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It's the arbitrators

Or the Union President

So who is the third arbitrator?

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Or the Union President

My point----it's those pesky monkeys on our backs........they are invisible but know how to put the square peg in the square hole and the round peg in the round hole.......I bet their penthouse is way at the top of the ladder, or atleast their leader is.......

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Or the Union President

My point----it's those pesky monkeys on our backs........they are invisible but know how to put the square peg in the square hole and the round peg in the round hole.......I bet their penthouse is way at the top of the ladder, or atleast their leader is.......

http://www.dailygazette.com

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Take angry Sch’dy cop Lewis off the streets

    Re June 14 article, “City cop Lewis charged again in domestic incident” [Schenectady police officer John Lewis was charged with violating a protection order]: As you read further into the story, it goes on to state how this man has been fired and suspended previously.
    Why does this officer keep getting reinstated? Given all the problems with the Schenectady Police Department, you would think they would want to at least shy away from the troublemakers.
    At the least take him off the streets — he obviously has an anger management issue!
    TAMMIE GOODSPEED
    Schenectady     

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SCHENECTADY
Residents offer own fitness tips for city police
BY KATHLEEN MOORE Gazette Reporter

    Forget $42,000 for fitness coaches. Three residents offered to tell the police how to get in shape for free.
    They showered the Schenectady City Council with their advice Monday night, but the council chose to approve a $42,000, 18-month contract for professional wellness coaches instead.
    The vote was 5-1, with Councilwoman Denise Brucker voting against. Council President Margaret King was absent.
    Brucker found herself allied in her opposition with three regular city critics, including one who has repeatedly said that Brucker should not be on the council.
    For a night, all that was forgotten. Instead, the four united in their insistence that police get fit on their own time, with their own money.
    Resident Pat Zollinger said police already know how to get in shape.
    “It’s common sense. I don’t need a coach to tell me I need to get out and move around more often, and I don’t see how the police need it either,” she said.
    If that were not helpful enough, resident Mary McClaine gave police a specific and economical fi tness plan: buy a book and a set of barbells.
    “There are many self-help books, and barbells for home use would be a good investment,” she said, adding, “Barbells are fun and they work!”
    If police would prefer to exercise at work, resident Vince Riggi said they should get out of their cars and walk part of their patrols. That, he said in his first comment on the issue, would also save the city gas money and would help the officer impress residents, as well as deterring criminals.
    “It’s a win-win,” he said.
    He later added that all the coaches in the world won’t help the police.
    “You can talk to all the coaches you want, it’s not going to work,” he said. “Nobody can tell you to get in shape. It’s all up to us to keep ourselves in shape.”
    Brucker, who said last week that police should pay for gym memberships if they want coaching, emphasized Monday that the money for the coaches will come from the police training budget.
    “I believe this is an inappropriate use of training funds,” she said. “It should go to other training expenditures.”
    But Councilman Mark Blanchfield said the program would be well worth it if police called in sick less often because of their improved health.
    “If we get 100 officers to give us one day each because of this effort, it will pay off four times over,” he said. “I think this is a worthwhile effort and consistent with our efforts to reduce absenteeism. I’m prepared to give this a chance.”
    Councilman Gary McCarthy said critics were using the issue to “craft a political response” to make the police look bad.
    “This goes back to the old joke — don’t punch a man when he’s down. It’s easier to kick him,” Mc-Carthy said.
    He added that he hopes the program will produce results so impressive that they can be used to negotiate with health insurance carriers for lower rates.
    “I believe this money is well spent,” he said. “I believe in the long term it will provide us with a long-term benefit.”
TAXI SURCHARGE
    In other business, the council approved a gas surcharge for the city’s taxi cabs.
    Taxicab drivers will tack on $1 to short trips and $1.50 to long trips.
    If gas drops below $3.50 a gallon, the surcharge would drop to 50 cents for trips that cost less than $5.05 and $1 for all longer trips. If gas continues to rise and crosses the $4.50 per gallon mark, the surcharge would automatically rise 25 cents for all trips.
    The council approved the increase after no one spoke against it during Monday’s public hearing.

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but the council chose to approve a $42,000, 18-month contract for professional wellness coaches instead.

I'm glad I don't contribute my tax dollars to this level of stupidity.  If they aren't smart enough to know how to exercise then they probably aren't smart enough to protect the public. I assume they all went through some sort of vigorous training program when they were hired. how 'bout they just copy some of those moves.  How about get out of bed do some sit ups, go for a jog etc.   Yup, this one reaches a new level of stupid.

Yep, those of us stuck here are very proud of our level of stupid seen on Jay Street.  We sit daily in amazement as they come up with new ways, on a regular basis, to introduce new levels of "stoopid"

maybe they should take up jogging in the city parks and bike trail........

MT, didn't mean to offend.  

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I'm glad I don't contribute my tax dollars to this level of stupidity.  If they aren't smart enough to know how to exercise then they probably aren't smart enough to protect the public. I assume they all went through some sort of vigorous training program when they were hired. how 'bout they just copy some of those moves.  How about get out of bed do some sit ups, go for a jog etc.   Yup, this one reaches a new level of stupid.

I agree with you 110%!!!! I couldn't have said it better myself. Stupid is as stupid does!!!!!

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MT, didn't mean to offend.  

Oh no ... you didn't at all.  I was quite serious when I said:

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We sit daily in amazement as they come up with new ways, on a regular basis, to introduce new levels of "stoopid"

Most SANE people want to get the hell outta this city as fast as possible.  

Hey, if you've got any vacancies up in your neck of the woods, maybe you could share them with these people who's trying to get the hell outta the stupid.  I'm committing myself to helping these folks out.  Any friend of Joann's ...

Ya know its really ashame you feel that way.  My grandparents lived on Oregon Ave and as a teenager I spent weekends with them for the sole purpose of wandering around and being able to go to Mohawk Mall and just do city stuff.  My girlfriends and I thought nothing of walking the streets of Schenectady any time day or night.  The only place off limits to us by my grandmother was lower Albany Street and the immediate downtown area.  It wasn't good in the 70's.  We went everywhere and never had a problem.  People need to take back the streets from thugs and develop a sense of pride in their space.  If everyone did that it would go a long way toward making the city nice again.  You can be poor, impoverished, put down, whatever........but you can take pride in the area around your house and it doesn't cost a penny to bend over and pick up trash or clean up around the sidewalks and streets.
I will keep an ear to the ground for places out here, Brad can probably comment on that better than I since he is in real estate.  Moving out here isn't without its issues either.  There are services that those from the city take for granted that aren't provided out here.  Sidewalks, Price Chopper, garbage pick up provided by the city. CDTA. street lights, we have volunteer emergency services, (better hope there is a crew available).  I LOVE IT.  The benefits are endless and priceless and far outweigh what some perceive as difficulties.  People must fend for themselves in a lot of ways or move back to the city and take advantage of the services they miss.

BTW, it's nice to see that there's people here who miss me..bear with me as I catch up.  And last thing I knew, there are MANY houses in Rotterdam for sale...at a nice high price, thanks to the re-eval...

Where have you been Kevin?