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
Since numbers are what numbers are, he went back again and said they couldn't do it. (I had his son in my class). Even the voters voted twice not to build this library. The city council fired that city mgr and brought in this new guy whose background is in performing arts. He told them they could build this library (shocker).
In CA it is "normal" for people to retire from one agency with a pension and go work for another agency. I know of a police chief who "retired" from WCPD for a 3rd time- he already had 2 other pensions as chief from 2 other agencies! What a racket huh? He's now making FAR more retired than he ever made working.
Uggh!!!!! That's the adage about figures don't lie, but liars figure. Numbers are what they are - it all depends on who is looking at them and through what lens (this one is probably green).
In MA if you retire from a city/state job with a pension you can only work a max of 960 hours per year and still collect, and you further can't make a total of more than what your salary would have been(IIRC) Some tried to skirt the issue by becoming "contractors", but this activity is getting a lot of attention now. Seems like your new city manager wants to build a monument to himself. Keep up the good fight - remember the ballot box can be a powerful voice.
Since numbers are what numbers are, he went back again and said they couldn't do it. (I had his son in my class). Even the voters voted twice not to build this library. The city council fired that city mgr and brought in this new guy whose background is in performing arts. He told them they could build this library (shocker).
In CA it is "normal" for people to retire from one agency with a pension and go work for another agency. I know of a police chief who "retired" from WCPD for a 3rd time- he already had 2 other pensions as chief from 2 other agencies! What a racket huh? He's now making FAR more retired than he ever made working.
Uggh!!!!! That's the adage about figures don't lie, but liars figure. Numbers are what they are - it all depends on who is looking at them and through what lens (this one is probably green).
In MA if you retire from a city/state job with a pension you can only work a max of 960 hours per year and still collect, and you further can't make a total of more than what your salary would have been(IIRC) Some tried to skirt the issue by becoming "contractors", but this activity is getting a lot of attention now. Seems like your new city manager wants to build a monument to himself. Keep up the good fight - remember the ballot box can be a powerful voice.
