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I know about those hiring tests. My non-college-educated relative aced it. The fact that the employees feel that the tests are very difficult clearly shows me that Sonoma County is not getting the cream of the crop of the college-educated. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to explain to them how to do their own jobs. I wouldn’t mind their salaries, if they were competent. But I deal with a significant number who are not.

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The reason for the increase in workers (many to replace those that were laid off in the last 4 years) is to help people access healthcare. You know, the twin socialistic abominations of Obamacare and MediCal.

I would say it’s more the schools’ fault and those like you who don’t want to fund education. Afterall, it’s a socialist idea educating our young for free.

And Steve Guy-you are absolutely right. SEIU has been fighting the BOS over the 5.73 rank and file staff to each manager (5.73:1) but the BOS keeps saying that SEIU doesn’t negotiate for the managers. There is no guarantee that their perks like county paid deferred comp and car allowances will go away (there are low cost county cars available-no manager needs a car allowance that is pensionable-that’s why thye choose the car allowance over the county cars), that they will take the same income hits as the rank and file.

In the last 10 years 567 rank and file jobs were eliminated and only THREE management jobs. 567:3. All those jobs lost to the community, decided by the managers who protected themselves. I’ll bet the ratio is smaller because the BOS keeps approving NEW management jobs. The article doesn’t say but I wondered when I read it how much of that money is going to managers instead of competent frontline employees.

Bear-I’m amazed how selfish many christians have become. They certainly don’t practice Jesus’s teachings of giving, humility, and compassion for others.

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This guy thinks that no one would give to the poor unless some civil servant pries it from his or her hand. I give thousands to the poor, but every time my taxes go up, it hamstrings me in that regard.

People like Bear have a view of humanity that people are generally bad, that most people are nothing but scrooges that hoard money. It’s a sick, sad, miserable way of looking at the world. But that’s what liberalism is.

Liberals pine away for a world where no one has to be good, no one has to take responsibility, and in the process strip us of our very charity towards each other. That’s not very christian. Government machinery is blind to real charity. It’s what caused Soviets to drink themselves to death in apartment blocks and throw themselves off of their balconies.

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Oh, well. They can always get a government public employee position
or join the foreign war military service of America.

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San Francisco Chronicle Online
Jill Tucker
Updated 10:49 p.m., Monday, November 19, 2012

“1,900 In SF Class of ’14 May Not Graduate”
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Its called the IMPLOSION of America… happening right before your eyes.

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Since your churches and such do not meet the perfectly clear needs of the poor, you are entitled to vent BS?

The county is making use of one-time-only funds to fill positions that have already been cut. Every one of the people hired will have a happier Christmas and spend money in your economy.

Don’t see anyone here stepping up in any way to heal the wounds of the truly needy.

Of course, in your book, no one is truly needy? Shame on you all.

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Know anything about that, Grapevines?

Two cops got caught on video in Southern California using an electric shock taser device upon a woman already in handcuffs…. AND LAUGHING AT HER. Then, the sadistic cop showed his “superman” shirt to his co-workers and they all laughed… caught on video. Being investigated right now.

That female victim probably will need some government “social service” assistance, right?

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Angry is right! We should offer some constructive criticism.

I would suggest they return it to the tax payers. There are 180,000 parcels that paid taxes divided into 13.2 mil = about $75 a tax payer. I think that would be fair.

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Your individual rights will no longer be allowed to stand in the way of “the good of society”.

You WILL assimilate, resistance is futile.

Plan “B” is no longer an option.
Moving to another state will only delay the inevitable because the states still fighting to maintain independence will soon succumb to the wrath of the Federal Government.

Arizona will welcome Illegal Immigrants or face litigation from Eric Holder’s “Department of Fairness”.

Justice will become a quaint notion that will serve as a reminder to those who fell for the lies and deceit handed down by a group or rich, white slave owners once held on a pedestal as our Founding Fathers.

We have turned a corner in America.

The experiment has gone horribly wrong and nothing short of an absolute dictatorship will repair the damage done by centuries of oppression in the giuse of Freedom and Liberty.

No longer will you be allowed to pursue such absurd notions as what was once known as “The American Dream”.

Prosperity is now under sole ownership of the Ruling Class.

A Ruling Class that you idiots keep re-electing.

Have a nice day…

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Sonoma County adding 54 social services jobs

cure for headache,
place head between door and jamb,

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Sure, they can afford these positions now. But the new hires are lifetime expenses due to pensions and healthcare promises.

Only a complete moron would pay more of their earned money to the government. If anyone would like tips on how to legally limit their tax exposure, let me know.

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Anyone want to start a lottery on how long it’s going to be before we start hearing that the schools are short on funds again and we have to pony up more money for them?

At first I suggested that they wouldn’t have the nerve to bring it up for at least a year but now, 54 positions, here, who knows how many across the state, we might even make it to March before the worthless legislature starts grumbling about running out of money for the schools. Sure am glad that we have shot ourselves in the foot and elected a super majority of idiots, morons, and clowns to attend to the running of the state.

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How about 54 new “do-nothing positions” where the public employees sit around and discuss “deploying” “services” in a “tactical” way ??

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Come on Social Workers, tell the truth ! Really

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