I agree that the complaint of our union lawsuit should be distributed, and I have good reason to believe that it will be up on this web site shortly. As to the rest of your arguments in posting 12, I cannot agree with anything that you claim or say. I can only conclude from your positions, that you are trying to get a job with Commissioner Beavers or beef up your application to work in management in our office.

Bruce

There is probably not a democratic commissioner who does not
have a relative or an in law on the government payroll;
consequently, it is counterproductive to go after relatives of
any politician. I find your focus on the President’s family both
racist and sexist. The only family member of the President who
has been in the news is the Chief Financial Officer. She has
been working in the county in the financial departments way before John Storger was elected. Shehas a MBA from Northwester University.
Further she was approved by the board. The remaining positions
of friends whom were appointed are constitutionally permissible
patronage positions. How does any of this impact on the union’s
interests since the President was elected by democratics who
control this county?
The intervenor lawsuit filed by the union should be
distributed to the union members as was the Public Defender’s
lawsuit.

I think you owe me money for the bridge!!! Who are you btw…I think APDs should not be ashamed to use their real names on this site. If you do a career in the criminal defense world your real name will be connected to worse causes and clients than this web site or union.

Bruce

“There are numerous good government municicpalities around the country that are squeaky clean in hiring and firing.”
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Name one the size of cook county!

JD

1. Your naive about the budget process…it is a political one…bad press for Todd for putting incompetent relatives in high paid positions does affect the budget in that the county board does not want to be seen raisng taxes to fund the Stroger family trusts.
2. You have been in these parts for too long if you think that all units of government in the country are run the Crook County crony way. There are numerous good government municicpalities around the country that are squeaky clean in hiring and firing.
3. You are wrong on the facts. We did not file suit against the County or the County Board. We, the union, and Ed for that matter, filed suit against Todd and members of the Presidents office for failing to adhere to the County’s Budget or the requirements of the Public Defender Act. The alternative, playing Todd’s game, got us nothing except an illegal hiring freeze and at least two high paid Stroger incompetents who did nothing for us or our clients.

Bruce

Whether Stroger puts in his pals or independent applicants in those positions does not affect the budget one penny. Find me a city, county state or nation, for that matter, that does not have some cronyism and I I’ll also buy the brooklyn bridge from you as well.

Furthermore, how receptive will Stroger be to our contract demands after we just sued him and the county?

Why not comment on President Stroger’s predilection for placing unqualified family members and friends in well paid county jobs. This practice continues to embarrass county govenment and by association all county employees, making our job more difficult as we try to communicate with clients, prosecutors, jurors, and judges. In addition, his actions make it less and less likely that the taxpayers, who pay every penny of our salaries and benefits, will be receptive to our contact demands when our contract expires in a year.

Bruce