Gloucester County Supervisors Spendthrift With Your Tax Dollars

It was only a few short months ago we heard the Gloucester County board of supervisors crying over not having enough money and wanting to raise taxes on everyone in the county.  So what did they do this past week?  On Tuesday night at the board of supervisors meeting, they voted to give all county employees an extra day off with pay.

The county employees had Thursday, July 4th off as part of our national holiday celebration.  That is all fine and good.  No issues.  But the board of supervisors voted to give all the employees off on Friday, July 5th, 2013 with pay.

  Let's be fair.  The county employees do deserve that break, I will give them that, however, let's look at the bigger picture and see if that decision made any sense.  Starting this Friday, federal employees are laid off one day per week for the next 11 weeks without pay.  They can not use sick time nor vacation time to cover the days lost.  They will not be paid for those days off.  It's the federal government sequestration project designed to hurt the economy because of stupid lousy government politics.

  That means that a lot of citizens who are employed by the federal government are having their pay cut in a manner that will cause serious financial hardships.  Each employee is losing 2 days pay from each paycheck for the next 11 weeks. All of these employees still have all their bills, mortgages, car payments, travel expenses, insurance and food to pay like everyone else.  Each of these folks still have their taxes to pay as well.

  Now how do you think it looks for government employees who are being cut back to learn that local government is spending these folks tax dollars to pay employees not to work?  We have talked to several federal employees and they are mad as hell about this.

  They want to know, what is the board of supervisors is going to do if and when money is so tight that bills must be postponed for payments?  What plans and or actions are the board of supervisors taking into consideration for this?  So we will be sending this post to the county board of supervisors and we will be expecting their answers or lack thereof.

  For here in the United States, government is meant to be by the people, for the people.  Not by the people for the government.  Not by the people for special interests.  Not by the people for corporations.  Each member of the board of supervisors was elected to serve the people, not serve against the people at any time for any reason.  Local government employees are in place to assist in governing by the people for the people.  Special interests, corporations and government for itself be damned.  We all expect what is fair and just.

Phantom of Chinatown - Classic Movie for Sunday

In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton (Charles Miller) the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong (Keye Luke) and Captain Street (Grant Withers) of the police department have to work on. Win Len (Lotus Long), Benton's secretary, reveals the doctor's dying words refer to a scroll which tells the location of rich oil deposits. Wong and Street then begin the search for the killer among Benton's associates.

Grant Withers (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Sunday Funnies- Corky

Corky from Chuck Thompson

Corky is this weeks Sunday Funnies.  From the golden age of comic strips and comics.  Something different for your entertainment.

Comic Strips (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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The Code of Treachery - Sunday Comics

The Code of Treachery from Chuck Thompson

The Code of Treachery.  A good old fashioned pirate story from the golden age of comics.  If you like this story, you can download a free copy at this link.

http://www.putlocker.com/file/937A726E0A68FEF9

No emails, no advertising, no junk, no gimmicks, no kidding.  Where free really means free.  Enjoy.

My Life 01a (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Bob Hope Show - Old Time Radio

Old Time Radio - The Bob Hope Show with Bing Crosby.  A fun way to spend some time.  Listen to entertainment and let your imagination take you away.  What entertainment used to be.  Catch an episode of Old Time Radio every Sunday right here on GVLN.

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Old Photo Of The Week - Bicycle Wings

From the early 1900's this photo is of a woman riding a bicycle with no hands so that she can spread her wings like an angel.  Something different and interesting.  Our old photo of the week pick.

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Genesis Live - Concert of The Week

Genesis Live is our concert of the week pick.  Always a great performance by the entire band and a superb show by Phil Collins.  It's hard to object to the music of these talented folks.  The band has traditionally stayed away from politics and religion for the most part.  The music is not at all harsh.  It's a very hard band not to like.  Enjoy.

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The Boston Tea Party

In an effort to increase the education of the citizens of this nation, we are starting a new educational effort covering history and we are working on making it as much fun and interesting as possible.  Above is a video of Liberty's Kids and it's the first episode.  It starts by covering the Boston Tea party.

Boston Tea Party" target="_blank">The Boston Tea Party from Chuck Thompson

Here we are adding in a small e-book on the subject so that people can either compare the video to the story, pick how they wish to learn more about the subject of get an overall grand view from multiple areas.

http://www.putlocker.com/file/1372A2C04108A081  This link is for a free download copy of the above e-book on the Boston Tea Party.

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Gloucester, Attorney Ted Wilmot In The News Again

Gloucester County attorney Ted Wilmot in the news again.  Ted Wilmot, attorney hired to protect county interests was spotted out shopping on Monday, July 1st, 2013 at the local Farm Fresh at approximately 1:00 PM in the afternoon.  He was dressed in business attire.

  Now it could be that he was off that day and doing some personal shopping after going to a job interview.  It could be he was on the other side of the county on a very long lunch break on taxpayer payroll too.  If he was spending time on the county taxpayer payroll time doing some personal shopping, this could very well be a problem with a salary of over $112,000.00 per year.

 

The clock is ticking for Gloucester's county attorney to make move

The Gloucester Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday night to grant County Attorney Ted Wilmot an extra three months to move to Gloucester. Wilmot, who earns $112,000 a year, has been commuting from Hopewell since his hiring by the county in September 2008. The supervisors have given Wilmot until October to move to Gloucester, after his initial contract gave him until July. After the vote, Wilmot thanked the board. "The lack of moving here isn't because of a lack of desire," he said. "It's because I'm trying to get my kiddies off to college."    From a local story in the papers.

  

Mr Wilmot already has a series of questions surrounding him.  This is just another to hit him.  He has not done his job in getting county ordinances up to state compliance in a number of areas from what we see and has been very lack where he has gotten some areas up to state code after being publicly ridiculed for not doing such.  For the amount of money county taxpayers are shelling out for this guy, we should be expecting more for our money.

Note:  We are not attorney's and nothing in here should be construed as legal advice in any way shape or form.