Why should manager get a raise, mayor?
Apparently in the Hickenlooper administration not only does Parks and Recreation Manager Kim Bailey not have to show up for work, but she’s rewarded with a raise (“Hick’s pay hike plan backed,” Aug. 29).
Of course, this is taxpayer money, not coming directly out of the Denver mayor’s pocket.
When he was in the restaurant business, I wonder whether he would have allowed a manager to sneak away from work for 13.4 weeks for personal reasons and not fire the manager? Certainly, giving the manager a raise would be ridiculous.
Bailey did sneak away — she did not tell her boss the mayor that she was off on her personal educational adventure.
Meanwhile, the condition of Denver parks is poor, generally dirty and poorly maintained. Go to Englewood or even New York City and compare.
So we have incompetence, too. Forget the raise; Bailey should be fired.
Michael Burke, Denver
Maybe she has a stained blue dress. If he looks like a democrate, he acts like a democrate.
Posted by not here on September 6, 2007 02:20 AMMaybe she has a stained blue dress.
Posted by not here on September 6, 2007 02:20 AMHickenlooper shows his true colors on this. This is how liberals solve problems. Throw money at it and it will get better. They have no sense of responsibility.
Hickenlooper needs to be fired as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by on September 6, 2007 06:09 AMall of you morons voted hickenlooper in, so live with that choice!
IDIOTS
Posted by Fresh on September 6, 2007 07:30 AMI am a big supporter of Hickenlooper, but please tell me Bailey is not getting a raise. I completely agree with the letter writer that not only does she not deserve one, she shouldn't have been kept on in her position in light of her extraordinary amount of absences.
This isn't right.
Posted by mytwosense on September 6, 2007 09:17 AMMoron: 1. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment. 2. Psychology. a person of borderline intelligence in a former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.
My five kids will argue that I am not a moron whereas Fresh argues that I am since I voted for Hick. Hey! give me a break. I voted for Mares the first time around whereas the second time around I thought Hick was the lesser evil. Being committed to voting so I become imbued with the Right to bitch, I voted for Hick. I thought he was the lesser evil. Does such a thought turn me into a moron. So many in this blog use the word "moron" so freely not knowing its meaning. Me, Deicide Grimes, r22037yahoo
Deicide Corner: “A wise man has told us that 'men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in' . . .” -- Jane Addams
Please HIck, please fire Ms. Bailey.
What else can she do to prove she doesn't deserve the job?
not here=person obsessed with Bill Clinton. Get over it! I suppose it just slipped not here's mind to mention the current GOP, since they are such icons of truth and morality.
I suggest you stick to the topic lest you make an even further fool of yourself.
Of course she's getting a raise - it's the PC thing to do. She's a liberal black lady only working to improve herself (so she can land a higher paying job after getting her doctorate), and the Hick is a liberal who wants to help the downtrodden in life. It's a no-brainer, especially since it's the taxpayer's money and not his.
Posted by on September 6, 2007 03:30 PMIsn't that the department who is responsible for cutting down the weeds that decorate and beautify our horizons? The one's that make our young and old sick with asthma.
Posted by on September 8, 2007 06:52 AMI think only friends and family get hired on to work for the City and County of Denver!!
Fire the lazy lady!!