up with a viable solution –or is it just job security to constantly have a problem

By: Bus Rider

Bus Rider — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:50:59 +0000

Is the P&R budget that much bigger now that the city is no longer maintaining some public parks?

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/06/21/2163078/boise-cuts-some-park-services.html

(Or wait, since residents *have* noticed, will the city go back to regular upkeep?)

Regardless, this is a needlessly inflated compensation package. I wonder what the old position offered in re: compensation, and why the (I would hope to be) dramatic increase??

By: bikeboy

bikeboy — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:34:01 +0000

I tend to agree with the city employee about the double standard. Personally, I’d prefer to see an established Parks employee promoted from within. Not only would we (residents of Boise) benefit from having somebody who already knows the department, but it would surely boost morale for the rank and file, to see one of their own get the gig.

(I hope state employee Adam isn’t in a position where his communication skills are put to use! “Whinning”? “Alot”? Oh my!)
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By: Nan Emouse

Nan Emouse — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:23:12 +0000

“without these policies private industry would just eat up anybody worth giving the job to.”

What a meaningless whiny little screed that is. It doesn’t even make any sense.

The point of the post is important. This IS the public sector. These ARE tax dollars being spent, collected from the backs of those that work in the PRIVATE sector who don’t get these lavish benefits. Kind of like the serfs working for the 1%.

As it is the PUBLIC sector funded with TAX dollars, the benefit packages should be uniform and not excessive. The red herring that we need to pay these perks because no one will take the job without them and we can’t get good people, blah blah blah is just that, a red herring.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:00:33 +0000

Man that article was so informative. You come off sounding like a little whinning SOB. As a state employee of Idaho I have no problem with this and without these policies private industry would just eat up anybody worth giving the job to. This is standard procedure what boss doesn’t have it alot nicer, give me a break do some real investigating reporting.