Don’t block NCCC-CSEA contract
The action taken Monday by certain members of the Essex County Ways and Means Committee to deny the 24 civil service employees of North Country Community College the contract to which both the employees and the college have agreed was promoted in part, I believe, by certain misperceptions. Though he was apparently referring to the 2010-11 year, Elizabethtown Supervisor Noel Merrihew was correct for the life of the contract when he said, “It won’t make a difference to the County’s taxpayers.” Essex County Manager Dan Palmer was quoted in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise as saying that the raises built into the contract would cost $24,000 for the first year. What he neglected to clarify is that this is NOT the cost to the county. It is the cost to the college. Essex County, at this point in time, provides through its contribution about 9 percent of the college’s budget, according to NCCC Vice President for Fiscal Operations William Chapin.
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Lately I’ve been reminded of an old campfire skit.
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You’re retired, on a Medicare Advantage supplemental insurance plan and back from the hospital following major surgery. Showers are a hassle, but the walker works and you can get around — sort of. Soon the long window envelopes start arriving.
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If you were to sum up what Americans want most from the promises of our politicians in office, you would have to say, “Jobs!” We in the North Country are no differen.
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Following the lead of my two colleagues, Garry Douglas of the North Country Chamber of Commerce and Michael Tucker of the Center for Economic Growth, I also would like to add my support for the recently enacted Excelsior Jobs Program.
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The recent Guest Commentary from the owners of the Sears parking lot, Vivlamore and Mullen, claiming that their words are “the other side of the parking lot story,” demands response because it is filled with misrepresentation.
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