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Giving politicians high salaries so as to prevent corruption is a nonsensical argument. This would be analogous to paying ordinary people a lot of money so that they don't steal or rob.
Not being corrupt is what is expected of the politicians; it should not become something that needs to be reimbursed. Keeping a man upright with obscenely high salary is as good as legalizing corruption.
The thing is, you cannot expect all politicians to be uncorrupted. That is simply too idealistic. We are all humans, susceptible to temptations. The propensity to corrupt ourselves rises in tandem with the opportunities to. Hence, the high salaries would serve as a deterrent of corruption. Independent surveys by international organisations have studied and ranked Singapore as relatively more incorrupt, isn't that a relief?
I would like to believe that Singapore has been clean mainly due to the effective enforcement of law and zero tolerance of the law against corruption. With or without obscenely high salary, Singapore will remain largely clean as long as the tough laws and effective enforcement are present. Without both of them, no amount of high salaries will prevent corruption since the desires of human beings are infinitely huge.
From another point of view, if high salary is not the main cause for a corruption-free Singapore, then aren't we paying too high a price for public servants whom we can get at a lower price? It's also about the cost effectiveness.
You say that "Singapore will remain largely clean as long as the tough laws and effective enforcement are present". Who then were the ones who instituted tough laws and made sure effective enforecement are in place? Who are the ones who even made it possible for you to believe that tough laws made Singapore work?
They are the ones whom you said are overpaid. And if you want them or even better leaders, there has to be a quid pro quo.
You say "from another point of view", but you're still adopting an intransigent view of being an idealist!
You choose to believe politicians must be altruistic and selfless. Even if you're able to, not everyone can!
I don't hold the view that politicians must be altruistic and selfless; I only believe that there are established institutions that force them to.
The people administering law and order are not the same the Ministers. For example, in the USA at least, judges are able to uphold justice by the guarantee of life tenure. Another example is the ICAC of Hong Kong, which is independent of the government.
Thus, by allowing the Ministers to be subject to independent checks from other legal institutions, law and order can be maintain without recourse to either high salary or altruism.
I did not use the verb "administering", I employed "instituted" and kept "in place". These actions could only be done by ministers, not people on the ground. Moreover you need capable people at the top in order to ensure organisational structure for people on the ground to perform their roles well.
Now you decide to bring in examples from other countries. USA, of all countries, legalised corruption. Lobbying for elections by politicians is corruption legalised. Please read more about it if you had not. Hong Kong's system is a vestige of British institutionalism. They seek to uphold the doctrine of separation of powers. This doctrine never truly worked in reality. It was born in the United Kingdom and if you study constitutional laws, you'd get what I mean. Reality is always more complicated than what the academia and idealists see, want and hope.
You should really drop your idealist stance and be a realist.
@ J Wu
Its always better to deal with what is, rather than what should be.
Are you god, judge to determine this 'what is' Perhaps thats your moral that is why, am I right you are not a 'minister'?
I just meant : its best to deal with the facts (people can be corrupt) rather than theories (people should not be corrupt)
Corruption is cancer, and Singapore is one country which has demonstrated the right combination of incentive (salary) and enforcement (jail time) to keep this cancer at bay. It is amazing that the public will accept CEOs and managers of corporations (especially banks) being paid millions and even, hundreds of millions! Compare what a good government is in charge of (billions of funds, millions of people etc) and pay them less than corporate managers? What a nonsense! Anyone who states otherwise should come out with a better solution.
Running a commercial corpn, business enterprise is completely different from running a nation - are tou kidding me that these 2 are the same?
Ministers DO NOT die for their countries. Ministers sit at their completely comfortable aircon offices, nice chairs, ate luxurious lunches, at times paid for by tax payers, (and many more perks) - and are paid miilions $ abeit you might say their functions are critical.
How about the foot soldiers, they called rifleman in Singapore? In war they are the FIRST, usually, to die for their countries. They should be paid much more right, since I should say they 'more honourable' in what they do, and in more dangerous jobs?
Aren't they entitiled to the same $$millions as ministers, since they sacrifice limbs, and lives? Even loosing families and loved ones behind if they die fighting for their country, Singapore !
I hope the reader will forgive
my morbid little ditty
but 50 years of one-man rule?
the picture isn't pretty
In sombre tones, the papers say
"The Old Man's brain is shrinking!"
so let me get it down in words
the things that I've been thinking
By law of primogeniture
the scion will assume
"He's the best man for the job!"
"Yeah right" the people fume
"But this is meritocracy!"
the papers will exclaim
remember Jeyaratnam?
he knew their little game
Democracy dismantled
plurality postponed
one family in Lah Lah Land
perpetually enthroned
And so the great man's legacy
what difference did he make?
a 'School of Public Policy'
oh please, give me a break
The final word to Mr.Chee
here's what he would say
"Old dictators never die
nor even fade away!"
I hate people who post poems or dittys or crap into a blog discussion. Why can't they use normal sentences like everyone else? They think they're oh so witty and everyone will fall down on their knees and praise them for their cleverness
In reality they're just being tedious and a bore
great poem but it is JeyarEtnam. just in case anyone wants to google it.
ah keng is writing to the point. Simply is sad that you (selectively, perhaps)didnt get it I believe and resort to criticising.
I tend to believe I am right if you repy.
I do hope you didn't spend too much time coming up with this limerick. Shakespeare it ain't I'm afraid.
The total cost of President Obama, including the cost of all his perks, like the White House living accommodation, travel on Air Force One, Marine One etc. makes his salary meaningless. The PM of Singapore lives in his own house, shares government transport with other Ministers etc.
Why don't you check with Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as to who has been paying for all the overseas travel expenses of the PM and Ministers?
It's the Singapore taxpayers. And btw, they spend quite a bit when they are overseas.
I don't know if that is completely accurate. It would strange for them to pay their own way on trips or for their own security. Also, if generals all have their own "company" car in Singapore I really doubt that the PM "shares" government transport with other ministers.
I agree with you....his salary is meaningless considering the job that he has to do. But more importantly he has term limits...maybe we should have those in Singapore too.
All heads of Government and Ministers in all countries have their overseas travel paid for by taxpayers. This is nothing to do with their salaries and perks while at home. The cost of the US president's overseas travel would dwarf the cost of any other head of state's overseas travel, including Singapore. My point is that the cost of the US Presidency to US taxpayers is so far in excess of the President's salary that just quoting his salary in comparison to the Singapore PM's salary (or any other head of state's salary) is misleading.
Would a fair comparison be the cost of the US presidency to US tax payers as a percentage of national GDP? The same can be applied for Singapore PM-ship, etc. You get the point.
This is of course, barring geopolitical realities, i.e., assassination attempts--both failed and successful--on the US president constitute eminent importance to national security. Contrast this to the Singapore PM, and you get my drift.
I'm not sure if it is that misleading actually. Barack Obama doesn't get to 'pocket' the cost of his security, foreign travel, etc. whilst his salary goes into his bank account. The amount going into Mr Lee's bank account is far larger than that going into Mr Obama's.
It's not as if they go overseas for a holiday with their families. Say you work for a private company, if you are told to go on a work assignment, are you expected to pay for your flight and accommodation and expenses? Maybe you had to.. and I'm sorry for you.
Reality check, nobody wants to fork out their money for something they are told to do and getting no reimbursements whatsoever. Well unless you're doing it for a non-profit organisation that is.
Say you need an expertise from overseas, are you just going to invite them and expect them to pay for all their expenses and you just give them their salary? I doubt they want it as well. Or in some cases, it can be fairly debated. Vice Versa.
Nonetheless, it's always business. Noone knows what they are up to until something happens here in Singapore.
I used to live in Singapore but now I live in a nearby country where the opposite is true - government employees get small salaries and make up for it "on the side". Let me tell you, Singapore's system may not be perfect, but it's a lot better than where I am now.
Corruption in government creates a huge drag on the economy and degrades everybody's standard of living. Projects get approved based on how much the minister in charge will profit from the kick-backs rather than on whether they benefit society. Under the table payouts get hidden away or moved off-shore. So they create no benefit for anyone at home. Whereas, I'm sure that much of Mr. Lee's wealth and that of other ministers has been invested in companies and projects that have helped make Singapore a better country.
On "befitting" society, would this include BILLIONS lost by Temasek and GIC in the global financial crisis? What makes you sure that a corrupt system for selecting which projects to invest in will always definitely not outshine those selected by bureaucrats who have little experience in the commercial world, barring the ethics involved?
There can be many arguments to be fought over — like how much it might cost per capita for a country to have corruption-free governance with a nett surplus at the end of the year — involving abstruse and arcane calculations. Though I'm not a fan of certain elements of Singapore's government, it has to be said that few 'first-world' countries are governed by elites willing to cut their own pay by 30+% just because they lost a handful of seats at the ballot box.
@xCHB6NZcZE Jan 6th 2012 7:07 GMT
"The total cost of President Obama, including the cost of all his perks, like the White House living accommodation, travel on Air Force One, Marine One etc. makes his salary meaningless. The PM of Singapore lives in his own house, shares government transport with other Ministers etc."
Obama fills two roles, head of the government and head of state. So you have to include the salary of Tony Tan if you want to make a far assessment. What is the justification of paying a ceremonial President $1.5 Million a year?
As an economist and the leader of one of Singapore's Opposition parties, referred to in your article, I feel your article does Singaporeans a disservice as it fails to get to the heart of the reason for their discontent. Our civil service is certainly not corruption free with several high profile cases recently, yet the Review Committee has confirmed their continued high pay on the grounds that, "the element of significant sacrifice expected of political appointment holders should not be applied to civil servants" In any case the public has never accepted that high salaries should be necessary to prevent corruption. Taken to its logical conclusion this is endorsing Olson's theory of government as 'stationary bandits'. According to Olson, roving bandits steal and destroy whilst a stationary bandit, (a tyrant) has an incentive to encourage a degree of economic success as he will expect to be in power long enough to take a share of it. The stationary bandit therefore takes on the primordial function of government. The central debate has moved on to why our leaders, who refer to themselves as 'servant leaders', should peg their salaries to the combined income of the highest earners in the country and not on a multiple of a civil servant's salary as elsewhere. That list of top ranking earners has been kept private by a review board you laughingly call independent. We estimate that our Ministers at entry level will have a take home pay that puts them in the top 0.25% of earners here, after the cut. New ministers will not get pensions but old pensions accrued by current ministers remain in place. Factor in to this that our parliament sits for just 30 days a year and that our total population is half the size of London. Our GDP per capita may be high but on a per hour worked basis it is towards the bottom of the list of advanced Nations. A correct comparison should be with inner London or New York not another Nation due to our size and as we have no rural areas. Our GDP per capita is only about one third of the figure for West London as reported by The Financial Times.
Our citizens don't normally complain much. Firstly it is more or less illegal but also 87% of them live in government board housing where they have no share in the freehold and can be relocated at will. A good indication of how that docile mind-set is changing can be seen by looking at the Facebook page of one hapless new Minister, Ms Grace Fu whose father was Lee Kuan Yew's Press secretary. She gained her place in parliament with a walkover in group or block voting constituency. As no Opposition was available to challenge them the whole team of 5, including the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Mr. Tharman walked in, without one vote being cast. Walkover MPs also include former Minister Mentor, PM Lee's father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. On her status Fu posted that she had taken a pay cut to go into parliament and warned about cutting ministerial pay further. That attracted an unprecedented 1,350 comments, which, with the odd exception, were overwhelmingly hostile
Kenneth, Grace Fu won the last election in a single member ward Yuhua. As a leader of an opposition party in Singapore, surely you should know this. What is important is that the office holders of Singapore's wage is all they get with no further perks or benefits. It is unfair to just compare salaries - do people really believe Hu Jintao lives on 10500 USD per year?
My point stands about Grace Fu. She gained her place in Parliament in 2006 through a walkover due to the deliberately created obstacle of the GRC system which ensured that nearly half the seats went uncontested that election. By 2011 she had been promoted to Minister of State and thus was fairly safe, particularly as no one knew that Yuhua would be a new SMC till a few weeks before the election. I find your comparison with Hu Jintao disingenuous. It is not appropriate to compare Singapore, which is a rich city state and started from an infinitely richer position than China, with huge natural advantages and a high level of infrastructure and institutions, with a low to middle income Communist country. The comparison should be with politicians in countries at similar levels of development. Whatever "perks" there are are unlikely to bridge more than a small part of the huge gap between what our politicians are paid and the remuneration of those in other countries.But please share what perks you are referring to. Often allowances in other countries are to pay for research staff so that legislators are able to do a better job. On the other hand, if you are saying that we need to pay protection money to stop our politicians stealing from us (the "stationary bandits" school of thought) then that is a sign that the government is attracting the wrong kind of people.
Yes, one must learn to READ properly 'She gained her place in parliament '
Yes but this is 2012, and the most recent election was 2011! Grace Fu gained her place in the most election through a 1-to-1 fight in Yuhua. Being a Minister of State (Junior Minister in UK parlance) is no protection from being booted out. This was so clearly played out in Aljunied GRC when 2 cabinet ministers including our Foreign Minister no less were elected out. So thus goes the sorry myth of sub-par opposition in Singapore who think GRCs are a barrier. It is a barrier only of you cannot even put together a team of 3,4, or 5 good and electable people. (in the above case, 5). If you can, you stand to win 5 seats at a go and take down a couple of Ministers in the process.
My example on Hu Jin Tao was to illustrate the fart that a cash salary is not the only way leaders of the world take their remuneration.
Are you alleging that Hu Jin Tao is corrupt? You mean on top of his nominal salary, he sits on the board of numerous companies collecting salary for his manifold directorships like what Singaporean ministers do while in office. I mean if you believe that Hu Jin Tao is somehow making money apart from his paltry salary in a non-transparent fashion, then why should you believe Singaporean ministers don't do the same, despite their high salaries. After all their pay just got cut. No one will be the wiser after all - it is difficult to launch investigations against people so high up on the food chain.
The thing is some of these ministers are ex-army men with little knowledge of the government branches they head. For example, I think some of those that have been in charge of the arts ministry have never ever seen a local performance or read a Singaporean book. The previous minister in charge of housing made an utter mess out of it, causing housing costs to skyrocket. If these ministers were actually capable, there might be less argument, but they seem to be mainly ex-military men who want to hang on to power and riches.
Swampie, I agree. Furthermore, I am afraid that when the old man passes away, those same army generals might decide their rice bowl is in danger and so by-pass the few democratic mechanisms that still remain after 47 years of autocracy. In short, the generals may decide that they should run the country.
There are real examples out there to debunk the "talent" justification for big bucks. Wong Kan Seng, Raymond Lim, May Bow Tan all have yet to secure a private sector job paying similar salaries to what they were drawing while in office. George Yeo is now effectively a lobbyist for some entity hardly associated with his foreign ministry "skills". And we doubt they are paying him a million smackeroos either.
Who wrote this article? It's witty and well-penned, if a little snarky. Still, to appear anonymous online seems cowardly for a voice like The Economist.
A share for interests sake :
"..I've got nothing against money. I'd like to have money myself! I'd like to have a house and a garden and dogs and a car and a chauffeur but, look, I've got a flat. I've got a swimming pool attached to the flat. I've not even got a car but I use taxis. I have a dignified way of life without being wealthy.
I don't see the necessity of owning a Mercedes-Benz and a swimming pool and a couple of mistresses. I think we've got our values all wrong.
You know $96,000 a month for a Prime Minister and $60,000 a month for a minister. What the hell do you do with all that money? You can't eat it! What do you do with it? Your children don't need all that money.
My children have had the best of education. In fact, I'm very proud of them. One of them is a senior registrar to two major hospitals in Oxford. Another of them is a consultant in European law to the Securities and Investment Board in the United Kingdom. They've had their education. There are no complaints.
I never earned $60,000 a month or $90,000 a month. When I was Chief Minister, I earned $8,000 a month. Look, what is happening today is we are encouraged to and are becoming worshippers of the Golden Calf.
We have lost sight of the joy and excitement of public service, helping our fellow men. The joy and excitement of seeking and understanding of the joy of the miracle of the living the duty and the grandeur. We have lost taste for heroic action in the service of our people..."
- David Marshall, First Chief Minister of Singapore (Labour Front Party) in 1955 - Source + Full Interview : http://thinkhappiness.blogspot.com/2006/08/meeting-david-marshall-in-199...
It was rather unbecoming of the Economist to compare our Singapore Ministers with Robespierre.
Bleeh, I say, Bleeh.
The writer has missed the point. Paying a minister well to "mitigate" the likelihood of corruption is only one part of the equation.
In a small country without a deep pool of top talent, it's just as important to provide fair compensation to those whom the government is trying to attract to serve the country and it's people.
Some of these Singaporeans are earning 2 to 3 times more than the politicians. It would be simplistic to assume that an overarching sense of public duty is the only reason why a person chooses to become a politician.
The writer the basic salary of Singapore's PM to that of the US President.
But he fails to highlight the generous perks of the latter.
He also fails to point out that in the US, the locals expect less from their government in providing public services than in Singapore.
In the US, "small" government and the "free" market is seen by some as the way to go.
I'm sure the Economist can do better than pen a simplistic and one-dimensional article
The high salary as excuse to curtail corruption is of paramount insult to the intrigity of the people. Is this how v show confidence of our leaders?
How many of you are unhappy poor
Who wish you were born in Singapore
as Lee Kuan Yew's happy spore?
Eat that, sangkancil99.
Just kidding.
What a nation of whiners.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
In a democracy, high salaries would not be such a problem, because the term of the incumbent would be restricted by law, typically two consecutive terms. But by the same token, in a democracy the salaries would not be so high (see USA, UK, or any other advanced economy) because any politician who proposed paying themselves such obscene amounts would be ejected immediately. Any first-year politics student will tell you that democracy cannot exist without freedom of assembly, freedom of speech, an independent press and an independent judiciary.
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Greg Williams from Bowers & Wilkins came to Crutchfield to talk about their Zeppelin Air, a powered speaker system with Apple AirPlay®.
Greg Williams from Bowers and Wilkins visited us here at Crutchfield today to tell us about the Zeppelin Air.
Greg: The big aspect of it I believe is the AirPlay, because the AirPlay allows you to be able to stream music throughout your house from either iTunes or from your iPhone, iPod, iPad any of those devices. So it allows us to be able to effortlessly have our music in our pocket and play it in the room that we're in.
So what we have in Zeppelin, it has sort of a funny shape as you can see, but the reason why it's shaped this way is very much from a sonic as opposed to just an aesthetic reason. There are tweeters, little tweeters, on both ends and pushed up next to the tweeters are mid-bass drivers so you get a nice stereo separation in the room and then the center of the speaker is really a 5-½ inch subwoofer. So those drive units are all brand new, and we made the woofer so that it made deeper bass and a lot more bass than the prior Zeppelin. The mid-bass driver we have now re-engineered it so it has much wider dispersion and of course the tweeter's redesigned to compliment the mid-bass driver to give you that great dispersion-a little extra sizzle on the cymbals.
When you operate your iPod you know you mostly are sitting there and you've got it in one hand and you're operating it with your thumb. So we didn't think it would be fair to the consumer to have to then to go to their dock and stab at their iPod. So we made the arm so you can get your hand behind it and operate your iPod, just like you would if you were walking along. We've also added a new digital-to-analog converter so it's got a new 24-bit 96K d-to-a converter built into it so we can really take advantage of high resolution as we send the signal through the now audiophile grade digital signal processing.
Other things to notice about the Zeppelin I'm gonna turn it around here so you can see but the Zeppelin has some special features on the back as well. We have a technology that we call, we have trademarked Flowport, and we have dimples in our port and we have these two small ports which help to enhance the bass and extend the bass frequencies. We included Ethernet cable in the box so that people can easily set up their Zeppelin and all they do is they plug their computer into the Zeppelin and Zeppelin then serves up a web page which asks three questions. What do you want to name it? I'd like mine to be bedroom speaker. What network do we want to have it attach to? Greg's house. And what's the network password? And once you answer those three questions you hit the "join" button and within a few seconds you're able to get on your phone, log onto the Zeppelin, and then play music. The last port is a composite video out and if I've downloaded a movie to my iPhone or whatever and I've watched half of it on the plane I can come home, dock my IOS device, and watch the rest of the movie through my big screen TV.
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This is thread I started on another forum. It is a simple question. Who do you believe rates higher all time tennis history right now- Monica Seles or Serena Williams. I believe Serena Williams personally.
Seles, Seles , Seles... I believe Serena will have more grand slams at the end of her career (i guess she already has more slams, 12 to 10), but my heart will never agree that serena is higher in all time list than seles. With Seles's grand slams list we always need to add a what if to it. The day she was stabbed was one of the saddest day in sporting history.
Serena has 12 slams to Seles's 9. I believe without the stabbing Seles would have ended up with 11 or 12, but no Wimbledons. So I believe Serena would already rank higher, plus she has more to achieve still.
Who knows what Seles could have done, and I have a hard time believing that it would have been so easy for Venus and Serena if they had to deal with a Prime Stefi Graf.
The field in 1999-2005 which Serena won most of her slams against was actually one of the deepest ever. I know the field now is terrible but the field when Serena first dominated was amazing. Serena, Venus, Hingis, Davenport, Henin, Clijsters, Sharapova, Mauresmo, Seles still around too. The field Graf and Seles faced was not exceptional at all. They only had each other and nobody else other than maybe the overachieving Sanchez Vicario and a mid 30s way past her prime Navratilova, and in Graf's case not even Seles for a period of time.
Seles had 8 grand slams by the age of 19, her form hadn't dipped and she was winning majority of the slams. Between 1991 and 1993 she entered 8 grand slams and winning 7 0f them, she only lost the wimbledon in the heavily rain effected match. As for wimbledon, in her prime (before) she only entered wimbledon only twice, once reaching the final and other time reaching the QF. There is nothing to suggest that she wouldn't have won wimbledon. She had the game to win wimbledon, especially she was the hardest hitting lady of that period.
Whether that's a joke statement or you're just trying to rile up some folks (raises hand), that's ridiculous. To quote Johnny Mac, "you cannot be serious!" Monica had not yet peaked, and had a decade at least ahead of her ... and you believe that she'd win no more than three more Slams ... and no Wimbledon with that serve and shot-making? I'd but I am, after all these years, still saddened about the stabbing robbing Seles of her GOAT potential, and for that lunatic robbing "us" of the feats she'd have brought us.
You are certainly entitled your opinion and I am not going to argue with you. My personal feeling is Seles was never destined for the kind of long term dominance of Navratilova, Graf, Evert, or Court types. Dominating 2 years as a teenager does not equate to long term dominance automatically. One just needs to look at Martina Hingis, Serena Williams, and Tracy Austin for signs of that. I personally believe the only period after the stabbing where Seles's career might have been any different was the first 6 months as she would not have just been returning from a long layoff, and even then those first 6 months ended up being her best of her second career with a U.S Open final and Australian Open title. Her failure to win any slam after the 96 Australian Open are quite easy to break down IMO: 1996- she dealt with shoulder problems all year which hindered her serving and forced her to miss time as well which left her shorter on match play and match toughness. 1997- first she missed the Australian Open through a fluke accident when she caught a ball wrong and broke a finger. She had trouble with the new tennis sensation Martina Hingis who was a bad matchup for her. This was also the period her dads terminal illness was at its peak, and she was understandably distressed by this and more overweight this year than any other point in her post stabbing career. 1998 onwards- missed the Australian Open as her fathers condition worsened. Played the French Open soon after her fathers death and found inspiration to make the final, but ran out of it in the final itself where Sanchez Vicario who Seles owned even in her post stabbing career took advantage of an emotionally and physically spent Monica to prevail. After that things began to get better but unfortunately for Seles by this point the competition had gotten alot tougher and more unfavorable for her. The big hitters and agressive women like Davenport, Venus, Serena, Pierce, a late blooming Novotna, and soon a resurgent Graf were all starting to flood the top of the womens ranks and Seles was a bit past her prime already by this point anyway. That leaves the period from the 1993 Australian Open-1996 Australian Open. She did win 2 slams already in this period, the 93 and 96 Australian Opens. I dont believe she was going to win 6 straight Australian Opens, and Graf in 94 and Pierce in 95 were absolutely on fire and crushed everyone at those events in a way none of Seles's opponents had before meeting Seles in any of the 4 years she won there. While Seles is normally the top rebound ace player before Hingis emerged, I would think she doesnt win those 2 years and she still wins 4 out of 6 during this stretch as she did anyway. At the French she had a good shot, probably wins 1 or 2 of the 3 from 93-95. Wimbledon her only ever shot was 94 with Graf's early upset and how the draw without Seles panned out, so I would say 0 or 1. U.S Open? Maybe she wins another one here but she has never beaten Graf on a faster court, and there are others like Novotna and Pierce who gave Seles a tough time once they came into their own who were threats these years too. So I would say in total 4 or 5 slams during this time, including the 2 she already won as it is, which brings her to a total of 11 or 12 in my estimation. As for Wimbledon there is nothing that evidenced to me Seles had the game to definitely win Wimbledon. IMO she was always an inferior grass court player to even Henin or Mandlikova who have never won Wimbledon, or in Henin's case is yet to but still might. She is an inferior grass court player to Hingis, Novotna, or Davenport, who each won one each. Yeah she made one final at Wimbledon in her prime, but in that she was absolutely humiliated and destroyed by Graf in one of the worst ever beatdowns of a #1 in a major final, so even that isnt exactly a ringing endorsement of her potential to win on grass. And her withdrawal from Wimbledon in 91 where she didnt come up with her injury until a month later and was fined by the WTA was suspicious. Like I said above I think her only real shot was 94 though. I dont see her beating any of Graf, Novotna, Hingis, Davenport, Venus, Serena, on grass, and anyone could take her out on grass on any given day too. In a matchup with Graf on grass she did not have more overall power or game on that surface. Graf had a far stronger serve, and an even stronger forehand. On other surfaces Seles has the stronger backhand and return of serve, but on grass she had great trouble coping with Graf's slice backhand which was very effective on the low skidding grass (just watch a tape of the 92 final), and Seles's return was not as strong on grass as she didnt have the reach with 2 hands to handle the wide slice serves on grass that well. She did not have the athleticsm needed for grass, was not comfortable with her footing, on the bounce. So regardless what was true of her on other surfaces at the time, it certainly was never true of her on grass. Of course I feel sympathy for Monica not only going through the stabbing, but losing her father to cancer, and all the injuries she began dealing with. However Serena also had to deal with the tragic and shocking murder of her beloved half sister, and a knee surgery right at the time she was dominating the game.
It is funny how you say "that serve". Do you actually consider Seles to have an outstanding serve? It was certainly a good serve, but never the best. Graf, Serena, Davenport, Venus, Novotna, basically every player that won Wimbledon in recent memory outside of Hingis, has a superior serve to any she ever had. And Seles was not a great shotmaker on grass even in her pre stabbing years at #1, in fact a rather clumsy one when opposed with great opposition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVFVuhNB240 Grass was just never her surface. She never attained a level on grass even close to the level she displayed on other surfaces, and this was evidenced in all points of her career. She certainly couldnt compete with Graf on grass, evidenced even before the stabbing while otherwise dominating the game, and in the years immediately after the stabbing she was losing 2nd and 3rd rounds of Wimbledon often. Then by the time she began to reach quarters again there the much bigger hitters like Davenport and Venus were ruling Wimbledon. I dont see any year she could even possibly have won other than maybe 1994 which would have been her best shot by far (the year Martinez won). As for having peaked or not that is a matter of opinion. She did return to tennis and had 8 years to improve again and never did, in fact gradually regressed. If this were all related to the stabbing it would make no sense why her best tennis of her second career would have come in the first few events of her comeback, and a bit in middle 1998. I believe with all the injury problems, personal problems (outside of the stabbing), her playing style, and her career tragectory in the years she did return to play, that she probably was someone who did peak as a teenager. There are actually many past champions that also peaked as a teenager who were not stabbed, so it isnt hard to believe Seles herself also did. Either way it really doesnt matter. It is unproveable obviously so I compare Seles to Serena by overall achievements, longevity in the game, overall dominance vs their peers, and who I believe reached a higher level of tennis. Seles is a great player, but IMO Serena has surpassed her which just shows the great Serena moving her way up the list of all time greats. I also have watched both women play at their best and I think Serena would win. She has a far superior 1st and 2nd serve- in fact the best in history probably, hits even harder off the ground, moves far better than Seles ever did, is better at the net. Return of serve and mental toughness are a virtual tie. Seles is more consistent off the ground and had slightly better angles, but I think those are her only edges, and the overall package of Serena would just be too powerful, athletic, and all court for Seles if both were at their best, except on clay where I see prime Seles winning more meetings than prime Serena. I think Serena has King, Connolly (another what if case, but an even greater player at the same ages than Seles), Lenglen in her sites now. Once she has eclipsed that group she can set her sites on closing the gap on the big 5 of Graf, Court, Navratilova, Evert, and Wills Moody, though I dont think she will ever quite reach those 5. I do also think the level of tennis Serena played in 2002-2003 before her knee injury was probably the best of any women player in history, including Navratilova or Graf. Not the best as far as her record, that would be Graf in 88-89 or Navratilova in 83-84, but as far as sheer level of play it was the best by a women ever IMO.
I think part of the problem here is that you seem to forget that she was stabbed by crazy lunatic and it wasn't some injury that forced her out of the game. Further more this wasn't done by some random guy stabbing her (Alexander Popov incident), this was very planned act... and further more he did it on the tennis court. Trauma and psychological effect associated with it is very hard to handle for any grown up individual, let alone a teenager (she was 19 at the time of incident). What is more that maniac, Gunther Parche was let of within weeks of the incident, and you had Seles still healing from injury. All these incidents happening in a very short span of time would have made mentally recovering recover from the incident difficult. What makes Seles a remarkable person is the dignity with which she handled the stabbing. Expect for refusing to play in Germany, she doesn't go around saying 'what if I wasn't stabbed.. ' (that is for Us fans to say).
The tennis Monica Seles was playing between 1991 - 1993 could be considered the greatest tennis in the history of the sport. She was dominating everyone including Steffi Graf.
I couldn't even walk when Monica won her first slam, but my parents have alot of matches from that era on tape; I've watched some of them over and over again. I truly believe that Seles of 91/92 was the best female tennis player EVER. Serena is amazing - an amazing athlete, competitior and champion. But Monica is something else IMO.
And here I would totally disagree. She was the dominant player of 1991-1992 yes, but it was not even close to the most dominant or greatest in the history of the sport. Seles in 1991-1992 was 144-11. She failed to win a Wimbledon and was humiliated 6-2, 6-1 in her one final there. She also lost other tournament finals by scorelines of 6-4, 6-3 and 6-4, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-3 to people like Graf, an aging Navratilova, and Sabatini. In 3 of her slam wins she was 2 points or less from defeat in 4 different matches including one she saved a match point. Navratilova in 1983-1984 was an unthinkable 154-3. She won 6 consecutive slams though failed to complete the Calendar Slam either year due to bad losses at the first slam of 1983 (the 83 French 3rd to Horvath) and the final slam of 1984 (semis to Sukova). She also beat her fellow legend Chris Evert THIRTEEN times in a row including thrashing her 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-0 on clay, the surface Chris is considered the greatest ever and once had a 125 match win streak (and also Martina's worst surface). Graf in 1988-1989 was 158-5. She won 7 out of 8 slams including the Calendar Slam in 1988, and lost in the final 7-5 in the final set of the other after being up 5-3, narrowly missing back to back Calendar Slams. She had no lopsided losses. Graf in 1995-1996 was 101-6, playing a limited schedule due to a chronic back problem. She won all 6 slams she played, doing the French-Wimbledon-U.S Open triple both years, missing the Australian Open both years with back problems. All her losses were in 3 sets apart from a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Lindsay Davenport and a retirement. Maureen Connolly between ages 16 to 19 won all 9 slam events she played. Margaret Court in 1969-1970 won 7 out of 8 slams including the Calendar Slam in 1970. Her only loss was the semis of Wimbledon in 3 sets to eventual Champion Ann Jones in 1969. So even discounting the pre historic champions like Lenglen and Wills Moody who reigned over non existent competition, Seles from 1991-1993 was not the most dominant or best that had ever been seen. In fact her dominance these years does not even scrape the surface of Navratilova or Graf in certain periods. And while Seles had Graf, Navratilova had Evert, Austin, and a young Graf, Graf had Navratilova in the late 80s, Court had King, Bueno, and a young Goolagong, Mo Connolly had Hart, Brough, Fry, and Gibson. As for dominating Graf in terms of her overall results in the early 90s she did. In terms of head to head play from 91-93 she actually trailed Graf 2-3 head to head, and during her two most dominant years 91-92 she trailed Graf 1-3 head to head with her only win being 10-8 in the final set. And as I already mentioned had a 6-2, 6-1 defeat to Graf in the Wimbledon final and another 6-4, 6-3 defeat in a tournament final on hard courts. She failed to dominate Graf in anyway head to head even during her overall dominance. Contrast that to Navratilova's 13 match win streak and continued blowout wins over fellow all time great Evert in 83-84 for example. There is no comparision.
Monica's 91-92 however was slightly superior to Serena's best 2 year stretch of 2002-2003, atleast statistically speaking.
I don't care the reasoning, Monica will always be the best in my opinion. You can throw all the statistics you want but she holds a very dear place in my heart. Obviously, I voted for Seles. It is important to remember that Seles' defeat in the Wimbledon final came right after she was threatened to quit her grunting or face penalties. She was unusually quiet during that match. I'm not even going to pretend she would have won if she grunted like she normally does but it would also be naive to say that this threat didn't clearly messed with her game and gave her one extra thing to think about in the match that was nothing but a distraction.
Monica Seles will always be the best for me. She made history by winning Roland-Garros so young, and had a real suprematie on the sport at such a young age, against one the greatest ever (Steffi Graf). She was finalist at Wimbledon, so, she may have been able to win at least one...


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EDUCATION: graduated from New Berlin West High School; certificates in auto mechanics and electric forklifts and internal combustion forklifts from Allis Chalmers and WCTC
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: elected alderman in 2001; Plan Commission, Board of Public Works, Finance Committee, Utility Committee, Fourth of July Commission, all for 12 years; chairman of Board of Public Works; legislative liaison to Madison
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: on the board of directors of the New Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau and the Weston Antique Apple Orchard Foundation
FAMILY:wife, Peggy, children Matthew, 29; Sherry, 42; and Beth, 43
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
The key word in your question is "needs." Our mayor must have the experience to identify and prioritize the needs, then use our resources where they are most cost effective. Using sound fiscal purchasing policies to control spending, rather than raising taxes, is the best way to provide quality services at a cost the taxpayers can afford.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
My wife, Peggy, and I are lifelong residents of New Berlin. I know what we expect from our city government. I know how important it is that our local government understands that it's here to serve the residents and businesses of New Berlin and not special interests. As mayor, I will use my 12 years of experience as an alderman to represent the entire city in the same way I have as alderman.
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin , or do you even think that is necessary?
While growth is important to expanding the tax base, it should not come at the expense of the quality of life that attracted residents to New Berlin in the first place. Instead of encouraging urban sprawl, either in the suburban or the rural areas, we must focus our resources on redeveloping existing areas that have lost their economic vitality. That will increase the tax base while not destroying the rural charm of New Berlin.
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ADDRESS: 3485 S. Long Acre Drive
CONTACT: (262) 789-8259; email@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: 22 years
OCCUPATION: mayor
EDUCATION: studied architecture and engineering, University of Illinois-Chicago; Moraine Valley Community College, associate degree in math and science; graduate, Dale Carnegie training
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: Alderman District 6 for two terms, 1995-2005; elected to two terms as mayor; numerous city commissions and boards; former chairman of Waukesha County Cooperation Council and current participant; participant in League of Wisconsin Municipalities lobby corps and urban alliance
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: member and involved with annual festival of Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church; on the boards of directors of Moving New Berlin Forward, New Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau and the New Berlin Veterans Memorial Society; member of New Berlin Police Citizens Academy Alumni Association
FAMILY:wife, Sue; daughter Katie, 25; twins Kelly and Mike, both 23; and stepsons Nick, 24; Michael, 18; and Jeremy, 32
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
There are only three ways: reduce services, increase revenue or raise taxes. The latter is not an option. In the last four years I have downsized City Hall without reducing services. This was done by rebuilding and consolidating duplicate services within the city, saving $1.3 million just in 2011 alone. Building our revenue with solid quality tax base is another way. Our tax base has increased by $326,174,300, which equates to $5,544,958 in reduced taxes.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
In eight years I have proven many of the strengths needed. I have upheld strong fiscal responsibilities, making New Berlin business friendly while placing a strong focus on public safety. These leadership skills brought the quality of life to a higher level, keeping our taxes in check and providing services at a high level. I will continue that commitment and continue to work with our staff to keep New Berlin a favorable place to live.
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
New Berlin is unique in this area. Our Comprehensive Plan already addresses this and we must keep following that plan as closely as possible. I would continue to be proactive in attracting strong, healthy business to our Section 35 south of I-43. I will continue to have practical quality residential on our rural west side through subdivisions that preserve our natural resources while maintaining the rural atmosphere that is present and important to New Berlin.
ADDRESS: 14550 W. Meadowshire Drive
CONTACT: (262) 613-5670; firstname.lastname@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: 29 years
OCCUPATION: owner, Lanser Public Affairs; registered nurse, VA Medical Center; previously served in the military as a lieutenant commander, U.S. Navy Reserves, nurse corps and public affairs
EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; master's degree in administration, Marquette University; Defense Information School, United States Military
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: New Berlin mayor, 1993-1997; 1st District New Berlin alderwoman, 1989 - 1993
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: TEMPO (executive women's organization) 1995 to present; New Berlin Special Projects Committee 2004 to present; Cathedral of St. John Evangelist Development Committee 2008 to present; Waukesha County Business Alliance 2010 to present; Friends of Reclaiming our Heritage (military history preservation) 2011 to present
FAMILY:husband, Al; grown sons Adam, Nick and Joe; seven grandchildren
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
The best way to keep taxes low while maintaining services is to reduce borrowing, increase tax base, involve citizens in upcoming strategic planning about increasing productivity and cost effectiveness and partner with our business community. Specific considerations may include consolidation, outsourcing and streamlining existing services without affecting quality expected by residents.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
Education (nursing degree, graduate degree in administration, military officer school); experience (advanced practice nurse, alderman and mayor, small business owner, economic development, familiarity with the job and best practices); leadership (mother and grandmother, Navy officer, mentor); commitment (volunteer, member of civic, professional, and veterans' organizations); faith (involved member of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral); attitude (respect, energy, collaboration, strong moral compass and work ethic); priorities (residents and businesses, colleagues, staff, communication, fairness, accessibility, straight talk)
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
The city's Comprehensive Plan provides guidance on where desirable nonresidential development should go, essentially in "nodes" in the city's suburban east side, served by public infrastructure. Residential development in the rural west side is governed by the Conservation Subdivision Ordinance, exceeding regional standards with a minimum 5-acre lot size and 75 percent green space. New Berlin can maintain and balance these development patterns through slow, managed growth that provides both tax base and open space.
ADDRESS: 16020 W. St. Francis Drive
CONTACT: (262) 641-5184; firstname.lastname@example.com; web page janetformayornewberlin.org
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: nearly 10 years
OCCUPATION: customer service representative in employee benefits at Security Insurance Services, New Berlin
EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in economics and political science, master's degree in human resources and labor relations, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Wisconsin Health and Life Insurance Licenses.
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: internship at United States Department of Labor in Washington, D.C.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: served in various leadership positions at Elmbrook Church including coordinator of a women's ministry; also coaches cheerleading at Elmbrook; served in the children's ministry
FAMILY:husband Marc, three children, David, 13; Elizabeth, 10; and Rachel, 7
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
Careful stewardship of taxpayers' money is crucial to keeping taxes low without cutting necessary services and programs. Living in New Berlin should be affordable to all. We do this with careful cost benefit analysis of expenditures, wise decision-making that avoids costly lawsuits and a focus on growing the tax base by filling vacant buildings and supporting new development.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
I offer a fresh perspective with no ties to our city's past political missteps. My human resources experience is about working with people. I am willing to work with anyone and consider any and all options. I ask questions and listen before making decisions. I understand how the economy and government should work. I have earned a reputation for being a reliable self-starter and for following through.
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
We should maintain our attractive rural flavor while balancing new development. By working together, we will form a long term plan that designates business areas near main roads and highways and clearly separate residential from business with "buffer zones," such as wooded areas. Also put multifamily housing and lighter business between residential and large commercial. Work with developers to keep building designs and landscaping consistent with the feeling of "a touch of country."
ADDRESS: 18200 W. Lynette Lane
CONTACT: (414) 303-4104; firstname.lastname@example.com
LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN CITY: seven years
OCCUPATION: sales manager for a construction equipment distributor
EDUCATION: bachelor's degree in management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE: none
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: volunteer for youth sports programs in New Berlin including coaching in the New Berlin West youth football program and New Berlin West select basketball program
FAMILY:wife, Holly; children Madison, 13; and twins Allison and Jake, both 11
With the revenue constraints from Madison, what is the best way to take care of the city's needs?
There is no magic wand; it requires a comprehensive plan that avoids raising taxes. We need to find new revenue streams through designed business growth. Analyze and strategically rethink our residual value of city capital goods. Procurement needs to be incentivized to continually act in the best interest of city funds. We need to reach out to businesses for sponsorships. Recognize any available institutional funds and/or county, state and federal government grants, etc.
What strengths would you bring to the office of mayor?
The city is a business, and I have experience running a multi-location as well as a multi-department business. I have the ability to communicate and will put effort into reaching out to partner with citizens and corporations alike. Whether it's running a business, coaching a sport, or leading our city - I do it with excellence, determination, and am a get-it-done kind of person. For more information, visit my website: joewformayor.com
How would you balance new development that increases the tax base with maintaining the rural flavor of western New Berlin, or do you even think that is necessary?
It is necessary - I live in western New Berlin on 12 acres - so I appreciate the rural atmosphere. However, it is necessary to grow revenue through smart, planned business expansion. There are areas for development without imposing on western New Berlin. Our problem has been that we have had no cohesive long-term plan or vision for the city nor have we had a city government with the internal fortitude to stick with a plan.
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Chart-topping song writer Adele lost 26 pounds and dropped 4 dress sizes in just one single month by following a unique diet tip! It's an seemingly unlikely solution to weight loss that has been rapidly gaining popularity and exposure through-out the western world.
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Garcinia Cambogia Slim Systems & ZenCleanse arrived within 4 days of having placed my order online for the bottle.
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After one week on the diet using Garcinia Cambogia & ZenCleanse I was surprised how quickly I started to feel different: my mental energy levels were up, and I wasn't even hungry which one of the reported side effects of the Garcinia Cambogia extract. It curbs your appetite.
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