Speaking of Increased Costs
Another Maplewood/Ramsey County Review article discusses the decision to stiff the lawyers, something I wrote about before. I'm sure that will end well. How much will we be willing to pay our new lawyers to try to avoid paying our old lawyers, I wonder?
And then we have the Sherrie Le family of lawsuits (perhaps we should update it to an order or phylum? there seems to be a lot there). The Lillie article on this topic is still not online, but a helpful summary is available over at SaveMaplewood.
Somehow I have this creeping feeling that all the promised "cost saving" budget cuts and reorganizations will, in the hands of these jokers, wind up costing us a lot more.
Plus, Monday's meeting brought us the news that our finance director is retiring. I can only imagine that going through the budgeting process with Copeland/Longrie/Cave/Hjelle is a bit like mowing a yard blindfolded on a riding mower, with three blind guides shouting directions from the street, and would lead pretty much anyone to grab a chance at an earlier retirement than might otherwise have been planned. Just speculating, mind you, but the pattern of departures continues, bearing out the rumors since spring that a lot of city staff are eager to flee a sinking ship.
And then we have the Sherrie Le family of lawsuits (perhaps we should update it to an order or phylum? there seems to be a lot there). The Lillie article on this topic is still not online, but a helpful summary is available over at SaveMaplewood.
Somehow I have this creeping feeling that all the promised "cost saving" budget cuts and reorganizations will, in the hands of these jokers, wind up costing us a lot more.
Plus, Monday's meeting brought us the news that our finance director is retiring. I can only imagine that going through the budgeting process with Copeland/Longrie/Cave/Hjelle is a bit like mowing a yard blindfolded on a riding mower, with three blind guides shouting directions from the street, and would lead pretty much anyone to grab a chance at an earlier retirement than might otherwise have been planned. Just speculating, mind you, but the pattern of departures continues, bearing out the rumors since spring that a lot of city staff are eager to flee a sinking ship.
posted by Frostbrand @ 6:36 AM
3 Comments:
At 8:13 AM,
Anonymous said…
If Copeland doesn't get to keep the job he is totally unqualified for, he'll probably sue the city because of the background report. Heck of a retirement plan! He won't have to work for another 15 years.
At 9:23 PM,
Anonymous said…
With all the fun the fab four are having running the city the way THEY wanted to, I shudder to think of who we might get for applicants for the non-interim job. While earlier I had hoped we could get copeland out as soon as possible, I am beginning to think that perhaps he should be required to take the job. That way, when the whole thing blows up, he will be the one wearing the poo on his face...
At 9:43 AM,
Anonymous said…
Since Hjelle hasn't gotten the fire chief to quit yet, is the Copeland-proposed reorganization of the department payback for Hjelle's and Cave's support to keep him as city manager? I wonder which cronie will get the new EMS director job at $129,000?
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