Hey Everybody-
Guess what? Our coaches positions have been eliminated by the City of Walnut Creek. This is not a joke. Of the Aquatics programs in the city, ours is the only one that operates in the black, and yet they are going to cut it.
If you could, would you shoot a brief e-mail, to the city council and let them know what a successful program this is across the country and in the world. All few hundred of us are doing what we can, but I think it's time to bring in the big guns- you.
Kerry has spent 30 years of his life building this program into what it is today, and helping many of you in the process, please help him and the program that he lives for.
The address is: mayor@walnut-creek.org
and ask them to respond to your e-mail.
Thanks,
Karen Duggan
Here's the latest. Kerry met with the city manager yesterday, who continues to perpetuate the repuation of being an @$$%0!e. He said that given all of the information that he will still recommend to the city council to cut Kerry's position. Not only that, but he is now having the city attorney look at Kerry's job as a "conflict of interest" as he also gets paid by our team. I cannot tell you the expletives that came out of my mouth. I am far beyond disgusted.
What it comes down to are two things: the guy is the aforementioned expletive, and he wants WCM to fit the model of all other city programs. He doesn't care that this is the only city program that runs in the black and is therefore self-sustaining. He wants it to be mediocre like everything else.
Instead of modeling the mediocre programs after the one Kerry has built, he will destroy Kerry's.
We don't know what we will do as a team at this point. Several options have been tossed around, and none of them are ideal.
I am extremely sad that someone like Kerry, who showed up to work day in and day out for 30 years, and built a program that is a model for the rest of the country, is being relatively dismissed.
Please write letters to our city council, as they are the only ones (being the city manager's boss) that can save Kerry.
mayor@walnut-creek.org
I've already written two, my hubby has written one and posted on Claycord.com, and I will write another one today (it will NOT be pretty, I assure you).
Some further background info on our city mgr. He is trying to get this thing called a 'white letter' sent to all of the city mgrs. in CA. Basically, what it does is screw all public employees. How? He is trying to get all cities to make the same massive cuts, and by everybody cutting, then the employees can't leave their city for a better paying job in another city. For example, several years ago many police officers left for better paying jobs in other depts. This yo-yo is trying to make it so there is no better place to go!
Mind you he already collects full retirement and benefits from a city that he used to work in, plus his current salary of about $180K.
Here's the latest. Kerry met with the city manager yesterday, who continues to perpetuate the repuation of being an @$$%0!e. He said that given all of the information that he will still recommend to the city council to cut Kerry's position. Not only that, but he is now having the city attorney look at Kerry's job as a "conflict of interest" as he also gets paid by our team. I cannot tell you the expletives that came out of my mouth. I am far beyond disgusted.
What it comes down to are two things: the guy is the aforementioned expletive, and he wants WCM to fit the model of all other city programs. He doesn't care that this is the only city program that runs in the black and is therefore self-sustaining. He wants it to be mediocre like everything else.
Instead of modeling the mediocre programs after the one Kerry has built, he will destroy Kerry's.
We don't know what we will do as a team at this point. Several options have been tossed around, and none of them are ideal.
I am extremely sad that someone like Kerry, who showed up to work day in and day out for 30 years, and built a program that is a model for the rest of the country, is being relatively dismissed.
Please write letters to our city council, as they are the only ones (being the city manager's boss) that can save Kerry.
mayor@walnut-creek.org
I've already written two, my hubby has written one and posted on Claycord.com, and I will write another one today (it will NOT be pretty, I assure you).
Some further background info on our city mgr. He is trying to get this thing called a 'white letter' sent to all of the city mgrs. in CA. Basically, what it does is screw all public employees. How? He is trying to get all cities to make the same massive cuts, and by everybody cutting, then the employees can't leave their city for a better paying job in another city. For example, several years ago many police officers left for better paying jobs in other depts. This yo-yo is trying to make it so there is no better place to go!
Mind you he already collects full retirement and benefits from a city that he used to work in, plus his current salary of about $180K.
