Hiring freeze memo
Here's a link to interim City Manager Mark Weinberg's memo on the new hiring freeze.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the freeze for many people will be the impacts on public safety. Weinberg wrote that considerations for exemption from the freeze will be given to positions that are needed for imminent safety concerns. Other jobs that may remain unfrozen are those that are not financed by general fund revenues or those that generate enough money to be worth keeping.
Assistant city manager Lori Sassoon wrote today in an email regarding public safety departments that "public safety is not categorically exempt from the freeze, however front line police and fire positions will be filled, and emergency services will not adversely affected."
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I certainly hope they look into other avenues to save and generate money in this city. We simply cannot skimp on local police. Our cops, for the most part, are respectful, helpful and keep crime at bay.
Programs like Operation Phoenix just made more problems and wasted tax dollars. Whatever happened to hiring good cops and letting them do their job?
Programs that encourage parents to allow the city to raise their children only cause problems. What ever happened to people being held responsible for their own families? Charity, community centers, community activities and gang prevention programs that are ran properly are all fine and dandy; however, there reaches a point where we have to encourage people to be responsible for their own actions.
Los Padrinos really did a good thing. I hope they do not have to shut their doors because of this. That place taught these kids to be productive members of society. Those kids saw what it was like to earn a living and realized that they were good enough to be hired by somebody. What have they done...What have they done?