IS THIS CRONYISM? Response Below...
Maricopa County
Treasurer Charles “Hos” Hoskins has offered former Arizona Senate President
Russell Pearce the $85,000 a year job overseeing human resources, legislative
outreach, budget and senior citizen outreach.
Why are we duplicating services within the County when
there is already a HR department for shared services.
For the record, Russell Pearce has served and earned
three government pensions:
Public Safety Retirement from work for the
Sheriff's Office
Elected Official from his years in public
office
State civil service from prior work
...
Is this now a fourth pension? I love Russell as a person, but this invites the
question by those fed up with government - When do these guys go out and get
real jobs like the rest of us?
I spent 22 years in active and reserve duty
- mostly reserve - and had to work civilian jobs for decades and still am
working hard to make ends meet for my retirement and maybe a bit for my kid's
future college education. Many other Arizonans face the same or worse
challenge. They don't get $70k a year jobs in government with
pensions.
I am a 30-year experienced business
corporate leader, formerly with a national publicly held company, who also
retired as a senior Navy leader. Many veterans with like experience would
gladly apply for and take the job for $60k a year and find ways to save
taxpayers more money.
I am guided by principles of government
service in my family. My grandfather retired from Federal service and my dad
retired from Federal civil service in 1981 at a very modest pension based on
being a Federal hospital and health care executive running 11 hospitals - all
for less than $70k a year. He said Federal service was serving others and was
always mindful that, he, too, was a taxpayer.
Respectfully, as a Barry Goldwater
conservative Republican, my thought to Hos is enough is enough. It is not the
best public policy management choice in how public money is spent - and if the
position is needed to be filled, hire a veteran. Thousands of qualified
veterans are out of work - they have the highest unemployment rate in the U.S.
today.
Jon C. Altmann
Senior Chief Intelligence
Specialist
U.S. Navy (Ret.)
"Leadership is not for the risk averse "
Community
Participation:
- National Vice President - Membership, Association of the U.S. Navy - www.ausn.org
- Commissioner, City of Phoenix Military Veterans Commission
- State Chairman, Education Committee, American Legion Department of Arizona
- Parish Manager/Administrator, St. Joseph's Catholic Church
- Chapter Treasurer, Saguaro/Phoenix Chapter, Association of the U.S. Navy
- Owner/Manager, The Public Safety Research Group - www.thepsrg.com
