Wednesday, July 22, 2009
If a Shoe Drops in North Adams, Does it Make a Sound?
The Teacher's Union answers one of my questions. Former city administrative officer (currently employed by State Atty General), Kathy Eade, played a role in this. From a letter to the editor in today's paper:
I've done some digging myself, and will have more thoughts on this later tonight or tomorrow. ¶ 6:44 AM
Ms. Eade told me that one of the reasons she left her job at City Hall was because she believed city employees were paying more than their fair share of the health insurance costs and that the mayor knew it.With all due respect to my friends at The Transcript, this is a viable story. It is not some minor drama that needs only to be summarized after it plays out.
... she had reviewed a spreadsheet that had been prepared at City Hall, which revealed that for several years, city employees were paying more than their 30 percent share of health insurance costs.
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Under Mass Public Information law, we asked for the spreadsheet that Ms. Eade had seen. The city denied our request...
I've done some digging myself, and will have more thoughts on this later tonight or tomorrow. ¶ 6:44 AM
