Should state wages be frozen?

another exhausting day working at a state children’s hospital. At least today, I can go home without having been assaulted by a kid while some high paid director, crew of appointees and 6 figure civil service earners make decisions and rules about things they know nothing about. They but do little themselves and would never know or care how it feels to be a direct care staff. I work very hard and I get mandated for overtime too much because my co-workers have gotten badly hurt by the kids we take care of and care about. We can’t afford a wage freeze and we deserve every dollar we make, but unfortunately, most at the top are way overpaid. Cut the fat in effective management and keep the labor.i am glad i was told about this newspaper’s discussion board.

I responded as a direct care staff to the question in the Albany times Union Yestersay, so I would not be suspected as the writer should any state administrator read the column. ( I doubt they will, tho)

it's not the degree of dedication, the hard work nor the positive results that brings a job promotion..

...and I can't figure out what it takes.
Last week my husband, a man with 28 yr. of inpatient experience at the childrn's psych center where staff and kids have enormous respect for michael lost a promotion to a woman with no in patient experience and not a particularly nice person. Many employees are angry and attribute my husband's loss to their needing him to fill the other boy's team leader because the current leader is retiring. They know my hhusband has excellent leadership qualities and has the only functional team, so they want to keep him where he is.
jason phoned toniight- He's given 12 years to Myjewishlearning.com and for the past 6 has forgone lots of recreation to work on weekends. His peer, who spends half the time t the job, got a promotion.
Go figure. i'm too frustrated to bother. I've lost trust in people,

So what's 28 years of experience?

Michael , with 28 years of in-patient experience got passed over for a promotion by a peer, perhaps with the same number of years with the State, but with NO IN-PATIENT EXPERIENCE!!! He is revered by all the staff and cliniciansm teachers and kids. Go figure.

oh the silliness of our family!

We have a 7 mo. old bichon we named Katana(little in Hebrew)- She was 1 and a half pounds when we got her. She is now about 6 and a half. Michael, Dara, Jason and I call her practically everything, but... how will she ever know her own name? tana, duttie, duts, kitty, lildawg, little dog, tanalughhhhh, "T", > Whe same for Lily, and we never really did know if she knew her name!

on dentists..

For years I have battled gum disease, which was only treated as a bacterial infection by my first periodontist thirty years ago, thus keeping it in check without any kind of surgery. After I relocated 90 minutes from his practice and he had no Saturday or even early evening appointments, (which I can't understand because most people have to work, some two jobs to pay for such services that are not covered by insurance), I went through many perios only to get surgery on three quadrants and have teeth extracted. Finally, after being told I should get three more teeth pulled because despite my "excellent home care", the disease was worsening, and get implants before the bone loss was too great too be able to take implants, I searched for dentists who perhaps could save me from paying thousands of dollars and help me keep the teeth.
i saw an article by Dr. Paul Keyes, based in D.C. who only believed that periodontitis was a bacterial disease and should be treated that way. I e-mailed him and he e-amiled and phoned me. He is 92 years YOUNG, nad gave me advice that has saved me thousand s and heartache- a dentist in NYC, who, "should have retired," as he says, 'years ago" and only took me out of respect for the reknowned Dr. Keyes, and is treating me- I HAVE MY TEETH and there is no infection any more- things are looking good- Dentists have to pay back enormous loans and it is
more profitable to perform surgery than to educate patients the right oral care. Incidentally, Dr. Keyes is looked down upon by the dental community. Dr. Galvin, my new dentist, has been treating people, who are now quite elderly, using his methods, for many years, and were told way back that many teeth would have to come out. THANK YOU DRs. GALVIN and KEYES!!!!!

on celebrities and their woes

i do not feel compassion for celebrities who flaunt their designer clothing and jewels and publicize via the media or even twitter about their luxurious vacations, the cost of which even a professional person earns in 6 months or more, and then wail about being robbed. Isn't it logical to conclude that young persons who have so little feel that their "victims" have so much anyway, and they can just buy more of what was taken without even feeling the cruch?

Our Latest Venture

I am vacillating between taking on the responsibility of a new bichon- pee and poop training, grooming, heavy duty costs and being home for or not.
micheal and I have become vendors of 925 silver imported from hong king and shang hai- contemporary pieces that we buy on e-bay and ressell at work and street fairs and flea markets. we need the money- i need extensive work on my teeth and gumsd- go figure- i take care of them, but still they dteriorated and i have lots of bone loss and back teeth have been pulled- don't know whether it was necessary- going to see a dentist in nyc that aims supposedly to save teeth others want to pull- might it be all in the name of a buck?
It's bad enough when a Gentile screws helpless people, but when a Jew is unscrupulous after all that was done to the Jews, I feel unsettled and angry. There is a jewish little man at work who is the head of quality control who is out to get therapy aids, who despite their hard work and dedication to the kids are accused wrongly in most cases or rightly, but who accidentally hurt a child, are out to GET them. He is scum/
I love my kids and i'm proud of them!!!!