First thing, this form said my email won’t be published, and I wanted to request that its not used on a mailing list too - thanks.

I stumbled onto your post via something to do with checking my webstats.

Its hard to know for certain, but what you wrote, reminds me of when I worked for the Portland, Oregon Park Bureau. Theh park dist. I was at - the guys took 45 minute breaks, 90 minute lunches, started late and quit a bit early. I just left the breakroom and went to the shop to find something to do. I came from a country club where we worked all day. This laziness changed when I got transferred to what was Eastmoreland Golf Course, where the whole crew put in a full days work. The work ethic in Portland municipal system varied from department to department.

I thought it was rediculous when they “signed” their trucks with “Portland, the City that works”. Not so much due to whether they worked or not, but because the signs are not free. That costs thousands of dollars. The posting of the signs was an indicator that they may have been trying to conceal a problem. I don’t really know if they eradicated it. But the municipal system lacks many essentials for motivation and personal esteem. Outgoing professionals rarely go to work in a municipal job market. It hedges-in and resticts innovation in many cases.

I’ll be back in the area after our home sells. We moved near Medford, in the Applegate Valley. But once we sell, I’ll be back in the Portland area. Then I’ll see for myself.

Thanks,

M. D. Vaden of Oregon

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