I just read the editorial about the city giving too many paid days off from work. Before you folks start bad-mouthing the city workers, let’s get a few facts straight first. Those days off came at a cost to the city workers. I know because I was one.
The years we got the extra days was because the city did not want to give us a pay raise. Everyone else was getting a raise and we didn’t. They said we will give you an extra day off. Then they doubled the cost of our insurance, and to make us feel better again they gave us a day off. All of the days off we got was due to the fact that we had to give up something else for that.
So let’s make a deal. We will give you back all those days if you will go back and pay us for the wages that we lost. and then reduce our cost of insurance to what it was and refund the difference. The people at the paper need to know what they are talking about before they bad-mouth the city workers.
Larry Robbins
Anderson
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Letter: Extra holidays were in lieu of raises
They doubled the cost of our insurance, then gave us a day off
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
To save America some money — by acclimation of course — let’s not have a presidential election in 2012. We already have a good president who will do his best to kill all Republican bills (DOA) and, consequently, create more good-paying jobs in the $30 per hour range.
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Letter: Gingrich cashes in on political amnesia
Rasmussen says that Romney has flattened nationally. Why?
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Letter: Hiring Winkler not wise spending
As a taxpayer I want to know that my taxes are being spent wisely. Hiring Greg Winkler at a salary of $126,000 is not wise spending.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Viewpoint: Look at Creation Museum from an educational, scientific perspective
I encourage any and all who have interest in this vitally important topic to “go to the source,” to invest the time and energy into exploring The Creation Museum for themselves.
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Letter: Blame the voters for our Congress
Why is insider trading legal for Congress and illegal for the rest of us? They make and enact laws for all of us, but then exempt members of Congress. Somehow this doesn’t seem to pass the smell test.
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Letter: Smith’s firings appear vindictive
Anderson is a city of negative publicity and actions. Why else is Sears leaving? Can we stand four years of vindictive actions and negative reporting?
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Letter: Planned devaluation of dollar is coming
I’ve submitted letters regarding the existence of a global elite for years now. I’m now submitting another one in which I hope readers will take note of.
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Letter: Consumer-driven economy will pay off debt
