Hall County Commission screws it again

The Hall County Commission has been cutting employees and services since 2010 with the election of Gibbs and Lutz.

Lutz has an Arnold Schwarzenegger complex, much worse than having a Jesus complex.

Gibbs is a toadie whatever that means.

So how did they screw it up again?

Converting a closed library into .... a doctor's office to be used only by county employees! OMG! Socialized and mandatory medicine.

Had Obama proposed this, the Commission would have gone all postal on socialized medicine, forcing employers to provide women with birth control, and 32 violations of secret agreements with dead men.

There are two versions of the real story. One at Access. Another at the Gainesville Times.

So we shut down this special needs library, fired the staff, and let it stand empty, justified by ... we don't have the money for non-essential services. Yup. A library geared to children with special needs really isn't life and death. Nope.

So it is small. Not much parking. Only one conference room. Single story. Rural.

Now we have the money to refurbish it into a medical office and pharmacy, hire a pharmacist(s) at $100,000 per year, several pharm techs, upgrade security for medicine storage, storage of medical records, medical wastes, hire at least one doctor for at least $200,000 per year, several nurses, ae receptionists, an office manager, and some one to have audit and oversight power.

Yeah.

Then who gets to go there?

County employees only.

Will they have a choice of providers?

Yes, as long as they chose the new health clinic.

Can they use a pharmacy located close to their homes.

Yes, As long as they live near Exit 24 in Hall County, Georgia.

Here's the fine print:

Hall County cut the budget for the Public Health Department to find the money for this government mandated medical clinic.

Do you know what that means to families with school aged children?

Yeah. It means we just shit on them.

CEO's aren't the owners of the company. Stockholders are the owners.

No big news to me. When the owners of a company can't set compensation plans, the CEO takes a 'lion's share' of the wealth.

Link

In their filings with federal regulators, these companies also disclose details behind those pay plans – how much stock, stock options, “performance” shares and other esoteric holdings they’ve awarded to their top executives.

Let's see if there is a real world analogy to explain this. Nope. None. Only in the business world does the CEO get rich faster than the owners of a company.

Wait! Al Capone! Nope. Sorry. I thought I had a real world example of a CEO getting paid more than the owners of a free enterprise. Capone owned the mob. Or did he?