If our county commissioners are looking for a pat on the back from taxpayers, forget it. The Good Government Initiative made recommendations that would save the taxpayers more than $5 million in job and spending cuts. What kind of reductions did the commisioners come up with? Only $460,000. You cannot be serious!
Is change really that hard or are the commissioners more worried about the loss of patronage and loyal voters?
The county should have a central human resources department that will hire qualified employees; not an elected official's spouse, sibling or children. How many jobs in county government are unfilled and have been unfilled for some time. If you haven't hired somebody by now, eliminate the position. It's apparent it's not needed. Eliminate the overstaffed positions in the clerk, auditor and treasurer offices. (20 deputy auditors, 26 deputy clerks, and 26 deputy treasurers) and crosstrain employees in these departments to maximize efficiency. Guess how many employees have been eliminated so far? A big fat goose egg!
Here's some food for thought for the commisioners. If you followed and implemented all the changes in the Good Government Initiative saving the Lake County taxpayers millions of dollars and reducing everyone's property tax bill, don't you think you would have the respect and loyality of the taxpayers? You would have job security without the patronage. This voter will be voting anti-incumbent on May 6th if more changes aren't made and made soon.