Someday when the corruption is exposed and the crooks go to jail, ---Then the apathetic silent majority will get mad and fired up enough to register and vote ALL the crooks out!
Someday......
Until then we have "The family and friends plan", aka "the machine" , a huge pyramid that has been carefully built for decades and decades controlling everything. They all owe each other for their jobs and use whatever goods they have on each other to secure more jobs and favors.
Hence incompetency breeds and a get in and git yours attitudes. Power and greed have ruined organizations throughout history.
Thank goodness it is Not everyone, and often people start out with good intentions but cave when they are out-numbered by the schleppers on boards, classrooms,committees, departments, etc.
Sadly their position becomes just a pay check to them and the School system or City lose out on their real ability to do their job right. Why should I kill myself attitude kicks in because their co-worker can sit around and gossip all day and get away with it, so.......they then do the bare minimum of work to get through the work day. Sad. Very sad for the innocent bystanders, our children and citizens. When I worked for the County I had co-workers call their "contact' who was a County Legislator if they did not want to do something and he would call the boss who would then give preferential treatment to that employee. Get it? Sad but true, government can get away with lack of accountability.
I agree Dennis, you have the right attitude. Private sector would not allow all the nonsense that goes on. Wrong fit of a job for alot of them pretending to be earning their paycheck, so we need a clean sweep of the creeps holding progress back in OUR City/Schools as a rule. There are certain people I backed that I still believe in and know they are trying to change 50+ years of nepotism,etc. I understand.
Something has to give, and I still think all 3 entities-the Schools, City, and Lackawanna Housing will all implode, someday. Justice will prevail.
This is not meant to offend anyone, especially the honest hard-working caring people who do their job to the best of their ability.
I pray for change and a Clean Lackawanna, inside and out.
P.S. I can see people's hearts and I know there are very well meaning people in the Schools and City trying very hard to do the right thing. I am not criticizing your efforts nor am I judging you. I am tired of people who have not done a job talking negative, without having been there. Until they walk a mile in my shoes.....