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Kawaguchi-ko Travel Guide: 17 reviews and 58 photos
Lake Kawaguchi is one of the five lakes (Fujigo-ko) surrounding Mt. Fuji. These lakes were formed as a result of barrage formation by volcanic debris and solidified magma spewed out of Mt. Fuji and the off-spring volcanic outlets nearby. The lake is the oldest of the five and it is at least 50-60 thousand years old. There are scores of underwater springs at the lake bottom. There is no discernible surface flow into or out of the lake. Major flows of water appear to take place underground. In 1912 a sluiceway was constructed to discharge a maximum flow of 7.79 m3 sec-1 (named Usobuki River). Artificial regulation of flow has been made possible by flow augmentation from Lake Sai, one of the remaining four lakes, for supplementing water for power generation. The number of visitors to the five-lake area exceeds ten million annually. Lake Kawaguchi, directly linked to Tokyo Metropolitan urban districts through a major artery highway (2 hours by bus on Chou Highway) and closest to the terminal of the Fuji Subaru scenic route, is a centre of tourist attraction in this area.
- Pros:The scenery was just awesome
- Cons:The jam could be pretty bad during holiday and weekends
- In a nutshell:Mountain Over The Lake
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Nice transport tips and photos of kawaguchi-ko, thanks for sharing!
Fuji-san pix are just awesome!
your fuji photos are really beautiful.
Great pic on the top and also in the logue! I like the twilight one best:)
Sorry for being reply to you late, I was away from town while you were there..
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Presidents of Florida's two leading research universities suggested Friday that lawmakers let them pay for expanding expensive science, technology, engineering and math programs by charging those so-called STEM students higher tuition.
University of Florida's Bernie Machen and Florida State University's Eric Barron also told the House Education Committee their schools and possibly some others should be allowed to bring up tuition rates, now among the lowest in the nation, closer to the national average. Current law lets the Legislature and Board of Governors approve annual increases totaling no more than 15 percent.
Gov. Rick Scott, who has made job creation his top priority, has been pushing universities to boost STEM degree production because there's greater demand for those graduates in the marketplace.
Both universities are taking steps to attract more students into STEM classes, but Education Committee Chairman Bill Proctor, R-St. Augustine, asked Machen and Barron for suggestions on how to pay for the additional laboratories, equipment and other costs that make STEM classes more expensive than other curricula.
Both proposed raising STEM tuition and said they didn't believe that would discourage students from majoring in those areas. Instead, they said, it would make those programs more attractive and successful.
"A STEM degree person should pay more for that than they would, say, an education degree," Machen told the panel. "If you look at return on investment after graduation, look at the pent-up demand for STEM hires, you can make a good case that since that program costs more you ought to have a (higher) tuition for those programs."
Barron said students taking lower cost humanities courses now are subsidizing STEM students because their tuition rates are the same. Expanding STEM would exacerbate that inequity.
"My personal feeling is I would charge STEM students more and deliver something better," Barron said.
He said Florida State is doing such things as cutting STEM class sizes and offering undergraduates one-on-one research opportunities with faculty members. That's more costly but pays off in better student success rates, Barron said.
Florida is launching a new Innovation Academy that eventually will increase STEM enrollment by 2,000 without a need for new facilities by operating only during the spring and summer semesters, which have lower enrollment rates than the fall semester. More faculty, though, will be needed, Machen said. He said the academy received 2,300 applications for 500 slots.
Another way to attract more students to STEM classes would be increasing the amounts of the state's Bright Futures scholarships for those programs, the two presidents suggested. That change would require legislative action.
Barron said the STEM tuition differentials would be relatively small.
"You're not looking at it and saying, `Oh, it's $3,000 more to be a chemistry major than it is to be a classics major,"' Barron said. "It's not of that magnitude."
Proctor said he understood the presidents' reasoning in light of budget cuts the Legislature has ordered in recent years.
"If you're going to come back and say we need to maintain state STEM and increase STEM then it seems to me it stands to reason we've got to figure out how we're going to fund that without cannibalizing other programs," Proctor said.
Scott spokesman Lane Wright didn't offer an opinion on the STEM tuition idea.
In an email, he wrote that Scott simply wants the universities "to get smarter about how to prepare students for the work force" and "find affordable ways to make quality degrees in STEM affordable and available to as many students as possible."
In making their pitch for raising overall tuition, Machen noted his school's annual in-state rate of about $5,000 is $2,500 below the national average for public universities. He said coming closer to that mark could help his school compete for more top faculty members, improve the quality of its programs and move its national academic rank from the top 20 to the top 10.
"If I charged instantly the average public university tuition in this country, I could double every STEM program at Florida State University and have money left over," Barron said. He said he wasn't suggesting going up that much but just wanted to illustrate what a bargain Florida university students are getting.
The House committee next week will meet with presidents of the other nine state universities. House Speaker Dean Cannon has asked the panel to begin discussing ways to bring order to a system he says lacks focus.

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It's been too long since we visited with our good, good friends at
multinational predator Nestle Corporation.
Then again, I doubt they've missed us much, being as they've been busy making all the "World's Worst Corporation" lists ('#10 with a bullet), suing small towns in Maine into oblivion, trying to illegally obtain new water sources, and splitting the town of McCloud in two over a rapacious contract they'll do anything to protect.
At the Underground, we have to wonder: Where do they find all the time?
The McCloud Update
In McCloud, Nestle was finally browbeaten into re-issuing their wholly inadequate Environmental Impact Report, which somehow failed to quantify the downstream impacts of removing a few bazillion gallons of water from Squaw Creek (among other omissions).
Fans of local intrigue will no doubt be pleased to know the McCloud Services District — the collection of individuals who negotiated what has to be one of the worst contracts of all time — recently lost a member.
Rather than replace the lost member (as per custom) with the person receiving the next-highest number of votes in the last election, they bypassed him because he "couldn't be objective about the Nestle proposal."
Instead, the district board installed the postmaster, a Nestle proponent. Apparently, being "objective" is all about being pro-Nestle.
You see this happen everywhere Nestle appears; they show up quietly, identify likely targets, spread a little money around, make a few promises, and let the small-town politics split the community.
Am I exaggerating? Read on…
The Maine Update
Regular readers will remember the town of Fryeburg, Maine — a small town that repeatedly said "no" to Nestle's attempts to open a truck loading station (complete with 100 truck trips per day, 24/7).
Sure, the town rejected Nestle's application many times; voted "yes" on a moratorium prohibiting this kind of project; and beat Nestle like a cheap rug three times in court (including an argument in front of the Maine Supreme Court), yet — showing the kind of stick-to-your-guns grit popularized by corporate
sleazes self-helpers everywhere, Nestle's not done with Fryeburg.
They filed yet another legal appeal, and it's clear the goal isn't to prevail because their cause is just, but to bankrupt those fighting the project.
Unintentionally funny quote of the week?
"I think all parties would like to reach a conclusion," said Philip Ahrens, one of three attorneys representing Poland Spring…"
See, given that Fryeburg's residents (and the courts) have said no, and no, and no again, I thought they had reached a conclusion.
Dollars From Heaven
Sure, it's a good time to be Nestle's legal representatives – billable hours are falling from the sky like $500 bills from heaven – but we've gotta ask; is bankrupting a small town trying to defend itself really part of their "good corporate neighbor" policy?
We're just asking is all.
Still, all this litigation makes me nostalgic for the good old days here in Mt. Shasta — those halcyon days when Nestle subpoenaed the private financial records of project opponents in what you'd have to call a clear attempt to intimidate those who would speak out against them.
Ahh, good times. Good times.
More on The Maine Update
Lest you think Nestle's attention is wholly occupied by the town of Fryeburg, Maine, we'll point your attention towards another quasi-legal attempt to circumvent what the rest of us foolishly consider "laws" (and what Nestle considers obstacles to be brushed aside).
They want to pump water from a watershed within the town of Sterling (though the reservoir itself is owned by the town of Clinton).
The problem? It seems it's illegal (here, here and here), but that crafty, gritty bunch at Nestle — can-do folks if we've ever seen them — don't really care.
Today's Most Telling Quote From a Maine Resident? Coming right at ya:
"We were being told by these corporations that there was not much that we could do to limit their activities, and it did not seem that our select board had much authority either. It seemed to me that these corporations were telling us that we must accept these damaging activities into our town, even though the majority of our citizens objected," said MacLeod.
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Nestle. It's highly likely you won't enjoy your stay.
The Summary Update
Frankly, I've abandoned all hope of keeping Nestle out of McCloud; their water contract with McCloud is so lopsided — buying water at 1/10 the current rate for the next 100 years and selling it at above-gasoline prices — that Nestle will do anything to protect it.
What's left is a tiny thread of hope the town can negotiate more favorable terms, and that the McCloud River (and Squaw Creek) aren't terminally harmed by the project, especially in the face of the uncertain effects of climate change.
In a decade or two, it's possible the town's costs of supporting Nestle will outstrip the payments made by the company, and Nestle's exclusivity clause would even bar businesses like micro-breweries from locating in the town.
And for all this, McCloud "benefits" from a handful of $10/hour jobs, sells its water at 1/10 the going rate, and gets saddled with the costs of maintaining the wells and infrastructure.
If that's real economic advancement, I'll crack open a bottle of Arrowhead/Nestle water and drink it.
See you drinking tap water, Tom Chandler.


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Here's yet another reason to support Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods. Bravo.
Owner of Multi-Million Dollar Company Hands Over Business to Employees
Before the words "whole grain" and "organic" became part of Americans' everyday vocabulary, Bob Moore knew the importance of healthful eating.
In 1978, he started Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, as a small family-run business in Oregon selling stone mill-ground whole grains.
The company has since grown into a multi-million dollar business that sells more than 400 whole grain products including flours, hot cereals, and organic and gluten-free products.
Moore's work is a way of life and his employees are a second family, which is why he announced this week that he's handing over the keys to his 209 employees.
Moore said he's gotten countless buy-out offers over the years, but he couldn't envision selling the business to a stranger.
In addition to being a disturbing commentary on factory farms, this makes a strong case for organic practices.
New Research Reveals Why Factory Farms Have Become Superbug Factories–and Why Worse is yet to Come
Along with their usual rations of grain and prepared feed, factory-farmed hogs and chickens in the United States also dine on a steady diet of antibiotics. The animals are given the drugs, not to prevent or cure illness, but simply because low-level doses of antibiotics stimulate them to grow faster than untreated animals. This may be good for agribusiness's bottom lines, but an increasing body of research shows that it might be very bad for public health.
Several scientific examinations of pork and poultry operations in this country have shown that anti-microbial-resistant "superbugs" such as flesh-eating methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and certain tough-to-kill strains of E. coli are showing up, not only in farm animals, but in the humans who tend them—and even in members of their families who don't work on the farms.
Now, a group of researchers at Boston University has discovered a mechanism that causes these superbugs to develop. It could mean that the problem with antibiotic-resistant bacteria is even worse than previously imagined. Their results are reported in the current issue of the journal Molecular Cell.
In earlier studies, the scientists had found that drugs which kill bacteria do so in part by stimulating the production of free radicals in those bacteria—not unlike the ones in humans that contribute to heart disease, cancer, and other maladies. However, when antibiotics are administered to the bacteria at low levels, as they are on factory farms, instead of killing the bugs, the free radicals cause genetic mutations—far more than would normally occur. Some of those mutations lead to new strains of bacteria that can survive what were once-lethal doses of drugs.
"Our work indicates that it is much more dangerous than previously thought," said Jim Collins, a professor of biomedical engineering and one of the paper's authors. "The low-level antibiotics are boosting up the mutation rate and not killing off the bacteria. As result, you have created a zoo of mutants."
Jill Richardson hits the bullseye, (she usually does).
Does Fair Trade Coffee Lift Growers Out of Poverty or Simply Ease Our Guilty Conscience?
How many times a day do you consume a food produced by a subsistence farmer on the other side of the world? Whether it's chocolate, coffee, tea, sugar or bananas, most Americans regularly enjoy inexpensive tropical foods, but far fewer actually think about the effects on the people or the environment where those products are grown. The Fair Trade movement represents one attempt to change this by reminding consumers that their lifestyles rely on faraway farmers and laborers and offering them an opportunity to ensure their purchases come from farmers paid a fair price.
At least, that's what consumers believe when they consciously select Fair Trade products. Is the consumer truly raising subsistence farmers out of poverty by buying Fair Trade? Or is Fair Trade just a marketing scheme to ease our guilty consciences as we exploit people of the developing world?
While a number of products are now certified Fair Trade, the first one introduced into the United States -- coffee -- is also one of the most widely available. Fair Trade means more than just a fair price to the coffee grower; it also means the growers are organized into democratically run cooperatives. Often (but not always) the cooperative model extends into the U.S. where roasters of Fair Trade coffee are also worker-owned cooperatives. Yet, nowadays even Wal-Mart -- the very embodiment of everything Fair Trade values oppose -- sells Fair Trade coffee.
As it turns out, Fair Trade-certified coffee is not all equal, even if all Fair Trade coffee pays growers more than the market price. Clearly the philosophies of major retailers like Starbucks, Wal-Mart and Smucker's (which sells Fair Trade coffee under its Millstone brand) differ from those of grassroots activists like the founders of Just Coffee in Madison, WI who went into the coffee roasting business specifically to help improve the lives of Mexican coffee growers they met in Chiapas.
Milk war a-brewin'...
Farmer-consumer group challenges FDA authority to ban interstate raw-milk sales
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is taking on the Big Enchilada in the raw milk war: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's prohibition on interstate shipment of raw milk.
The FTCLDF filed suit over the weekend in U.S. District court against FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg, and the secretary of the FDA's parent agency, Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, challenging the constitutionality of the agency's prohibition, enacted in 1987. It filed the suit on behalf of consumers and a farmer from six different states; the consumers all travel from states where raw milk sales are illegal to buy it in states where it's allowed for sale and the farmer sells to out-of-state consumers.
The suit is notable for seeking to shift the focus of the interstate raw milk prohibition to consumers from farmers, where the FDA has focused its efforts, most notably in prosecuting the largest raw dairy in the country, Organic Pastures Dairy Co. in California, for selling milk outside its home state. The agency was behind a criminal case against the dairy, which ended with a guilty plea last year and an agreement by the dairy to confine its sales to California, and a civil case, which is still pending. The agency has also been active behind the scenes in urging crackdowns on raw milk in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and New York, among other states.
The case is also notable for the FTCLDF, which was formed less than three years ago to counter an aggressive FDA-led campaign against raw milk producers that began in 2006. While the legal organization has filed suits against state agriculture officials on behalf of raw dairy farmers in New York, Wisconsin, and California, as well as a suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture on behalf of farmers affected by the National Animal Identification System (NAIS), this is its first encounter with the FDA, and as such, definitely the biggest case in its brief history.
All the consumer plaintiffs in the suit live in states where raw milk sales are prohibited—New Jersey, Iowa, North Carolina, and Georgia. The suit says the consumers buy their milk in neighboring states where raw milk is legal, and are being forced to break the law each time they travel back home with their milk.
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The fire took hold at around 2.20am on Monday, July 7, while the vehicle, a silver Volkswagen Sharan, was parked in Holland Close.
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A wedding set at a beautiful country inn on the German-Belgian border turns bloody when the overbearing father of the groom, Armin Rohde, starts a feud with chef Uwe Ochsenknect. Rohde tries to stiff the inn for the bill, but the crafty chef locks the door on the bride and her mother-in-law, now held as collateral. What started as a happy day turns into a farcical battle involving shotguns, hand grenades and twist-laden mayhem.
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- Produced by Norbert Preuss, Erwin Provoost, Marc Conrad, Hilde De Laere
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Sony Ericsson will have to raise 100mil EUR to keep going
We knew things aren't that good for Sony Ericsson right now.
Dropping market share and falling handset sales made it lose hundreds of millions of dollars during the last few months. And, contrary to Motorola, they can not rely on a parent company to cover those losses as the coffers run dry.
So Sony Ericsson may need to look for more money to stay in business pretty soon.
Sony CFO has been talking to Nikkei News and acknowledged the problem, which is a combination of falling demand and a gap in the product portfolio, before the new handsets get into the market.
According to him, Sony Ericsson will need to raise 100 million EUR this fiscal year (ends in March of 2010) to keep going. They are considering various financing options for that, including loans or equity injection from parent companies, or the issue of new shares.
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The War of the Worlds is the 1953 adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel. This time, it takes place in America. Dr. Clayton Forrester is examining some "meteorites." They turn out to be spaceships from Mars. The Martians start attacking people and destroying cities. The military uses every single weapon, including an atom bomb, but nothing works. Dr. Forrester is able to get a sample of their blood, but when they pick up their equipment, the aliens attack again. Will Earth be able to defeat the Martians?
While not a bad adaptation, it actually goes against Wells' message. In the original story, having faith was not a good thing, as the religious man the main character meets ends up getting killed. In the film, Dr. Forrester ends up finding sanctuary in the church. To be fair, the aliens were a metaphor for Communism, which was anti-religion. MST3K fans will have a hoot over the fact that the hero is named Dr. Clayton Forrester. Other than the religious slant, the rest of the film's changes makes sense. Honolulu sci-fi film fans should at least rent this film.
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"The Boys in Company C" (1978)
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Written by Rick Nantkin and Sidney J. Furie
Starring: Andrew Stevens, R. Lee Ermey, Stan Shaw, Craig Wasson, Michael Lembeck, James Whitmore, Jr., James Canning
Pvt. Vinnie Fazio: What's oh-three-hundred?
SSgt. Loyce: Oh-three-hundred... basic infantryman.
Pvt. Vinnie Fazio: Does that mean Vietnam?
SSgt. Loyce: Goddamn right it means Vietnam, numb nuts. Goddamnit, oh-three-hundred is basic infantryman. Oh-three-hundred is the United States Marine Corps!
Nine years before Orion Pictures released Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning "Platoon," Columbia Pictures gave movie viewers "The Boys in Company C."
By 1978, Hollywood had not made too many combat-focused dramas set during the Vietnam War. Most movies that dealt with America's lost crusade in Southeast Asia focused on angry, bitter, or traumatized veterans. The cliché of the crazy, violence-prone Vietnam vet, such as the characters played by Bruce Dern in "Black Sunday" (1977) and "Coming Home" (1978) became the cinematic norm.
With the exception of "The Green Berets" (1968) and "The Boys in Company C," the only major film that showcased Vietnam War combat before "Platoon" was Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."
Co-written by director Sidney J. Furie ("Superman IV: The Quest for Peace") and Rick Nantkin ("Purple Hearts"), "The Boys in Company C" follows five young Marines (Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck and Craig Wasson) from basic training to their combat tour in Vietnam circa 1967-68.
This style of narrative was the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 1987 "Full Metal Jacket"; R. Lee Ermey, who plays "The Boys in Company C's" Sergeant Loyce, would co-star as Gunny Hartman in Kubrick's better-known Vietnam War movie.
"The Boys in Company C's" heroes, of course, are the five titular "boys" who bond in boot camp. Once they are qualified 0300s (basic infantrymen), find themselves in the hellish jungles of Vietnam, the Marines will need that bond in order to survive.
Once they're in the combat zone, they find that the bad guys aren't the North Vietnamese or the Vietcong. Instead, the real enemies are corrupt South Vietnamese officials and American officers who are mainly interested in body counts.
Like many of Furie's films, "The Boys in Company C" is not an example of filmmaking at its best. Its take on the war and the Marines is obviously liberal; none of the five "boys" seem to take the Marines' ethos to heart, and most of the officers they serve under are loutish martinets. Their Army of the Republic of Vietmam (ARVN) allies are more concerned with smuggling drugs rather than fighting their communist cousins from the North.
And in a clumsy homage to Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H", the film pits the Marines against a squad of ARVN soldiers. Not in battle, mind, but in a soccer game that the five Marines see as their ticket out of the fighting.
My Take: Though Furie has been making movies since 1959, only a handful (including "Lady Sings the Blues") can be considered memorable. Most of his filmography consists of fare like 1986's "Iron Eagle" and 1987's "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace", which are two of the worst movies I've ever seen.
Though Furie's liberal world-view is hardly unique as far as Vietnam War movies are concerned, "The Boys in Company C" suffers from an incomprehensible script and thematic schizophrenia. We're never given any believable background about the war for the story to have any credibility, and the "M*A*S*H"-like humor feels phony. The screenwriters apparently did not care enough about their subject to research the Marine Corps' ethos and traditions, and the "five boys against the Big Green Machine" theme is just as annoying as John Wayne's pro-war stance in 1968's "The Green Berets."
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The PlayStation 4 is pushing all controller-based gameplay, as you'd expect from a console, but there will be one mouse and keyboard driven title. War Thunder is currently on the PC, with over 5 million gamers in the open beta.
The PS4 version of War Thunder will let you play like you do on the PC, as it supports mouse and keyboard gameplay. Oh, and flight sticks. Better yet, War Thunder will also pit PS4 gamers against PC gamers, which is something we should see more of. War Thunder will also support the PlayStation Eye camera, which will feature head-tracking, letting you change the viewpoint in the game by just turning your face.
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College Hockey:Vermont Applies for Hockey East Membership
The University of Vermont has written a letter of inquiry to Hockey East, looking to gain membership into the conference for men's and women's hockey.
Vermont has been a member of the ECAC since upgrading the program to Division I almost 30 years ago.
No timeline or format for discussions has been announced.
Hockey East commissioner Joe Bertagna said the league would address the situation shortly, and eventually allow Vermont to make a formal presentation.
"Given the timing, there's not much we can do but acknowledge receipt of the UVM letter, notify the athletic directors and then respond more completely after the holidays," Bertagna said.
Meanwhile, the ECAC made a statement once the news was announced.
"Vermont has been a valued member of the ECAC and has contributed to the development of the history and tradition of the League," said ECAC commissioner Phil Buttafuoco in the statement. "We respect Vermont's decision to explore its options with respect to possible membership in Hockey East. We understand that every institution has the right and the duty to continually review its athletics programs and make decisions it deems in its best interests.
"As for the ECAC, we shall continue to thoroughly examine all facets of the league and be very proactive in evaluating the needs of the league. We shall consider all options available to us to ensure that any action taken is in the best interests of the member institutions."
The ECAC was 17 teams until five schools broke away to form Hockey East in 1983-84. Since then, Army left the ECAC and was replaced by Union. The makeup of the ECAC has not changed since 1991.
Vermont made back-to-back NCAA appearances in 1996 and 1997, making the Frozen Four in 1996. A hazing scandal cut short the program's 1999-2000 season, and it is still trying to fully recover. This year, the Catamounts are struggling so far under first-year head coach Kevin Sneddon with an 0-11-2 record.
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It's never pleasant when you have to do this to a friend. I stick by my comments the other day when I was angry about the leaks of executive session regarding the school committee. Never mind that it is my friend Jackie who was the source of the leak, whose motivations I believe have always been pure and whose frustrations are likely at a fever pitch with these negotiations.
Never mind, too, that there's a huge argument to be made for opening up the union negotiations for teachers or other public employees. I had not realized that other communities have open negotiations, in part, or some even fully open. I have to wonder if it's better than this goddamned cloak and dagger bullcrap we've been faced with for years, even if we'd be viewing the messy "sausage-making" commenter evelyn talked about in the previous post.
It might even benefit the teachers, if, as I have come to learn, there are remarkably awful provisions not related to money or the raise that were in the offer from the school committee. Making such provisions automatically public might help the teachers' case that the rejection was not about the raise, it was about other things.
And I have also come to learn that Paul Georges is as responsible for leaking details of the negotiations as anyone else - in fact, did it long before Jackie did. I learned that from a first hand account. That he could be so hypocritical about the school committee leaks this weekend shows you what sort of character he has. I'm disgusted by him as well. Perhaps more so, for the hypocrisy.
And it took a lot of guts for Jackie to come out and say it was her. I'm glad she did so we can clear this up. She wrote a detailed letter to the editor about the situation, and you should read it. I'm going to leave it up to you, the readers, to figure out if you can live with her actions and reelect her to the school committee. Perhaps, for myself, I find it hard to call for the resignation of someone I know to be generally honest, smart, and good at her elected job, and maybe I still don't know how I feel about the situation, myself, or even, how I'll vote after this.
It's obvious to me that she felt that the playing field was unfair with Georges dictating what went public, and perhaps the frustrations and the actions it prompted were justified. They also weren't justified, in that it does break executive session, and as such, is a serious concern.
Whatever you as voters decide, one thing is obvious to me - the whole system is totally broken. Whether that's because of the actions of certain individuals like Georges, who want to claim victimhood after they themselves were guilty over and over of the same misdeed, or because there is something inherently wrong with executive session negotiations and we need to address the process itself, I don't have the answers to that. All I know is that I'm really sad we came to this point.
I am disappointed with the decision to "leak" what was on the table. My first day on the job as a Lowell teacher was in September, 1988. Those who remember that opening day will understand my concern for the "sanctity" of the negotiations conversations.
I think in many ways, and for a long time now, Paul Georges has been a bane to sanity in Lowell politics, and he has GOT to go.
There's being a tough negotiator on behalf of your union, and then there's poisoning the well for the sake of poisoning the well. The teachers are not well served when there's unneccessary bitterness between the SC and the union.
He has gone too far, again and again. This is not the first time. Nor will it be the last. HE at the very least should be fired.
So if you agree with the motivation (and are a friend) of the second person, then two wrongs make a right?
Wow, did you actually read my post? Jesus, people.
I didn't say it was right. In fact, I very much said that it was a wrong…"the actions it prompted were justified. They also weren't justified, in that it does break executive session, and as such, is a serious concern."
But I am saying it was brave and honest to come out and admit to it.
I also think we ought to understand the context that this was done in, that both sides here have done it, and so Georges is being VERY dishonest when he whines about "negotiating in good faith" which he CLEARLY has not done. At the very least, you can clearly see that Jackie was tying to be honest and keep an honest debate, even if I disagree on the method she used to do it. The fact that Georges has been an ass this whole time and himself violate executive session over and over and over again doesn't excuse Jackie from doing it, but it does make it very understandable as to WHY she did.
But I am very unhappy about all this, and yes, disappointed, I think this could have been handled far better. Hell I would have been HAPPY to berate Paul Georges for his part in this withOUT Jackie's reciprocation, had I known about it. Instead, it gets to be added to a very sad chapter in the School Committee's recent history. On all sides.
Hey Lynne, If Jackie hadn't beat him to it, Georges would have oopsied something sooner rather than later. The man is known for not telling the teachers ( especially the younger ones) all the facts when discussing bargaining. After all his career is not at stake- so he will hold out for all that is best for him and to hell with the newest and brighest. I am surprised that Georges has not threatened job action by now. Personally I think everything should be public so we could know where the two sides are standing.
I did read it. You aknowledged she was wrong then deflected to attack Paul Georges to justify her wrongness. Deflecting criticism of one by saying "He's just as bad" sounds like dare I say a typical *Republican* strategy. Instead of a single post dedicated to the fact that your friend was wrong, you had to put all that stuff about Paul Georges to equivocate. You are a smart person and you know the power of words and you know what you were doing with this post.
Paul Georges is good at what he does. He is not supposed to be loved by the public. No union leader is going to get the love of the Lowell Sun for anything except being a total pushover. He is supposed to advocate for his side. He wasn't elected by the public to be a nice guy. He's elected by his members to represent their interests at a time when union-bashing from the right AND People like you on the left is at an all time high. At the same time as you are totally in favor of legislatively circumventing collective bargaining to take away teacher's health benefits, you act as though the school committee is totally magnanimous in their dealers with the mean Mr. Georges.
Hey LR, cry me a river.
"… People like you on the left is at an all time high. At the same time as you are totally in favor of legislatively circumventing collective bargaining to take away teacher's health benefits, …"
Hmmm … I luvs me some mid afternoon hyperbole!
When your friends don't have your back, maybe you should think about what you're doing? Kinda like when France wouldn't back Bush/Cheney invading Iraq.
Shoot, I am not a robot, OMGWTF!!111!! *rolls eyes*
Unlike SOME types, I like to show context and information rather than to withhold it. If you don't like it, go somewhere else.
I chose to outline the ACTUAL story (context) than just scream and shout. How awful of me. You're right, next time, I should not explain any context, I should dictate to people how to make up their own minds, and on top of that - never ever ever be honest about how I actually feel. (In this case, torn as hell.)
Regarding your defense of Georges…as far as I can tell, Paul Georges is poison to the process. I'm not talking like strategic poison used to maybe curtail an even worse disease, I'm talking poison poison. As in, NOT useful to the side he is working for. This is not the first time I have seriously questioned his integrity, his methods, or if what he's done REALLY is in the best interest of the union he supposedly serves.
If you want to be a good negotiator, you should try starting with good will and working your way down from there, if it becomes necessary. You get more flies with honey than vinegar…and not EVERYTHING has to be contentious all the time, for someone in his position to do his job.
He does his union a disservice, over and over, with his methods and his attitude. The SC is NOT the enemy - unless you make it so. This is not to absolve the SC of some of the blame for this stupid back and forth - but Georges is not an honest man. Period, end of story. If he were my union leader, I'd be worried he wasn't being honest with ME either.
"At the same time as you are totally in favor of legislatively circumventing collective bargaining to take away teacher's health benefits"
Where the hell did you get this? I never made such a statement, but thanks for playing.
By the way, being pro-union does NOT mean I am required to love every move the unions make, every deal they get handed, or ploy they employ.
I am also a tax payer. AND someone who likes sanity. So, get over it. Unions have to be accountable too.
In other words, it is just as knee-jerk to love everything the unions do as it is for the other side to hate them reflexively.
You 100% support legislatively circumventing collective bargaining, what do you think Bernie Lynch's beloved "plan design" powers are!? Giving the city the power to design a health plan outside of collective bargaining. Period.
If he wasn't hated in this climate, in this town, with this newspaper, he wouldnt be doing his job.
And I don't mind that you hate him. I mind the fact that you just threw him up there to justify Jackie Doherty's illegal action. Two wrongs don't make a right. She called the teachers in our city "sharks." That is not fit for an elected official to say about our public servants. So blame it all on one man, but there's enough poison to go around and a lot of it comes from your ideological ally in this fight against the evil Teacher's Union, Jim Campanini.
But I will say this, if she truly talked to the reporter "on background" then the reporter should not have placed it in the story without independent verification and absolutely should not have printed any quotes. The article says that the school committee member wanted to remain anonymous which is much different from being on background.
I actually never said that. I really don't have an opinion either way on that, though I think the unions should look at helping the city lower its medical coverage costs for their OWN sakes.
Seriously, go back and check. I don't ever remember coming out with an opinion one way or other on that specific issue. But if you would like to prove me wrong there's teh Google or the site search on the sidebar.
I didn't throw him up there to deflect from anything Jackie did. But please keep assuming you KNOW my motivations.
What happened was I found out about the stuff Georges has done SINCE my last post, so, it was important CONTEXT.
Keep digging.
She called the teachers in our city "sharks."
Actually, she called the negotiators from the school committee "sharks." You're not going to tag Jackie Doherty as anti-teacher with vague slight of hand like that.
your ideological ally
Neighbor, please! Yeah, this is Lynne's ideological anti-union sentiment. Too much Ayn Rand. That's our Lynne.
If he wasn't hated in this climate, in this town, with this newspaper, he wouldnt be doing his job.
Sure, but to flip that around, just because he's hated, doesn't prove anything about how he's doing his job. There are a lot of unions in this city. How many union heads are hated?
I agree with you 100%; bith of them were wrong and she should be voted out because she can't be trusted and he should be fired as he does not let his employees know what is being offere. Have a nice day.
What Georges did was unethical. What she did was illegal.
Jen Myers did misquote her. It was the negotiators she was calling sharks not the teachers. Nice little twist there.
I did not misquote her. It was clear in the story she was referencing the "union leaders" not the teachers. See below:
As contract negotiations continue behind closed doors between the School Committee and United Teachers of Lowell, one School Committee member tells The Sun that union leaders refused a 3 percent raise offered by the committee this week.
"They are sharks," said the committee member, who agreed to speak anonymously because negotiations are protected by executive-session privilege. "We have really extended ourselves with the best offer we could make, but it is not enough for them."
I should have known I'd be getting it from all angles for daring to defend the undefendable. Larry Lucchino's gotten more positive press lately than Paul Georges. If there is one consensus in this town, its that we all are supposed to hate Paul Georges (as I joked earlier, Lynne and Campanini are in total agreement on this issue.)
My point was I objected with the "context" that I felt was used to give excuses for what the School Committee member said. In fact, if there were two separate posts, I'd probably not have even bothered. I felt like the post had a lot of "Yeah but…"
As for the "sharks" comment, Maybe it was meant to represent the people in the room. The people in the room were representing the teachers. Even if they are just the other side, its not ok for a person representing our city to call the people they're negotiating with "sharks." I'm sorry I dont agree with those who are justifying the use of that term.
as for Sure, but to flip that around, just because he's hated, doesn't prove anything about how he's doing his job. There are a lot of unions in this city. How many union heads are hated?
I think that proves my point. You don't hear about the other unions and you always hear about how the teachers are holding out, the teachers are getting the better deal, etc. etc. To me, thats a union leader who is doing is job if he is getting the best for his members.
Jackie Doherty is an public official and the voters in Lowell will get to decide whether she is fit for service in the next term in a few weeks.
Paul Georges is not a public official. Whether he is fit to be the president of the United Teachers of Lowell is not up to the public, the Lowell Sun, this blog, or anyone else besides the members of his union. The one thing I do object to is the idea that some people who never set foot in a classroom are now trying to pick who should be the head of the teacher's union. I am not a teacher. I am, unlike some others in this thread, a proud product of the Lowell Public Schools and I am fierce advocate of union rights. The members of the UTL should get to pick the President of the UTL, not the people of Lowell. He is not there to represent the taxpayers, he's there to get the best deal for his members. Its also not up to you or to Jackie Doherty or to Jim Campanini to decide whats best for his members. Complaining about him from that angle is like complaining about why the head of the GOP isn't interested in whats best for Obama.
You don't hear about the other unions and you always hear about how the teachers are holding out, the teachers are getting the better deal, etc. etc. To me, thats a union leader who is doing is job if he is getting the best for his members.
Some of them, anyway. You know, all of those staff positions that were cut over the years while the union took a hard line on raises and step increases were members, too. The other unions in town seem to go out of their way to spread the pain in order to save jobs when budgets are tight.
He is not there to represent the taxpayers, he's there to get the best deal for his members…Complaining about him from that angle is like complaining about why the head of the GOP isn't interested in whats best for Obama.
And again, not every union in this city takes this rather stark us-against-them stance towards…you know…the city of Lowell. If you view the relationship between Lowell and the teachers union to be this sharply adversarial, comparable to Barack Obama and the GOP, then you're going to have to get used to quite a bit of pushback from Lowell, and you're going to have to go a lot lighter on the public interest arguments.
It's unfortunate Jackie Doherty slipped out of frustration, but there's a difference between being a passionate advocate for yourself/organization and another being obnoxious without regard to the situation. Can't negotiate for something that realisticly can't be achieved. Sure no one wants to underesmate their value, but coming to an agreement shouldn't be a game of chicken.
They hasnt been a new contract since 2009…If you believe the Lowell Sun and the School Committee spin, they have been getting all sorts of raises and new benefits throughout the recession. The truth is they have been working without a contract basically since the recession began. There are plenty of examples of the teachers working with the city, they just ignored as the city wants more and more concessions because the climate is very much "You should be thankful you even have a job." That makes a very strong anti-worker environment in a town that already has a newspaper thats been on anti-teachers union jihad since even I was a student in the Lowell Public Schools.
Joe from Lowell- You have it right . I am a former member of 1705 and participated in several bargaining committees over the years. I can recall several times when we really worked hard and gave up things in order to keep jobs, rather then let them go in order to get raises for those left. Georges is the complete opposite- he wants the money, and as I said earlier, to hell with the younger ones. He has threatened job action before and my guess is, he will do it again. We can only hope that this School Committee holds firm.
What are step raises and do teachers reach a plateau at the top step?
And yes, it is tough to be a worker in this time and town. I hear plenty from card carrying Union members or retirees that voted for Scott Brown. Don't even think my heart bleeds for them. Brown didn't stop "Romney-Obama Care," but he did stop "Card check."
Look, I dont want this to get into a discussion the relative pros anc cons of Paul Georges (although it already has in large part), because he is not the one making the news. He is not an elected official who intentionally leak privileged information to the anti-union newspaper. Diverting the focus to him is just to take the heat off of Jackie Doherty. I would never say the man is perfect, or all his tactics are always pure, but I think its ridiculous that people can complain about how overly generous the teachers' benefits supposedly are and then say he's not a good union president. As I always say when people complain about the benefits that are won in good-faith negotiatons, its the employer who ultimately signs off.
As for those who think they will threaten job action, its going on 2 1/2 years without a contract, no raises since 2009, while health insurance options are now taken out of collective bargaining thanks to the Lynchs and Deval Patricks of the world, and teachers still show up to work every day and deal with educating the youth in an urban school system.
But I've said enough. I dont mind being the voice in the wilderness because unlike some other so-called liberals, I stand by my principles when it comes to collective bargaining, I side with the working people, others want to side with Jim Campanini.
Are you asking me as a quiz? Or do you seriously not know? Look, I'm not like some other guys who like to blog off the cuff with no solid understanding of the facts. You can outsmart them almost 100% of the time, but I know what I'm talking about. I actually like you Jack and Lynne and everyone else. I usually just chime in when I disagree and thats usually with over the top bashing of the local state legislators past and present and when you take the side of anti-union forces. Otherwise I agree with you almost all the time. But I digress…
Step raises are already a part of the underlying agreement thats been carried over since 2009. They are a standard practice to bump up the salary for each individual teacher after X amount of years of service. There is a plateau after so many years. Step increases become less frequent after so many years of service. There are plenty of teachers who make the same salary today as they did three years ago. And yes, that is true for many other workers, myself included.
For the record, I was never making the argument of "poor poor teachers, they get no raises." I was pointing out that they havent negotiated any additional benefits since the recession began. They have worked with the school committee and the city on several factors. Even on the issue of health care, there were figures to show that a majority of current teachers switched away from major medical and a large chunk of health care costs were going to retirees. Some people want them to "give back" more. But if you want to be fair, remember the state kicks in a lot more of the K-12 funding than they do for regular local aid. So while the other unions may have had to give back more, the state sent that money for educational purposes. Its not even a fair direct comparison. Unless you support diverting education funds to other city purposes (which ultimately happens anyways.)
My point has not been that the teachers are suffering any worse than anyone else except in the court of public opinion, but they also aren't thriving as much as the Campaninis of the world like to pretend either. The 3% raise that the formerly anonymous school committee member leaked to the media was spread out and would come after several years of 0%. Now I know nowadays people are just supposed to be thankful to have a job and have an overall defeatist attitude when it comes to making a living.
Above people want the school committee to stand firm. Why shouldnt the other side want their advocate to stand firm as well? Especially when the government side is CHEATING. I dont care, its not a fair negotiation when one side can just unilaterally go to the legislature and change the rules!
I don't believe the teachers are without a contract, but rather they are working under the provisions of the old contract. And as far as health benefits being reduced, isn't that one aspect of current negotiations, albeit with the threat of a major change if the negotiation cannot be successfully concluded?
Georges is not an elected representative of the people, therefore, he is held to a different standard. Even though I believe he's a despicable person and do not understand why the entire union follows him like he's the next coming of Christ; Jackie has to be held to a higher standard and should resign. It would be unfortunate to lose her but it's the right thing to do. She's lost a lot of votes. All city union negotiation sessions should be public events to avoid this kind of thing.
The title of my post is now for LR, who loves to put thoughts, motivations, and words in my mouth.
Again, prove I ever said I was pro-plan-design, or STFU. *shrug*
I am honestly on the fence on that generally, because I know it can be a good thing OR a bad thing depending. Also, I don't know enough ABOUT it to make a solid opinion.
If the unions get the same coverage or better coverage under plan design, is it still a terrible very bad awful thing? Or are you not caring about results so much as process? We can argue about that, but don't put words in my mouth please.
Let me take it a step back then. I absolutely dont believe in personal attacks or guilty by association. So if I was truly mistaken on your stance on "plan design," I do apologize. It was not my intention to put thoughts or motivations or words in your mouth on that. As for the initial subject, I still feel as though the post reads as "Jackie was wrong, but how can you blame her when she has to deal with Big Bad Paul Georges." Thats my interpertation of how the post read, if thats putting words in your mouth, so be it, but at least I was interpeting the written post at that point. The other subject maybe not so much.
So if you have never expressed support for plan design, I am sorry for assuming you did. Maybe it was someone else on this blog, or maybe just somewhere else altogether. I am not wishy-washy because although I am 100% for the city saving money on healthcare, I am not a believer of 'ends justify the means' when it comes to saving that money. I do believe the difference between Wisconsin and Massachusetts is a matter of scale–a great deal of scale–but scale nonetheless, in principle, you are taking something that was bargained for out of bargaining through legislative means. But to answer your question, it is a matter of process. Thats why I salute the many many teachers who switched health plans voluntarily to save themselves and the city money. And I do think that master medical should be negotiated away. The big hang up is the retirees who are no longer directly represented by a union. Also there's not much give and take during a recession. It's basically "we need you to give back and give back more and trust us…"
The point of bringing that subject up was not even to try to brand people on this blog as fair-weather union supporters (although I did do that, I admit it). It was to point out that the school committee has done its own share of tough negotiating tactics including getting this huge advantage handed to them by the state legislature. My reference to "so-called" liberals is mostly referring to the Democrats who supported this measure (including your favorite state rep, Mr. Nangle, there see I can criticize the GOB's when they're wrong too!). Two of your other (real) favorites, Bernie Lynch and Deval Patrick, were other big proponents–so maybe thats why I made the assumption. No excuses though, I was wrong to assume your stance.
To make yet another (hopefully my last) baseball analogy. If I was a superstar baseball player, I would hire Scott Boras as my agent. Not too many people in baseball are hated more than Scott Boras. But he got Alex Rodriguez $300 million. I dont think either one of them loses sleep over the fact that a lot of people don't like Scott Boras. And the New York Yankees have nobody else to blame for paying A-Rod that much money than themselves.
I am glad that Jackie D came forward and took the shadow of doubt off her colleagues. That said she violated the rules and should somehow face some kind of punishment. Censure whatever from the school committee.
Paul Georges "doing it" is not a valid reason for Jackie's actions IMHO. I was always taught that 2 wrongs do not make a right.
Personally I don't think this incident will hurt her next month since she owned up to it. Had it been discovered after denials, that would have been different.
Lowell Resident,
The thing is, I am a very rich target for your pro-union sentiments. I am someone who is reflexively pro-union, someone who stayed up refreshing the results of the Wisconsin recall elections.
But I'm not going to ignore everything I know about how this particular union has been operating because someone starts using the "objectively pro-Saddam" argument about the editor of the Lowell Sun.
Union solidarity means valuing every member equally.
My heart strings become harder to tug when I don't see that.
I agree with those who have said Jackie Doherty was right to come forward with the truth, but was wrong to break the rules. She should now recuse herself from negotiations with the teachers union until a new contract is settled - although that may be more of a reward than a punishment!
I don't think recusing herself from the vote would be appropriate, but some kind of action by her colleagues against her would probably be in order.
Come to think of it, a few years ago didn't the CC and SC pass motions to deal with violation of the secrecy of executive sessions?
I seem to recall it was following a rash of incidents where information from executive sessions got into the paper. I believe they were to be investigated by the DA?
You don't know how much it pains me to say that I have to agree with Nutter. She needs to go. It appears that she knew that she was breaking the law. Frustrations or not, she has no excuse. I wouldn't trust her if I were on the opposite side of the table and I wouldn't trust her if I was on her side of the table. The voters will decide. She should make it easier for us by suspending her campaign, taking down her signs and calling it a night.
After reading Gerry Nutter's blog about this, he does make some very valid points!
I wouldn't write Jackie off, just yet. ;v)
I'm not writing her off, if you read my post #32 I said I don't think this will hurt her, and I still don't, but I do think Nutter raises some valid points.
While leaks to the press (by both sides) were against the rules, the bigger issue here is that most teachers learned about a 3% offer from the Lowell Sun and not from the union negotiator who had only previously released a 0,0,-1% plan. The problem that Ms. Doherty created was dissension in the ranks among teachers who felt that they have been lied to by the person who is supposed to be representing them at the bargaining table, or if not lied to (by leaving the old numbers out there past their viability, then at least not having been told the truth as the process goes along. When the story being told is only half truth, what is the other half?
Maybe Ms. Doherty meant to cause this split among the membership, maybe she didn't. The fact remains that she has created internal strife and resentment and both she and Mr. Georges can probably no longer be effective.
I agree with you for the most part. These considerations are prominent in "the bubble" or "insiders," as you say.
But, ….
On Wednesday night, at the last SC meeting, Jen Myers reported a gathering of 400 teachers outside City Hall, … in the RAIN. Georges has a smudge on his halo and I have noted the division in the ranks, but don't expect a coup anytime soon.
I agree everyone recognizes they can't change horses in mid-race. The protest was planned and people committed to it, but there is enough grumbling about not being given the whole story by leadership.
Paul Georges…he's so ineffective!
Those teachers, their benefits are way too generous!
Having been in a union negotiation or two I can tell you that until the bargaining team is close to a deal, or wants guidance from the rank and file, they do not discuss the day to day, offer by offer negotiations with the membership. The membership elects their bargainers and if they don't think that they are doing a good job they replace them.
Overall I would say Georges is doing a very good job for his union and that traditionally the SC does not do a good job representing the taxpayer or students probably out of fear of retaliation at the ballot box.
Did Jackie plant the seeds of discontent within the union ranks intensionally? Perhaps but I tend to think she was reacting to Georges violating the secrecy of the negotiating table but Jackie went "nuclear" to Georges' "hit and run" tactic.
Are the benefits more generous than in surrounding towns? I think the job is more challenging in the city, so that is a good thing.
Lola, I am not one that supports the notion that we should pay our public employees based on what other communities pay their public employees (that includes benefits).
We need to pay them for the job they do and performance as well as ability of the community to pay has to be part of that equation.
If public employees are paid based on what their counterparts in other communities are paid we will see an never ending spiral of increases that our community can not afford. Much like we are experiencing now.
I am also not a big believer in standardized testing since the temptation is there to teach to the test which is a major disservice to the student in the overall scheme of things.
So a Wellesley police officer should be paid more than a Boston police officer?
So Boston should pay their police officers more based on what? City size?
If that is the case Mayor Menino who is paid in the neighborhood of $150k a year which is about what Bernie Lynch is making, should be making in the neighborhood of $750K since Boston is about 5 times the size of Lowell. (If you want to do it by size of budget the disparity is even greater)
So if you want a real exercise in numbers see what they pay in the smallest community in the state and extrapolate from there!
It does not make any economic sense at all! Employees should be paid based on performance and the ability of the community to pay for it.
BTW a Wellesley Cop makes an average of $48K w/o details, so to extrapolate, Wellesley has a population of about 27,000 so that would mean a Boston cop should make $846,000 w/o details based on population.
Where do you draw the line?
I don't think it's unreasonable to think that people doing the same job in dislike contexts shouldn't necessarily be paid the same. In particular, the contexts must justify the disparity. I do think it is unreasonable to think that no such context can exist. Such contexts that might matter in the case of police could include the fatality and injury rate of officers, the relative size of departments compared with the size of their responsibilities, even geographically relative cost of living should matter (ask a cop or teacher in silicon valley).
All those things apply to every job Mr. Lynne. What I object to is the mindset that X set of (fill in the blank public employees) in Y (town) make more than ours, so we need to pay ours more!
Looking at other communities pay packages can only be applicable (should only be applicable) if the community you are comparing yourself to is similar. For Lowell that does not mean comparing itself to Chelmsfords or Wellselys or even Bostons of the world etc.
Similar size communities with similar economic bases and median incomes are few. New Bedford is probably the closest with a population of 95k, but even then their median household income is higher, nearly $37K vs Lowell's $23k and have a larger housing stock (for property taxes) 42,900 to 41,500.
Seniority certainly has a place in the equation, but performance, which does not seem to have a seat at the table, needs to be a major consideration in determining salary and benefits.
I don't think that Lowell has had any difficulty attracting or retaining teachers and would not for a long time - Massachusetts graduates more teachers than there are schools for them to fill and there are waiting lists in Lowell just like every other town.
I do think that experience is a benefit, but seniority doesn't always equal good experience that translates into performance. There are some teachers who come to the profession later in life, as a second career, who have advanced degrees in their field and are first to be laid off because seniority under the present system doesn't equate to experience, only to the number of years a person has paid dues to a union. I question whether high school students would be better served being taught Literature by someone age 45 with a PhD in English who came to teaching as a second career versus someone with a BA and 10 years teaching right out of college. If graded by seniority, the PhD is cut. If graded by performance, then student outcomes would be compared.
I just wonder whether the old system of a job for life regardless of performance is still in the best interests of school children and fair to new teachers?
ER, I think your income figures are wrong. According to the latest I have found (unfortunately from 1999), Lowell has a per capita income of $17,557 ($15,602 New Bedford) and household income of $39,192 ($27,569 NB). Things have changed, but not to the disparity that you noted.
But I agree with your point that salaries should not be judged only by comparison to other communities.
And I agree with Evelyn that factors other than seniority should be considered in compensation, although test scores should not be the driver for that judgment.
City-Data.com has estimates from 2009 for income , wages ,etc.
In my view , New Bedford is not a useful analogy as it is too far from Boston and is in the orbit of Providence , R. I .It has ocean front and a dying industry in fishing .
Brockton is the closer comparison .
In Brockton , median household income rose between 2000 and 2009 40.6% to $47,342 ; in Lowell , median household income was up 23.1% in that period to $46,774.
Joe S, you're right I read wrong line in the census data, so Brockton would be a better comparison.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest political ally has called for Israel to carry out a "thorough cleansing" of the Gaza Strip as a tenuous ceasefire between its Hamas rulers and the Jewish state frayed.
Speaking on Israel Radio, the far-right former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman called for Israel to reconquer the crowded coastal enclave to avoid "finding ourselves in two years with Hamas having aircraft and hundreds of missiles that will reach beyond Tel Aviv".
His comments came as the Israeli Air Force attacked targets in the Gaza Strip after six rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel into the early hours of Monday morning. No one was injured. It was the first ceasefire breach since April.
Mr Lieberman suggested that neither the eight-day aerial campaign Israel launched in November with the stated goal of halting rockets from Gaza, nor the devastating Operation Cast Lead in 2008-09 in which more than 1,100 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died, had proven effective at quelling the violence.
"Without willingness to take things to their conclusion we merely increase the threats," he said, adding that Hamas "has no intention of coming to terms with the Jewish presence in the land of Israel and therefore what is needed is to seriously consider conquering the Strip and carry out a thorough cleansing." Mr Lieberman was number two on Mr Netanyahu's electoral list during elections last January, and currently holds the post of chairman of parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee. Mr Netanyahu's office declined to comment on Mr Lieberman's statements. Yair Lapid, the centrist Finance minister, said the remarks were "irresponsible".