tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post4085032072403909002..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: House budget writers move prison guard raises to "wish list," Senate cuts 40% from TYC budgetGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21267488008150128912009-03-16T21:15:00.000-05:002009-03-16T21:15:00.000-05:00Looks like the cuts are not doing so good, 1 Youth...Looks like the cuts are not doing so good, 1 Youth in Crockett committed Suiside today and Brownwood had a Big Riot due to a Student sexual assult,, Oh that was a Student on Student Sexual Assult...There was talk in town from a guard that during the riot They called the asst super and She advised them they could handle it!!!! Now I see we have a problem in Brownwood.....Doent that say She is neglect of Youth ?????Someone needs to address this issue before someone gets hurt ...or worse than that look what happened in crockett..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17158280581269843042009-03-15T14:13:00.000-05:002009-03-15T14:13:00.000-05:00I agree with it being state service. Many employee...I agree with it being state service. Many employees transfer from on agency to another. It would benefit everyone that decided to go with another state agency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-25445688846157352562009-03-13T21:56:00.000-05:002009-03-13T21:56:00.000-05:003-12/9:45 pm. is that you cuz pope or cuz lege? Th...3-12/9:45 pm. is that you cuz pope or cuz lege? The truth hurts doesn't it? The end!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83942966498862425322009-03-13T11:56:00.000-05:002009-03-13T11:56:00.000-05:00If Cherie allows her to do this then we all know w...If Cherie allows her to do this then we all know where Cherie really stands about tenuered TYC employees. But hang in there until the end, she won't rif you.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-68600278848421038572009-03-13T08:17:00.000-05:002009-03-13T08:17:00.000-05:00Watch out for TYC's policy about RIF's. Wood-HR D...Watch out for TYC's policy about RIF's. Wood-HR Director wants to change it to protect the TDCJ transplants. It is now based on TYC service, she wants to change it to be based on state service. So that it can benefit her friends from TDCJ over long-term TYC employees. Keeps you eyes open for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-46842912762037835712009-03-12T21:45:00.000-05:002009-03-12T21:45:00.000-05:00Grow up. TYC is in the mess because of blind eyed ...Grow up. TYC is in the mess because of blind eyed staff, widespread and knowingly playing the pal/buddy system. You'll need my help tomorrow, cover for me today. The code of silence, with yelling all around. Yeh, the lege messed up TYC. And you probably really believe it. Go back to your drug induced stupor and use that as a excuse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53987292329163028072009-03-12T20:33:00.000-05:002009-03-12T20:33:00.000-05:00It's the lege that needs to scapeled. TYC is in th...It's the lege that needs to scapeled. TYC is in the mess it is because they failed the agency and the troubled youth of Texas. The systemic disease went way up high and they buried their heads in the sand, like emus. The people that re-elect them should be ashamed!! IMO. Archived broadcasts do not lie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34405325548095633102009-03-11T12:32:00.000-05:002009-03-11T12:32:00.000-05:00The commission of youth care providers has managed...The commission of youth care providers has managed to effectively cut its throat, over and over themselves; so the lege decided to take the scapel itself and end this long, bleeding tragedy. Hail, and be on with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57907678693211914572009-03-11T11:46:00.000-05:002009-03-11T11:46:00.000-05:00TYC may have also reveived pay raises, however, on...TYC may have also reveived pay raises, however, once it became known how much waste was taking place in TYC - 99000 per kid...wow...how could anyone merit a raise under such terible manangement conditions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78262718577103139452009-03-11T00:13:00.000-05:002009-03-11T00:13:00.000-05:003/05/2009 09:47:00 PM - TDCJ's approach may have b...3/05/2009 09:47:00 PM - TDCJ's approach may have been cheap but which agency is going to give their employees a 20% raise on September 1? Thought so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37770640363938687512009-03-10T19:53:00.000-05:002009-03-10T19:53:00.000-05:00I understand county dentention centers are implodi...I understand county dentention centers are imploding in population. So much so, that youth are sleeping on floor due to lack of beds. For TYC, it's a matter of pay me now or pay me later when beds are scarce!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-36099469795377517652009-03-10T19:41:00.000-05:002009-03-10T19:41:00.000-05:003-13/11-22 am, the field has already been hit hard...3-13/11-22 am, the field has already been hit hard with RIF's. Get out from under the rock you reside in. I'm in awe of your compassion and empathy toward the RIF-ed employees. What can mankind expect from you in dire circumstances, what a shame! I pray you aren't my neighbor. May the responsible person that you are, Not find you in the unemployment or soup line tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32129482956541658842009-03-10T11:22:00.000-05:002009-03-10T11:22:00.000-05:00Personal responsibility starts at home. Almost eve...Personal responsibility starts at home. Almost everyone knew big changes were coming for the past two years. If some failed to plan properly...have kids, buy new cars and homes, that says a lot about those people's ability to plan. CO has lost employees also, don't act like the field is better or should be exempt from rif's. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6114636854845514132009-03-09T22:10:00.000-05:002009-03-09T22:10:00.000-05:00The public is demanding RIF's in central office. A...The public is demanding RIF's in central office. Are RIF's just good for the field staff? Please don't insult our intelligence. Whitmire was correct when he stated the bureaucracy was fat in central office. I don't support the man, but I happen to agree with his comment. You must be afraid it will be you and it serves you right. Two RIFed coworkers have lost their house, car, medical insurance and do you care? How selfish can you be! One of them has a brand new baby and a five year old. The whole sordid mess stinks and you are defending central office!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19291514133816368782009-03-09T19:49:00.000-05:002009-03-09T19:49:00.000-05:00Central office staf are crucial to the management ...Central office staf are crucial to the management of the entire state. We must be properly supported to insure the vavious institutions function well. Ant organization has to have a well-supported head team, which we are in C.O. Quit the gripping and start to support the whole program, unless you want the public to demand more rif's. Don't ruin a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21557832068133897782009-03-09T18:37:00.000-05:002009-03-09T18:37:00.000-05:003-8/10:53 pm. Central office does have to have som...3-8/10:53 pm. Central office does have to have some employees to over-see the agency, but not 310 of them! Get out from under your rock and look at this sensibly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2232665025785183262009-03-09T06:18:00.000-05:002009-03-09T06:18:00.000-05:00Yes, go ahead and shut down TYC. Infact go ahead a...Yes, go ahead and shut down TYC. Infact go ahead and shut down everything. When this little angels move next to you and your neighbourhood just don't be afraid. They will not make crime worst. They will not lower the value of your property. Don't go out and but a gun or hire security to protect your homes. Infact we should just bottle this and send it to the rest of the world. We all seem to know what is good just because a few people made TYC to look bad. Infact we should all be labled the exact thing when the media writes that such and such crime have been committed at such and such county. This is what eveyone is doing nayway. We lable TYC for a few bad apples so why not do it when crime rates have risen in Dallas. Maybe we should blame it on Bush and now Obama for all our problems. they are our leaders at one time or another. We should call ourselves murderers because we send out troops to fight. All we are good for is to blame it on someone else. We all forgot what Whitmire have done in the past and now that his is not going to run for office why should we care what he wants to do. he has not worked a day in his life as a JCO. I bet every meeting that he attends that we have to foot a hafty bill for him out of our tax paying expenses. Everything looks good on paper until it's put into work and it falls apart. Like I have said, it it's such a mirrical drug then we all need to package it and send it to the rest of the world. Just start small and send it around to the rest of the states. I rest my case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-58967769178577724802009-03-08T22:53:00.000-05:002009-03-08T22:53:00.000-05:00Central office has to have certain positions to ef...Central office has to have certain positions to effectively control the TYC resources. Sadly, cuts must be made somewhere and the field staff are easier to sacrifice than deeply trained central office employees. They keep the system going, whereas field staff - WT/Vernon/Crockett/Gainsville/Evins/Brownwood can be manipulated as needed for the big picture. Some have to be in charge and insure the show goes on. Again, sadly to some, some have to give for the overall show. Thanks for your understanding and support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90666451949282200862009-03-08T21:05:00.000-05:002009-03-08T21:05:00.000-05:0012:30 p.m., Central office has 310 employees and y...12:30 p.m., Central office has 310 employees and you are saying they have earned the right to be fat? What rock do you live under? TYC has been reduced in population and downsized to the bare knuckles, how do you justify the same number of employees in central office? <BR/><BR/>West Texas has been reduced to a 48bed facility and JCO's were demoted. They will lose 67 actual bodies on March 31st, including 6 clerks, warehouse supervisor, laundry supervisor and an HR clerk. You make absolutely no sense, enlighten us? <BR/><BR/>RIF-ed on the 31stAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17916864509530123432009-03-08T12:30:00.000-05:002009-03-08T12:30:00.000-05:00Its true...there is much fat still at West Texas a...Its true...there is much fat still at West Texas and most TYC sites. The state needs to really get rid of this fat and return to helping troubled youth. Central office has always been overly fat, and even Cherie is afraid to rock the boat there. Those people have earned their right to stay fat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6687042891562734062009-03-08T08:34:00.000-05:002009-03-08T08:34:00.000-05:00What about the out of state travel by the resident...What about the out of state travel by the residential services dept? I bet that's a good chunk of cash outa tax payers pockets!! <BR/><BR/>What about all the clerks disguised as administrative or executive assistants, not to mention accountants and techs of all kinds? I agree with Whitmire, the bureaucray is fat there!!<BR/><BR/>TaxpayerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79095093960782216432009-03-07T22:35:00.000-06:002009-03-07T22:35:00.000-06:00I knew it! It's Obama's fault!I knew it! It's Obama's fault!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8614113712120265762009-03-07T22:30:00.000-06:002009-03-07T22:30:00.000-06:00How many of the 310 Central Office staff will be r...How many of the 310 Central Office staff will be rif-ed? Whitmire said it was a "bloated beaurcracy". Do we really need such positions as "Space Planner", "Legislative Liason", etc. And perhaps the Lege should look at the amount of money and resources are expended on travel for regionalization.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-15382319505286038932009-03-07T16:26:00.000-06:002009-03-07T16:26:00.000-06:0011:09, Believe you need to learn how to read. I'm ...11:09, Believe you need to learn how to read. I'm asking for TYC to be funded and the politics left out it for the sake of the kids. Nothing less, nothing more. You can't rehabilitate youth without money or trained employees. How does that make me want my friends to keep their job. Much to your dismay, I don't know anyone working at TYC. I'm a retired person. However, I have been keeping up with the saga of TYC. How can I not with it hitting the media daily? Perhaps its you that should go away, you aren't posting anything constructive to the conversation nor contributing anything positive. <BR/><BR/>Private CitizenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-40617020120991196472009-03-07T16:11:00.000-06:002009-03-07T16:11:00.000-06:0006:58 a.m. I agree with you, being from a rural co...06:58 a.m. I agree with you, being from a rural community myself. We are often neglected by government that seems to be Travis and Harris County centered.<BR/><BR/>11:06 a.m. I am surprised that you believe that I work for a state agency. I am sorry that you think that I am at work at 09:43 p.m. when most criminal investigators work regular business hours (like me). Your post betrays your ignorance and does present any intelligent argument against what I have stated. Sorry my post was so long, but you never had to read it. This forum was created to discuss the topic at hand, and I have done so. You should do the same.<BR/><BR/>A former street cop turned criminal investigatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com