Comments on: Some Treasure Coast government jobs come with lucrative severance pay

By: get a life

get a life — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:26:29 +0000

we are being sucked dry to feed the fatten calf.not the first one of them deserve the salaries they are being paid.why are the citizens not allowed to vote for the contracts and salaries these people who are suppose to be OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS receive, who does decide these things??I feel like a lamb being led to slaughter. I have no power or control.But at election time we are united and MANY and have a great deal of power.wake up people

By: Unemployed & not even looking

Unemployed & not even looking — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:34:36 +0000

$121,000 for a city manager’s job??? In Fellesmere???
Are you kidding me??? Are they hiring???

By: Who is John Galt

Who is John Galt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:15:19 +0000

Good gosh…almost makes you dream of all of the peeps in government vaporizing to another dimension….with them gone, we could start over and stand a fighting chance.

Between all this Govt Entitlement, Firefighter/Police/Judicial/Politico Double Dipping of Pensions, Severance, Overtime.

No wonder the economy crashed. Its been crushed from do-nothings from above.

Who is John Galt?

By: Mordy Ki

Mordy Ki — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:57:32 +0000

HURRICANE SCAM ALERT!!!

Here’s how it works. You suffer damage to your property. Your insurance company refuses to pay the full amount that it will take to repair your property. Someone recommends a Public Adjuster Claim Service to you. The salesman (who works on commission) states that his company is the best in the business, guarantees that he will get you the additional money that you need to fully repair the damage and will do all of this quickly. All of this is offered for a fee of 20% of the additional money you get when the claim is settled. Out of financial and emotional desperation, you sign their contract. You are now officially scammed.

Be advised that a Public Adjuster Claim Service is nothing more than a licensed insurance salesman. He has no more influence over your insurance company than you do.

Before you sign a Public Adjuster Claim Service contract (they are all from the same “boilerplate”), know that this contract can NEVER be cancelled (after the three-day right to rescind has passed), does not have a termination or expiration date, does not specify what will be specifically provided or delivered, lives on until the claim is settled, cannot be terminated for failure to deliver (breach of contract) and the Public Adjuster Claim Service is legally entitled to receive his fee (because of the contract wording) even if he has nothing to do with the settlement. In fact, he doesn’t have to do a thing to collect his full fee!

In my case, after I signed his contract, it was filed away waiting for someone to settle the claim. It is guaranteed money to the Public Adjuster Claim Service.

The Public Adjuster Claim Service that I contracted with did nothing for seven months – not even call me. I fired them – I thought. I hired an attorney who settled the case/claim 15 months later. Because of the Public Adjuster Claim Service contract, I was still obligated to pay his $19,000 fee.

If this sounds like sour grapes, call the State of Florida Consumer Protection Agency (877-693-5236) and ask them to verify my statements and the reputation of the Public Adjuster Claim Service. The only way to stop this cheating scam is to change the law. Better yet, don’t sign a Public Adjuster Claim Service contract.

Hire an attorney if you need to and don’t let them charge you more than a 20% fee. And a reputable contractor will provide a free quote to repair your damage that can be given to your attorney to forward to your insurance company.

BEWARE. DON’T HIRE A PUBLIC ADJUSTER CLAIM SERVICE. You will be scammed like me.

By: JoeC

JoeC — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:44:41 +0000

Well this statement is completely false..
“We’re an at-will employee,” Baird said. “We don’t have any rights. We’re not like a regular employee that has property rights where you have to show progressive discipline, you have to show performance. That’s why we have the contract. We can come in one Tuesday and they can say, ‘We just don’t like you any more. Bye.’”

FLORIDA IS A RIGHT TO WORK STATE.. In other words you can be fired at any time for Any reason.. Regardless of weather you are a government worker or not. What a crock of crp.

The Government cant afford to help Schools but we can afford to pay some guy 175k for not even working????? What is wrong with out country?

By: Gang of the corrupt

Gang of the corrupt — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:09:08 +0000

Is it any wonder our Government Employees and Organizations and Elected do so little, stray so often, and collect so much tax revenue?

If anyone thinks that any thing less than 70% of every tax dollar is wasted, they need to rethink.

Most people should be happy to keep their job by doing a good job….this culture of get - fired, fail and get-rich, is insane and yet another reason to NEVER increase taxes on the working people of this great nation.

Not all govt is bad but the bad ones seem to have the upper hand for now.