On Ordinance brews controversy in Milton

Posted on July 21 at 7:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I smell a PIG not rat!!! Mr. Shaikh you just acquired a new beer customer, ME. I am fed up with this new extreme political approach to everything. Laws & rules use to be about public & civic interests within a community. Now their just used to smother competition, politically and industry related. Its an all or nothing mantra now, and I for one, have had enough! Including you PIG VOMIT!!!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 22 at 1:25 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Hey (RetiredGM)-** The Milton Teachers Union believes in leaving children behind or off the radar when they discuss the Union job performance. I love this statement! I'm going to apply that sentence to your retired job. "The UAW Union believes in ignoring their vehicle products and sales, or off the radar when discussing auto worker performance!" It looks like your kettle is blacker than black!!!!

On Alcohol, drugs slow teen development

Posted on March 18 at 10:51 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

THIS JUST IN- Huffing has now been linked to slow comprehension levels of students at any grade!!!! And Crystal-Meth is increasing cavities for more adults!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 18 at 10:45 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

RAF, First and foremost, I would like to sincerely thank you for serving our country. I truely honor your 20-30 years of service & sacrifice to uphold our countries rights. So when you talk about constitutional rights, I believe it's from the heart. You just have to remember that all "Rights" are not written in stone. They are a starting point, our forefathers always intended laws to be reworked. We have the "right" (For the Pursuit of Happiness), it doesn't say you are going to be happy here, it just states that you always have an opportunity to find happiness. This isn't a road map, or a how to document. It is an enabling device for all, to choose their own path! So the path to education is extremely broadened by it's scope and interpretation. I believe 1869, freed black men were given the right to vote. However, states passed laws stating that a freed black slave only counted as 3/4 of a man. So their votes would not count, even though they had the "Right" too! Black men did not actually start voting until, I believe 1962. That's almost a hundred years after they were actually given the constitutional right to vote! Just an example of a "Right" that was never fully embraced by people.

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 17 at 11:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I can't wait till "RetiredAirForce" & "RetiredGM" can't remember what they said an hour ago! You guys are so out of date with the times!!! Go read your NewsWeek magazine with a magnifying glass and keep your irrelevant comments to your VA meetings! I'm not a soldier hater, I'm a idiot hater!!!!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 17 at 3:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

RetiredGM *Why is it that so many of the people posting things off topic about me, and my fellow GM coworkers can not stay on topic of these Public sector positions.

Because your argument is stupid, and a lot of your GM coworkers think like you do! The only reason you give a rats ass, is because of the impact to your property taxes. GM and it's coworkers have been so great to Detroit, Mi. that their school system is almost extinct! Thank God their are fewer and fewer, narrow-minded, self-entitled GM people in this town!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 17 at 2:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

You know whats messed up? My Dad graduated from High School and two weeks later he was hired to work for General Motors (circa 1970). My dad said he was making almost $8,000 more than the teachers in his school.

How many people with "retired" in their username would support a tax increase for our schools? None of you!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 16 at 11:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Here's my beef with (curtaincall,RetiredGM,RetiredAirForce). If we could apply all of your wonderful ideas, like for instance "Performance Pay". Let's say they are making the grade and actually over achieving. All of a sudden Milton Schools are telling their tax payers, "The teachers are doing so well, that we need more money from you, to cover benefits they have earned." And we all know most retired people vote NO for school referendums or anything that directly impacts their property taxes. So quit bad mouthing the teachers, and look in the mirror, because it's angry old geezers like you guys, who inevitably cripple our school systems. I've said to my daughter, that "if the older generation doesn't support your schooling, 10 years from now when you can vote, you don't have to support their causes either." And you really need her to get a good education, more than ever before. Otherwise whose paying into the system to cover the cost of some person wiping your BUTT!!!!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 16 at 11:14 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Lets look at this from a more intelligent argumentative point. The Teachers have a Union, like I have a Union. I have to pay for health insurance that I don't even need, because my wife's company already pays for our health coverage. So why won't the union let me discontinue coverage? Because the Union charges me $900 a month and real cost to them is only $600 dollars per person. That is a net of $300 dollars a month for the union! So if you try to reduce a health plan, then you are reducing the amount of money that the Union receives! The teachers realize that if their Union is getting less compensation from insurance, then they will increase some other fees to make up the difference (i.e. monthly membership fees, percentage of payroll fee, etc.) Because Union administrations are the last to concede any monies! So this can directly impact a teachers net paycheck, but so what! In the private sector, we get told that changes are inevitable. Like it or not, this is the choice we made for you. Why do teachers think they should be owed more than their students' parents who are exposed to real economic conditions everyday! I'm just sayin'!!!!

On Milton, teachers haggle over insurance

Posted on March 16 at 1:18 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I understand why the teachers are fighting this. Once you let them take something away, they always go back to the same well, again later on. But they have to be realistic. Their is a drastic reduction in overall funds available to the school district and it's not going to change for awhile. If the teachers have to agree to a reduction in coverage, then they should insist on being able to renegotiate a contract, when student enrollment reaches within 3% of an agreed upon number. And if the district can save over $600,00 (which we know is inflated), what's wrong with saving two-thirds of that money and using the other one-third to retain teachers and programs. Most people will make sacrifices for the good of others in a group! So the district saves $400,000, and Milton's Teachers could retain jobs with the other $200,000. Everybody concedes a part, and everyone benefits as a whole! It shouldn't come down to the almighty dollar, and it shouldn't possess short minded thinking! I'm just say'in!