tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post6949890530145673824..comments2023-08-08T04:21:46.695-07:00Comments on JOSH MARQUIS: County Slashes DA's PayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-90043720228403914492007-05-22T19:08:00.000-07:002007-05-22T19:08:00.000-07:001. County department heads should be compensated f...<i>1. County department heads should be compensated for their work.</i><br><br>They should also be an employee of the county, and have a contract as such. Since Josh isn't and doesn't, the county shouldn't pay him.<br><br><br><br>Tell us, Cindy ... since Josh is a state employee, why should the county pay him anything? Because other counties do so? As most of us heard growing up, "If other counties jumped off a cliff..."<br><br>Shouldn't the lack of compensation be brought up with his employer - the state? Shouldn't the state stop using ORS 8.830 to shirk its responsibility onto the backs of the counties?<br><br>Perhaps there should have been better communication from Mr Hazen prior to the meeting. However, just because the county has been paying this supplement for years does not obligate the county to continue paying it - especially given the lack of any contract to do so.<br><br>Sounds to me like a lot of people are too cowardly (or lazy) to take this issue where it needs to be addressed (IE; the state) and choose instead to try and bully the county. Given how closely the DAs work with police departments at all levels ... it also seems to me that they could easily get the police unions to help them pressure the state politicians to increase DAs pay.walter richardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1961411431611631367.post-45348769607649775832007-06-09T07:50:00.000-07:002007-06-09T07:50:00.000-07:00Thank You Josh for a superb job that you and your ...Thank You Josh for a superb job that you and your office has done for clatsop county. I would hope that there would be more dwi and meth convictions.<br>Luke RummellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com