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Old 07-23-2019, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by PennBF View Post
Couple of things: It appears to be a Commissioner you should have a strong "Financial" background as budgeting and financial controls are significant to the office. I see a lot of the current members saying they want to control taxes, spending etc but none with the Educational Qualifications/Experience to justify their ability to meet the requirements they site as critical?? Another observation is that a number of the Directors have a number of outside responsibilities which makes you question how they have time to justify their salaries and pensions.
Do not believe the Commissioner is the one preparing the budget. In my past experiences I hired people to do that and then explain it to me. Yes you have to have some education and common sense to ask the right question but not sure a CPA is needed . I also as upper upper management had a lot of responsibilities. Not saying they are perfect but how is it okay to disparage people or a process you do not have any details about.