By a 3-2 vote, the council majority of Stephen Souza, Don Saylor, and Ruth Asmundson rejected this ordinance. Only Mayor Sue Greenwald joined Councilmember Heystek in support. They argued that it may be unconstitutional (a notion struck down by City Attorney Harriet Steiner) and questioned why it would only apply to large employers. The council majority saw this as a poison pill aimed in the direction of Target just six weeks before the November election.
However, subsequent actions by Heystek have shown this criticism to be misplaced and the council majority as having severely misjudged the commitment by Councilmember Heystek to bring about a living wage.
In January, Heystek moved for the council to have the objective to have an ordinance that addressed a living wage effecting city contracts. That motion was supported unanimously by the council.
This past Tuesday (May 22, 2007), Heystek brought the issue up once again, asking staff:
“The council had given staff direction to analyze the issue of the living wage vis-à-vis our contracts when we were either renegotiating or updating those contracts, can you tell us whether that is still on track and what the timeline is on that procedure?”
Councilmember Heystek was particularly concerned with outsourced labor by the city, particularly in light of the recent events at UC Davis regarding the Sodexho workers. He asked Parks and Community Development Director Donna Silva whether there were advantages of in-house over contractual workers.
Ms. Silva made it a point to clarify that the city policy is not simply based on cost, but also on other concerns–trucks, supervision, overhead, facility costs among other things. She also specified that for certain kinds of work contractual workers have an advantage especially when the job does not require much contact with the public and communication skills. She suggested it was more efficient to contract out than to hire in-house.
Heystek responded:
“I don’t want to sound like a hypocrite when I’m asking the chancellor how we can get some of the food workers in the dining commons to become university employees, so this is a very sensitive issue for me. I just hope that we are earnest in looking at how we fulfill our contractual obligations but then really look at whether we are paying a living wage with regard to these contracts. It is a matter of conscience to me…”
Mayor Greenwald also expressed concern about the health care situation of contractual employees.
Heystek however remains committed both to the living wage and to ending the outsourcing of labor.
“I would like to see if they’d consider bringing our contracted out workers first of all to a living wage standard and ultimately bringing them into the city’s direct payroll.”
Moreover, he told The Vanguard that he questions the commitment of those on the council majority to this issue, while some of them have at the same time written letters to the chancellor of the university.
“We’re talking about writing letters to the university saying that your contracted workers need to be direct employees, well I think that our own contracted out workers should be direct employees. So how many council members are willing to say one thing to the university but say another thing to our city manager?”
The council majority does seem to want to have it both ways. They recognize that this is a generally liberal community when it comes to labor issues. Souza and Saylor are up for re-election in just over 12 months. They know they need to appeal to that wing of the Democratic Party in this community in order to win re-election, at the same time they have committed a tremendous amount of city resources to upper management in the city, while leaving considerably less for those at entry levels.
Furthermore, while they have a need to appeal to liberal elements in this city, they have strong backing of developers and business owners who would oppose attempts to pass a living wage ordinance, just as the council opposed efforts to apply it to Target. Now the city has lost the ability to ensure that hundreds of Target employees receive a living wage.
The council majority wants it both ways, but just as Don Saylor’s letter to the chancellor on Sodexho showed his hand, he and his colleagues’ inaction on living wage, shows theirs. They continue to want to have it both ways until those in this community that stand behind the true principles of labor rights and social justice stand up and tell them no.
—Doug Paul Davis reporting
Staff hashad five months to get started. When are they going to do that? Why wasn’t the council all over them for not getting this done? This is where the rubber meets the road. Can we expect that report before the next election.
Staff hashad five months to get started. When are they going to do that? Why wasn’t the council all over them for not getting this done? This is where the rubber meets the road. Can we expect that report before the next election.
Staff hashad five months to get started. When are they going to do that? Why wasn’t the council all over them for not getting this done? This is where the rubber meets the road. Can we expect that report before the next election.
Staff hashad five months to get started. When are they going to do that? Why wasn’t the council all over them for not getting this done? This is where the rubber meets the road. Can we expect that report before the next election.
Background: EPI: Living Wage.
This community is generally LINO (liberal in name only), run by DINOs, who are actually more like RINOs.
Background: EPI: Living Wage.
This community is generally LINO (liberal in name only), run by DINOs, who are actually more like RINOs.
Background: EPI: Living Wage.
This community is generally LINO (liberal in name only), run by DINOs, who are actually more like RINOs.
Background: EPI: Living Wage.
This community is generally LINO (liberal in name only), run by DINOs, who are actually more like RINOs.
“…they have strong backing of developers and business owners who would oppose attempts to pass a living wage ordinance…”
As written, most living wage ordinances would have little or no impact on local businesses. Lamar should open a dialogue with business owners on this topic.
“…they have strong backing of developers and business owners who would oppose attempts to pass a living wage ordinance…”
As written, most living wage ordinances would have little or no impact on local businesses. Lamar should open a dialogue with business owners on this topic.
“…they have strong backing of developers and business owners who would oppose attempts to pass a living wage ordinance…”
As written, most living wage ordinances would have little or no impact on local businesses. Lamar should open a dialogue with business owners on this topic.
“…they have strong backing of developers and business owners who would oppose attempts to pass a living wage ordinance…”
As written, most living wage ordinances would have little or no impact on local businesses. Lamar should open a dialogue with business owners on this topic.
It seems strange to me DPD, that on the day that we pause from our usual routine to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to their country for our freedom, that you choose not to write a piece about Memorial Day. I did not see you or your contingent at the ceremony this morning either.
It seems strange to me DPD, that on the day that we pause from our usual routine to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to their country for our freedom, that you choose not to write a piece about Memorial Day. I did not see you or your contingent at the ceremony this morning either.
It seems strange to me DPD, that on the day that we pause from our usual routine to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to their country for our freedom, that you choose not to write a piece about Memorial Day. I did not see you or your contingent at the ceremony this morning either.
It seems strange to me DPD, that on the day that we pause from our usual routine to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to their country for our freedom, that you choose not to write a piece about Memorial Day. I did not see you or your contingent at the ceremony this morning either.
“Anonymous” –
I find it ironic that you are criticizing DPD and you have no knowledge of how he spent his day. All you know is that you did not see him at a memorial service. Yet you, find time to log on to this blog to critique him. Therefore, you are obviously reading on a day that should not be “business as usual” according to what you just said.
How people choose to honor those who have served our country is their own choice.
For you to use this day and this issue for your own political agenda is UN-American.
“Anonymous” –
I find it ironic that you are criticizing DPD and you have no knowledge of how he spent his day. All you know is that you did not see him at a memorial service. Yet you, find time to log on to this blog to critique him. Therefore, you are obviously reading on a day that should not be “business as usual” according to what you just said.
How people choose to honor those who have served our country is their own choice.
For you to use this day and this issue for your own political agenda is UN-American.
“Anonymous” –
I find it ironic that you are criticizing DPD and you have no knowledge of how he spent his day. All you know is that you did not see him at a memorial service. Yet you, find time to log on to this blog to critique him. Therefore, you are obviously reading on a day that should not be “business as usual” according to what you just said.
How people choose to honor those who have served our country is their own choice.
For you to use this day and this issue for your own political agenda is UN-American.
“Anonymous” –
I find it ironic that you are criticizing DPD and you have no knowledge of how he spent his day. All you know is that you did not see him at a memorial service. Yet you, find time to log on to this blog to critique him. Therefore, you are obviously reading on a day that should not be “business as usual” according to what you just said.
How people choose to honor those who have served our country is their own choice.
For you to use this day and this issue for your own political agenda is UN-American.
The temperature in western Iraq today was 116 degrees.
Thanks to all who serve.
Don S
Tending to their memory
Celebrate Memorial Day by caring for a vet’s grave marker
By Van Harl
Posted : Monday May 28, 2007 9:35:57 EDT
On Veterans Day we honor the men and women who have served this country in the armed forces. We have parades with active-duty troops marching in their uniforms. Veterans wear distinctive clothing, hats, badges and pins bearing their ranks. The point of Veterans Day is to thank and remember our living veterans, these defenders of our freedom who served and then came home to get on with their lives.
Memorial Day is for those who did not come home to marry, build a life or enjoy the freedom they helped preserve. More than 12 towns and cities claim to be the location where Memorial Day started. While stationed in Columbus, Miss., I was told that the Friendship Cemetery there is the true starting place for the annual recognition of Civil War dead.
In 1866, local Southern women were placing flowers on the graves of Confederate soldiers who died at the Battle of Shiloh. They noticed the graves of Union dead were neglected and overgrown with weeds. Enemies or not, these dead men were the loved ones of American families who had given their lives for a cause they believed in.
These grieving women cleared and placed flowers on the graves of those who may have killed their family members. Their unbiased efforts created the tradition of “Decoration Day,” which later melted into the national day of remembrance that became Memorial Day.
The Union dead were later removed from their first burial sites and re-interred at the many national cemeteries that were established. There are no Union dead buried at Friendship Cemetery — at least none that are known. There are 2,194 listed Confederate dead there, but only 345 soldiers and a female Army nurse have names and units on their grave markers. The remaining 1,848 headstones are marked “Unknown Confederate Dead.”
In battle, Confederate and Union troops fell and died next to one another. Often, they were buried in haste. I would suggest that, if the truth were known, Union dead are indeed still buried at Friendship Cemetery.
I used to walk there looking for markers with some of my different family surnames on them. In Mississippi the moss that grows on headstones can completely obscure the names. There was no way I could clean them all. I found a marked headstone of a soldier from the 37th Alabama surrounded by hundreds of “Unknown” markers. During the course of many trips to Friendship Cemetery, I cleaned the “Unknown” markers around that lone marked headstone.
There are thousands of cemeteries in this country that have those very distinctive military headstones. There is a tradition of placing American flags at these graves on Memorial Day. I believe we need to broaden that tradition and provide a little care, cleaning and maintenance for these last reminders of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation.
Local cemeteries do not have the money or manpower to keep these fallen heroes’ final markers cared for in the manner they deserve. Honor a veteran this year and every year by tending to a headstone. We buried another today.
The writer, a retired major, was a career police officer in the Air Force. He lives at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., with his active-duty wife. His e-mail address is vanharl@aol.com.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/
The temperature in western Iraq today was 116 degrees.
Thanks to all who serve.
Don S
Tending to their memory
Celebrate Memorial Day by caring for a vet’s grave marker
By Van Harl
Posted : Monday May 28, 2007 9:35:57 EDT
On Veterans Day we honor the men and women who have served this country in the armed forces. We have parades with active-duty troops marching in their uniforms. Veterans wear distinctive clothing, hats, badges and pins bearing their ranks. The point of Veterans Day is to thank and remember our living veterans, these defenders of our freedom who served and then came home to get on with their lives.
Memorial Day is for those who did not come home to marry, build a life or enjoy the freedom they helped preserve. More than 12 towns and cities claim to be the location where Memorial Day started. While stationed in Columbus, Miss., I was told that the Friendship Cemetery there is the true starting place for the annual recognition of Civil War dead.
In 1866, local Southern women were placing flowers on the graves of Confederate soldiers who died at the Battle of Shiloh. They noticed the graves of Union dead were neglected and overgrown with weeds. Enemies or not, these dead men were the loved ones of American families who had given their lives for a cause they believed in.
These grieving women cleared and placed flowers on the graves of those who may have killed their family members. Their unbiased efforts created the tradition of “Decoration Day,” which later melted into the national day of remembrance that became Memorial Day.
The Union dead were later removed from their first burial sites and re-interred at the many national cemeteries that were established. There are no Union dead buried at Friendship Cemetery — at least none that are known. There are 2,194 listed Confederate dead there, but only 345 soldiers and a female Army nurse have names and units on their grave markers. The remaining 1,848 headstones are marked “Unknown Confederate Dead.”
In battle, Confederate and Union troops fell and died next to one another. Often, they were buried in haste. I would suggest that, if the truth were known, Union dead are indeed still buried at Friendship Cemetery.
I used to walk there looking for markers with some of my different family surnames on them. In Mississippi the moss that grows on headstones can completely obscure the names. There was no way I could clean them all. I found a marked headstone of a soldier from the 37th Alabama surrounded by hundreds of “Unknown” markers. During the course of many trips to Friendship Cemetery, I cleaned the “Unknown” markers around that lone marked headstone.
There are thousands of cemeteries in this country that have those very distinctive military headstones. There is a tradition of placing American flags at these graves on Memorial Day. I believe we need to broaden that tradition and provide a little care, cleaning and maintenance for these last reminders of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation.
Local cemeteries do not have the money or manpower to keep these fallen heroes’ final markers cared for in the manner they deserve. Honor a veteran this year and every year by tending to a headstone. We buried another today.
The writer, a retired major, was a career police officer in the Air Force. He lives at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., with his active-duty wife. His e-mail address is vanharl@aol.com.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/
The temperature in western Iraq today was 116 degrees.
Thanks to all who serve.
Don S
Tending to their memory
Celebrate Memorial Day by caring for a vet’s grave marker
By Van Harl
Posted : Monday May 28, 2007 9:35:57 EDT
On Veterans Day we honor the men and women who have served this country in the armed forces. We have parades with active-duty troops marching in their uniforms. Veterans wear distinctive clothing, hats, badges and pins bearing their ranks. The point of Veterans Day is to thank and remember our living veterans, these defenders of our freedom who served and then came home to get on with their lives.
Memorial Day is for those who did not come home to marry, build a life or enjoy the freedom they helped preserve. More than 12 towns and cities claim to be the location where Memorial Day started. While stationed in Columbus, Miss., I was told that the Friendship Cemetery there is the true starting place for the annual recognition of Civil War dead.
In 1866, local Southern women were placing flowers on the graves of Confederate soldiers who died at the Battle of Shiloh. They noticed the graves of Union dead were neglected and overgrown with weeds. Enemies or not, these dead men were the loved ones of American families who had given their lives for a cause they believed in.
These grieving women cleared and placed flowers on the graves of those who may have killed their family members. Their unbiased efforts created the tradition of “Decoration Day,” which later melted into the national day of remembrance that became Memorial Day.
The Union dead were later removed from their first burial sites and re-interred at the many national cemeteries that were established. There are no Union dead buried at Friendship Cemetery — at least none that are known. There are 2,194 listed Confederate dead there, but only 345 soldiers and a female Army nurse have names and units on their grave markers. The remaining 1,848 headstones are marked “Unknown Confederate Dead.”
In battle, Confederate and Union troops fell and died next to one another. Often, they were buried in haste. I would suggest that, if the truth were known, Union dead are indeed still buried at Friendship Cemetery.
I used to walk there looking for markers with some of my different family surnames on them. In Mississippi the moss that grows on headstones can completely obscure the names. There was no way I could clean them all. I found a marked headstone of a soldier from the 37th Alabama surrounded by hundreds of “Unknown” markers. During the course of many trips to Friendship Cemetery, I cleaned the “Unknown” markers around that lone marked headstone.
There are thousands of cemeteries in this country that have those very distinctive military headstones. There is a tradition of placing American flags at these graves on Memorial Day. I believe we need to broaden that tradition and provide a little care, cleaning and maintenance for these last reminders of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation.
Local cemeteries do not have the money or manpower to keep these fallen heroes’ final markers cared for in the manner they deserve. Honor a veteran this year and every year by tending to a headstone. We buried another today.
The writer, a retired major, was a career police officer in the Air Force. He lives at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., with his active-duty wife. His e-mail address is vanharl@aol.com.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/
The temperature in western Iraq today was 116 degrees.
Thanks to all who serve.
Don S
Tending to their memory
Celebrate Memorial Day by caring for a vet’s grave marker
By Van Harl
Posted : Monday May 28, 2007 9:35:57 EDT
On Veterans Day we honor the men and women who have served this country in the armed forces. We have parades with active-duty troops marching in their uniforms. Veterans wear distinctive clothing, hats, badges and pins bearing their ranks. The point of Veterans Day is to thank and remember our living veterans, these defenders of our freedom who served and then came home to get on with their lives.
Memorial Day is for those who did not come home to marry, build a life or enjoy the freedom they helped preserve. More than 12 towns and cities claim to be the location where Memorial Day started. While stationed in Columbus, Miss., I was told that the Friendship Cemetery there is the true starting place for the annual recognition of Civil War dead.
In 1866, local Southern women were placing flowers on the graves of Confederate soldiers who died at the Battle of Shiloh. They noticed the graves of Union dead were neglected and overgrown with weeds. Enemies or not, these dead men were the loved ones of American families who had given their lives for a cause they believed in.
These grieving women cleared and placed flowers on the graves of those who may have killed their family members. Their unbiased efforts created the tradition of “Decoration Day,” which later melted into the national day of remembrance that became Memorial Day.
The Union dead were later removed from their first burial sites and re-interred at the many national cemeteries that were established. There are no Union dead buried at Friendship Cemetery — at least none that are known. There are 2,194 listed Confederate dead there, but only 345 soldiers and a female Army nurse have names and units on their grave markers. The remaining 1,848 headstones are marked “Unknown Confederate Dead.”
In battle, Confederate and Union troops fell and died next to one another. Often, they were buried in haste. I would suggest that, if the truth were known, Union dead are indeed still buried at Friendship Cemetery.
I used to walk there looking for markers with some of my different family surnames on them. In Mississippi the moss that grows on headstones can completely obscure the names. There was no way I could clean them all. I found a marked headstone of a soldier from the 37th Alabama surrounded by hundreds of “Unknown” markers. During the course of many trips to Friendship Cemetery, I cleaned the “Unknown” markers around that lone marked headstone.
There are thousands of cemeteries in this country that have those very distinctive military headstones. There is a tradition of placing American flags at these graves on Memorial Day. I believe we need to broaden that tradition and provide a little care, cleaning and maintenance for these last reminders of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation.
Local cemeteries do not have the money or manpower to keep these fallen heroes’ final markers cared for in the manner they deserve. Honor a veteran this year and every year by tending to a headstone. We buried another today.
The writer, a retired major, was a career police officer in the Air Force. He lives at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., with his active-duty wife. His e-mail address is vanharl@aol.com.
http://www.airforcetimes.com/
Today’s posting is about the fight for a living wage in Davis. It’s about people who work for the city but cannot afford to live in Davis. It’s fight to enable businesses like Red Barn Nursery and others to survive even though the council majority has supported big box retail.
Today is Memorial Day; however, today’s Vanguard was not about Memorial Day. So I think we should stay on topic instead of trying to change the topic.
If you wish to discuss Memorial Day then I’m sure there are plenty of blogs that will discuss this topic.
I bet a cup of coffee that if Greenwald had written about Memorial Day it would have been an anti-war piece and I bet some would have complained.
Geez DPD, you can’t make everyone happy. But then again, who can in this town unless you sell your soul?
Today’s posting is about the fight for a living wage in Davis. It’s about people who work for the city but cannot afford to live in Davis. It’s fight to enable businesses like Red Barn Nursery and others to survive even though the council majority has supported big box retail.
Today is Memorial Day; however, today’s Vanguard was not about Memorial Day. So I think we should stay on topic instead of trying to change the topic.
If you wish to discuss Memorial Day then I’m sure there are plenty of blogs that will discuss this topic.
I bet a cup of coffee that if Greenwald had written about Memorial Day it would have been an anti-war piece and I bet some would have complained.
Geez DPD, you can’t make everyone happy. But then again, who can in this town unless you sell your soul?
Today’s posting is about the fight for a living wage in Davis. It’s about people who work for the city but cannot afford to live in Davis. It’s fight to enable businesses like Red Barn Nursery and others to survive even though the council majority has supported big box retail.
Today is Memorial Day; however, today’s Vanguard was not about Memorial Day. So I think we should stay on topic instead of trying to change the topic.
If you wish to discuss Memorial Day then I’m sure there are plenty of blogs that will discuss this topic.
I bet a cup of coffee that if Greenwald had written about Memorial Day it would have been an anti-war piece and I bet some would have complained.
Geez DPD, you can’t make everyone happy. But then again, who can in this town unless you sell your soul?
Today’s posting is about the fight for a living wage in Davis. It’s about people who work for the city but cannot afford to live in Davis. It’s fight to enable businesses like Red Barn Nursery and others to survive even though the council majority has supported big box retail.
Today is Memorial Day; however, today’s Vanguard was not about Memorial Day. So I think we should stay on topic instead of trying to change the topic.
If you wish to discuss Memorial Day then I’m sure there are plenty of blogs that will discuss this topic.
I bet a cup of coffee that if Greenwald had written about Memorial Day it would have been an anti-war piece and I bet some would have complained.
Geez DPD, you can’t make everyone happy. But then again, who can in this town unless you sell your soul?
Thank you Don for your post. Hundreds gathered in Davis today to do honor to the courageous men and women that gave their lives in service to their country. This is the subject we should be focused upon today.
Thank you Don for your post. Hundreds gathered in Davis today to do honor to the courageous men and women that gave their lives in service to their country. This is the subject we should be focused upon today.
Thank you Don for your post. Hundreds gathered in Davis today to do honor to the courageous men and women that gave their lives in service to their country. This is the subject we should be focused upon today.
Thank you Don for your post. Hundreds gathered in Davis today to do honor to the courageous men and women that gave their lives in service to their country. This is the subject we should be focused upon today.
i’ve been impressed with lamar, especially on this issue. i suspect that i will vote for him next time around.
he is right to try and push this issue.
as fopr memorial day, i hope all those in harm’s way get to come home as soon as possible. noone should be sweating in iraq, they should be safe at home with their loved ones.
and they should earn a living wage and have decent medical and health care when they return (see, it is possible to bring all the threads back together).
i’ve been impressed with lamar, especially on this issue. i suspect that i will vote for him next time around.
he is right to try and push this issue.
as fopr memorial day, i hope all those in harm’s way get to come home as soon as possible. noone should be sweating in iraq, they should be safe at home with their loved ones.
and they should earn a living wage and have decent medical and health care when they return (see, it is possible to bring all the threads back together).
i’ve been impressed with lamar, especially on this issue. i suspect that i will vote for him next time around.
he is right to try and push this issue.
as fopr memorial day, i hope all those in harm’s way get to come home as soon as possible. noone should be sweating in iraq, they should be safe at home with their loved ones.
and they should earn a living wage and have decent medical and health care when they return (see, it is possible to bring all the threads back together).
i’ve been impressed with lamar, especially on this issue. i suspect that i will vote for him next time around.
he is right to try and push this issue.
as fopr memorial day, i hope all those in harm’s way get to come home as soon as possible. noone should be sweating in iraq, they should be safe at home with their loved ones.
and they should earn a living wage and have decent medical and health care when they return (see, it is possible to bring all the threads back together).
Thank you Don.
I definitely thought about your daughter and others who are over in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I didn’t go to the ceremony at the cemetery this year as I have done for many years. I don’t know why. I went for a long walk instead and thought about the war and all other wars. When I got home, I found my US Flag and hung it up outside my house. I didn’t think that people would be taking attendance or thinking about who wasn’t there other than the soldiers who couldn’t be. It makes me sad that there are people who watch for that kind of thing.
Thank you Don.
I definitely thought about your daughter and others who are over in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I didn’t go to the ceremony at the cemetery this year as I have done for many years. I don’t know why. I went for a long walk instead and thought about the war and all other wars. When I got home, I found my US Flag and hung it up outside my house. I didn’t think that people would be taking attendance or thinking about who wasn’t there other than the soldiers who couldn’t be. It makes me sad that there are people who watch for that kind of thing.
Thank you Don.
I definitely thought about your daughter and others who are over in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I didn’t go to the ceremony at the cemetery this year as I have done for many years. I don’t know why. I went for a long walk instead and thought about the war and all other wars. When I got home, I found my US Flag and hung it up outside my house. I didn’t think that people would be taking attendance or thinking about who wasn’t there other than the soldiers who couldn’t be. It makes me sad that there are people who watch for that kind of thing.
Thank you Don.
I definitely thought about your daughter and others who are over in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I didn’t go to the ceremony at the cemetery this year as I have done for many years. I don’t know why. I went for a long walk instead and thought about the war and all other wars. When I got home, I found my US Flag and hung it up outside my house. I didn’t think that people would be taking attendance or thinking about who wasn’t there other than the soldiers who couldn’t be. It makes me sad that there are people who watch for that kind of thing.
It was good to hear that hundreds gathered to honor the men and women that gave their lives in service to their country.
My daughter sang with the choir and son lead the pledge of allegiance to a small crowd (50 or so) 8 years ago. Some years I wondered why not many people took time to come. I think, with the war in Iraq, it is the thing to do right now.
It was good to hear that hundreds gathered to honor the men and women that gave their lives in service to their country.
My daughter sang with the choir and son lead the pledge of allegiance to a small crowd (50 or so) 8 years ago. Some years I wondered why not many people took time to come. I think, with the war in Iraq, it is the thing to do right now.
It was good to hear that hundreds gathered to honor the men and women that gave their lives in service to their country.
My daughter sang with the choir and son lead the pledge of allegiance to a small crowd (50 or so) 8 years ago. Some years I wondered why not many people took time to come. I think, with the war in Iraq, it is the thing to do right now.
It was good to hear that hundreds gathered to honor the men and women that gave their lives in service to their country.
My daughter sang with the choir and son lead the pledge of allegiance to a small crowd (50 or so) 8 years ago. Some years I wondered why not many people took time to come. I think, with the war in Iraq, it is the thing to do right now.
My husband and I went to the ceremony in Davis. We did that just after I sent notes to some gold star families who are our friends, telling them theirsons are not forgotten. It was a very nice ceremony, and thought provoking. Ted Puntillo read the names of those who have given their lives in service to our nation from WWI to Viet Nam. The speeches and music became a backdrop for my thoughts and memories.
My father was a WWII service disabled vet whose death was caused by his disability. Three years ago, my youngest son, a U.S. Marine, was there in full dress blues. He and a member of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy – all in dress uniforms – laid the wreath at the monument. I cried. A former Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII, cried and thanked my son. We took pictures of my son standing alone in the avenue of the flags and the memory is as sweet as the photos are beautiful.
This year, he was training for his all too soon deployment to Iraq and I prayed that next year he is beside me again, having finished his tour in Iraq and become a veteran by then.
Lamar and the fight for a living wage is as important a topic as the events today. Who knows? Maybe people like my son serve so that we can discuss topics like a living wage on even this day of all days. I like to think so.
Pat Lenzi
My husband and I went to the ceremony in Davis. We did that just after I sent notes to some gold star families who are our friends, telling them theirsons are not forgotten. It was a very nice ceremony, and thought provoking. Ted Puntillo read the names of those who have given their lives in service to our nation from WWI to Viet Nam. The speeches and music became a backdrop for my thoughts and memories.
My father was a WWII service disabled vet whose death was caused by his disability. Three years ago, my youngest son, a U.S. Marine, was there in full dress blues. He and a member of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy – all in dress uniforms – laid the wreath at the monument. I cried. A former Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII, cried and thanked my son. We took pictures of my son standing alone in the avenue of the flags and the memory is as sweet as the photos are beautiful.
This year, he was training for his all too soon deployment to Iraq and I prayed that next year he is beside me again, having finished his tour in Iraq and become a veteran by then.
Lamar and the fight for a living wage is as important a topic as the events today. Who knows? Maybe people like my son serve so that we can discuss topics like a living wage on even this day of all days. I like to think so.
Pat Lenzi
My husband and I went to the ceremony in Davis. We did that just after I sent notes to some gold star families who are our friends, telling them theirsons are not forgotten. It was a very nice ceremony, and thought provoking. Ted Puntillo read the names of those who have given their lives in service to our nation from WWI to Viet Nam. The speeches and music became a backdrop for my thoughts and memories.
My father was a WWII service disabled vet whose death was caused by his disability. Three years ago, my youngest son, a U.S. Marine, was there in full dress blues. He and a member of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy – all in dress uniforms – laid the wreath at the monument. I cried. A former Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII, cried and thanked my son. We took pictures of my son standing alone in the avenue of the flags and the memory is as sweet as the photos are beautiful.
This year, he was training for his all too soon deployment to Iraq and I prayed that next year he is beside me again, having finished his tour in Iraq and become a veteran by then.
Lamar and the fight for a living wage is as important a topic as the events today. Who knows? Maybe people like my son serve so that we can discuss topics like a living wage on even this day of all days. I like to think so.
Pat Lenzi
My husband and I went to the ceremony in Davis. We did that just after I sent notes to some gold star families who are our friends, telling them theirsons are not forgotten. It was a very nice ceremony, and thought provoking. Ted Puntillo read the names of those who have given their lives in service to our nation from WWI to Viet Nam. The speeches and music became a backdrop for my thoughts and memories.
My father was a WWII service disabled vet whose death was caused by his disability. Three years ago, my youngest son, a U.S. Marine, was there in full dress blues. He and a member of the Air Force, the Army and the Navy – all in dress uniforms – laid the wreath at the monument. I cried. A former Marine who served in the Pacific in WWII, cried and thanked my son. We took pictures of my son standing alone in the avenue of the flags and the memory is as sweet as the photos are beautiful.
This year, he was training for his all too soon deployment to Iraq and I prayed that next year he is beside me again, having finished his tour in Iraq and become a veteran by then.
Lamar and the fight for a living wage is as important a topic as the events today. Who knows? Maybe people like my son serve so that we can discuss topics like a living wage on even this day of all days. I like to think so.
Pat Lenzi
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
Yes: He worked at Safeway on Covell for many years.
Yes: He worked at Safeway on Covell for many years.
Yes: He worked at Safeway on Covell for many years.
Yes: He worked at Safeway on Covell for many years.
I have to say, the post above really upset me. What is a “real” job? Lamar had to work his way to put himself through school. He does not come from money and in fact he grew up in a very poor neighborhood.
Now he is working very hard making a small amount of money to put food on the table as he serves his community. He gets paid $500 per month for the fulltime job that is city council. He does not get money from his parents.
So again, I ask what is a real job and when has Lamar NOT had a real job? As far as I know he has had to work to survive since he was a young teenager.
I have to say, the post above really upset me. What is a “real” job? Lamar had to work his way to put himself through school. He does not come from money and in fact he grew up in a very poor neighborhood.
Now he is working very hard making a small amount of money to put food on the table as he serves his community. He gets paid $500 per month for the fulltime job that is city council. He does not get money from his parents.
So again, I ask what is a real job and when has Lamar NOT had a real job? As far as I know he has had to work to survive since he was a young teenager.
I have to say, the post above really upset me. What is a “real” job? Lamar had to work his way to put himself through school. He does not come from money and in fact he grew up in a very poor neighborhood.
Now he is working very hard making a small amount of money to put food on the table as he serves his community. He gets paid $500 per month for the fulltime job that is city council. He does not get money from his parents.
So again, I ask what is a real job and when has Lamar NOT had a real job? As far as I know he has had to work to survive since he was a young teenager.
I have to say, the post above really upset me. What is a “real” job? Lamar had to work his way to put himself through school. He does not come from money and in fact he grew up in a very poor neighborhood.
Now he is working very hard making a small amount of money to put food on the table as he serves his community. He gets paid $500 per month for the fulltime job that is city council. He does not get money from his parents.
So again, I ask what is a real job and when has Lamar NOT had a real job? As far as I know he has had to work to survive since he was a young teenager.
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
This post has been all over the place from living wage to Memorial Day, LINOs, DINOS, and RINOS. I agree with Lamar only about half the time but I don’t think he’s a phony as some would like to paint him.
I don’t know squat about his early childhood or his economic status and frankly, I don’t care. I do think he is sincere if not misguided at times. I have seen him at the city council meetings and he is by far the most respectful of any of the other elected officials. Why are you attacking him and his ethics?
Darnell
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
This post has been all over the place from living wage to Memorial Day, LINOs, DINOS, and RINOS. I agree with Lamar only about half the time but I don’t think he’s a phony as some would like to paint him.
I don’t know squat about his early childhood or his economic status and frankly, I don’t care. I do think he is sincere if not misguided at times. I have seen him at the city council meetings and he is by far the most respectful of any of the other elected officials. Why are you attacking him and his ethics?
Darnell
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
This post has been all over the place from living wage to Memorial Day, LINOs, DINOS, and RINOS. I agree with Lamar only about half the time but I don’t think he’s a phony as some would like to paint him.
I don’t know squat about his early childhood or his economic status and frankly, I don’t care. I do think he is sincere if not misguided at times. I have seen him at the city council meetings and he is by far the most respectful of any of the other elected officials. Why are you attacking him and his ethics?
Darnell
Has Lamar Heystek ever actually had a real job? Other than columnist for the Aggie?
This post has been all over the place from living wage to Memorial Day, LINOs, DINOS, and RINOS. I agree with Lamar only about half the time but I don’t think he’s a phony as some would like to paint him.
I don’t know squat about his early childhood or his economic status and frankly, I don’t care. I do think he is sincere if not misguided at times. I have seen him at the city council meetings and he is by far the most respectful of any of the other elected officials. Why are you attacking him and his ethics?
Darnell
An interesting note is that the military uses a quasi-living-wage formula in its pay structure.
I really think both the value and the controversy about most living wage proposals is overstated. From what I’ve read, the general effect is a slight reduction in jobs, balanced by some reduction in poverty.
The premise is a little questionable when applied to retail and food service businesses, as a significant percentage of employees in those industries are not trying to support a family. If the “universal” living wage proposals were implemented (which is far from what Lamar seems to be proposing), there would be winners and losers. Fewer low-skill and young applicants would be hired, while some percentage of employees at some businesses would get more money.
Some reporter or blogger might wish to call Davis Waste Removal for comment, as they are likely to be most affected. Your trash rates would probably go up. Costs mandated on private companies that contract with the city are just going to get passed along to taxpayers and ratepayers one way or another.
An interesting note is that the military uses a quasi-living-wage formula in its pay structure.
I really think both the value and the controversy about most living wage proposals is overstated. From what I’ve read, the general effect is a slight reduction in jobs, balanced by some reduction in poverty.
The premise is a little questionable when applied to retail and food service businesses, as a significant percentage of employees in those industries are not trying to support a family. If the “universal” living wage proposals were implemented (which is far from what Lamar seems to be proposing), there would be winners and losers. Fewer low-skill and young applicants would be hired, while some percentage of employees at some businesses would get more money.
Some reporter or blogger might wish to call Davis Waste Removal for comment, as they are likely to be most affected. Your trash rates would probably go up. Costs mandated on private companies that contract with the city are just going to get passed along to taxpayers and ratepayers one way or another.
An interesting note is that the military uses a quasi-living-wage formula in its pay structure.
I really think both the value and the controversy about most living wage proposals is overstated. From what I’ve read, the general effect is a slight reduction in jobs, balanced by some reduction in poverty.
The premise is a little questionable when applied to retail and food service businesses, as a significant percentage of employees in those industries are not trying to support a family. If the “universal” living wage proposals were implemented (which is far from what Lamar seems to be proposing), there would be winners and losers. Fewer low-skill and young applicants would be hired, while some percentage of employees at some businesses would get more money.
Some reporter or blogger might wish to call Davis Waste Removal for comment, as they are likely to be most affected. Your trash rates would probably go up. Costs mandated on private companies that contract with the city are just going to get passed along to taxpayers and ratepayers one way or another.
An interesting note is that the military uses a quasi-living-wage formula in its pay structure.
I really think both the value and the controversy about most living wage proposals is overstated. From what I’ve read, the general effect is a slight reduction in jobs, balanced by some reduction in poverty.
The premise is a little questionable when applied to retail and food service businesses, as a significant percentage of employees in those industries are not trying to support a family. If the “universal” living wage proposals were implemented (which is far from what Lamar seems to be proposing), there would be winners and losers. Fewer low-skill and young applicants would be hired, while some percentage of employees at some businesses would get more money.
Some reporter or blogger might wish to call Davis Waste Removal for comment, as they are likely to be most affected. Your trash rates would probably go up. Costs mandated on private companies that contract with the city are just going to get passed along to taxpayers and ratepayers one way or another.
even people who aren’t trying to support a family have to struggle to make ends meet. those who make more than minimum wage have an obligation, i believe, to absorb what slight costs a living wage might create. i certainly would not begrudge a rise in the cost of goods and services if it meant that the people working to provide them to me made a better living, any more than i begrudge the taxes i pay to provide for a healthy public sphere.
as for lamar, suggesting that working at safeway and as a university lecturer aren’t “real job” is rather obnoxious, in my opinion. without such workers, this college town would collapse, quite frankly. i suspect that most people do not grow all their own produce/dairy/meat.
even people who aren’t trying to support a family have to struggle to make ends meet. those who make more than minimum wage have an obligation, i believe, to absorb what slight costs a living wage might create. i certainly would not begrudge a rise in the cost of goods and services if it meant that the people working to provide them to me made a better living, any more than i begrudge the taxes i pay to provide for a healthy public sphere.
as for lamar, suggesting that working at safeway and as a university lecturer aren’t “real job” is rather obnoxious, in my opinion. without such workers, this college town would collapse, quite frankly. i suspect that most people do not grow all their own produce/dairy/meat.
even people who aren’t trying to support a family have to struggle to make ends meet. those who make more than minimum wage have an obligation, i believe, to absorb what slight costs a living wage might create. i certainly would not begrudge a rise in the cost of goods and services if it meant that the people working to provide them to me made a better living, any more than i begrudge the taxes i pay to provide for a healthy public sphere.
as for lamar, suggesting that working at safeway and as a university lecturer aren’t “real job” is rather obnoxious, in my opinion. without such workers, this college town would collapse, quite frankly. i suspect that most people do not grow all their own produce/dairy/meat.
even people who aren’t trying to support a family have to struggle to make ends meet. those who make more than minimum wage have an obligation, i believe, to absorb what slight costs a living wage might create. i certainly would not begrudge a rise in the cost of goods and services if it meant that the people working to provide them to me made a better living, any more than i begrudge the taxes i pay to provide for a healthy public sphere.
as for lamar, suggesting that working at safeway and as a university lecturer aren’t “real job” is rather obnoxious, in my opinion. without such workers, this college town would collapse, quite frankly. i suspect that most people do not grow all their own produce/dairy/meat.
A couple of years ago Davis Waste Removal started using the robotic trucks that pick up wheelie bins instead of having the driver jogging around hefting bins into the back of the truck. I guess this saved them some on labor costs (fewer drivers needed?) probably also on lost time due to injuries. Overall, I assume they saved money or they would not have done that. It probably has made refuse collection a much easier, cleaner and safer job.
A couple of years ago Davis Waste Removal started using the robotic trucks that pick up wheelie bins instead of having the driver jogging around hefting bins into the back of the truck. I guess this saved them some on labor costs (fewer drivers needed?) probably also on lost time due to injuries. Overall, I assume they saved money or they would not have done that. It probably has made refuse collection a much easier, cleaner and safer job.
A couple of years ago Davis Waste Removal started using the robotic trucks that pick up wheelie bins instead of having the driver jogging around hefting bins into the back of the truck. I guess this saved them some on labor costs (fewer drivers needed?) probably also on lost time due to injuries. Overall, I assume they saved money or they would not have done that. It probably has made refuse collection a much easier, cleaner and safer job.
A couple of years ago Davis Waste Removal started using the robotic trucks that pick up wheelie bins instead of having the driver jogging around hefting bins into the back of the truck. I guess this saved them some on labor costs (fewer drivers needed?) probably also on lost time due to injuries. Overall, I assume they saved money or they would not have done that. It probably has made refuse collection a much easier, cleaner and safer job.
Actually Heystek does not have a job currently. Not only that, but he asked the city to pay for his trip to Europe last month. sheesh. To me this hurts his credibility on his ability to understand economics and make budgetary decisions for my city.
Actually Heystek does not have a job currently. Not only that, but he asked the city to pay for his trip to Europe last month. sheesh. To me this hurts his credibility on his ability to understand economics and make budgetary decisions for my city.
Actually Heystek does not have a job currently. Not only that, but he asked the city to pay for his trip to Europe last month. sheesh. To me this hurts his credibility on his ability to understand economics and make budgetary decisions for my city.
Actually Heystek does not have a job currently. Not only that, but he asked the city to pay for his trip to Europe last month. sheesh. To me this hurts his credibility on his ability to understand economics and make budgetary decisions for my city.
You mean just as the city has paid for Ruth’s trips to the Phillipines?
You mean just as the city has paid for Ruth’s trips to the Phillipines?
You mean just as the city has paid for Ruth’s trips to the Phillipines?
You mean just as the city has paid for Ruth’s trips to the Phillipines?
the city did not pay for any of Ruth’s trips. That is so false it is laughable, just check with the city if you doubt me.
the city did not pay for any of Ruth’s trips. That is so false it is laughable, just check with the city if you doubt me.
the city did not pay for any of Ruth’s trips. That is so false it is laughable, just check with the city if you doubt me.
the city did not pay for any of Ruth’s trips. That is so false it is laughable, just check with the city if you doubt me.
So none of her expenses were reimbursed?
So none of her expenses were reimbursed?
So none of her expenses were reimbursed?
So none of her expenses were reimbursed?
like I said, call the city if you doubt this fact, and they can verify it for you.
like I said, call the city if you doubt this fact, and they can verify it for you.
like I said, call the city if you doubt this fact, and they can verify it for you.
like I said, call the city if you doubt this fact, and they can verify it for you.