tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post6132203585700864520..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Legislators critique TYC restructuring plan, demand new spending auditGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-28336363324351616862008-08-31T21:48:00.000-05:002008-08-31T21:48:00.000-05:00I think we should demand a spending audit of the l...I think we should demand a spending audit of the legislators!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31641815043392437272008-08-17T23:47:00.000-05:002008-08-17T23:47:00.000-05:00some of these comments are very selfish. there ar...some of these comments are very selfish. there are a lot of us working for TYC that are very concerned for our lively hoods, paying the bills, and putting food on the table. the issues here are very serious and most of us want to be informed and possibly discuss some solutions. point the finger if you have a valid concern. ask questions to be informed. but quit using this particular forum to get into a personal pissing contest. there are plenty of dicks in TYC that will win that race. can anyone enlighten us on the issues of budget, salary, and possible mismanagement of funds? after all, if we are state employees, the limelight will shine on all of us if there is someone at fault. the media and the public have already proven that. they are buzzards circling for the next scandal. let's circle the wagons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51206454224168854802008-08-17T15:29:00.000-05:002008-08-17T15:29:00.000-05:009:57 your are LOL funny!!9:57 your are LOL funny!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11686358795891034442008-08-15T21:57:00.000-05:002008-08-15T21:57:00.000-05:00probably be more interesting if there was a media ...probably be more interesting if there was a media angle to the open records request. <BR/><BR/>it is also very relevant to the post (unlike most of the dribble here)<BR/><BR/>and by the way there hasn't been any maligning. It is just a simple question...I will repeat it just for those too lazy to go back a couple comments...<BR/><BR/>Do business managers receive bonuses based on percentage under the facility budget? The larger the percentage under budget, the larger the bonus?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>And no there was no unaccepted application, just like you probably aren't a business manager.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-72042164201359722462008-08-13T17:36:00.000-05:002008-08-13T17:36:00.000-05:009:44,Anyone canwrite and make an Open Records requ...9:44,<BR/><BR/>Anyone canwrite and make an Open Records request. If you want the info, why don't you make a request instead of trying to have other people do all the workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27472482485165050422008-08-12T22:41:00.000-05:002008-08-12T22:41:00.000-05:009:44 You've sure got something stuck in your craw....9:44 You've sure got something stuck in your craw. Are you going to keep posting your questions maligning the business managers on every blog? Sounds like a personal issue to me. What's the matter, did you apply and not get accepted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7257489378010001712008-08-12T21:44:00.001-05:002008-08-12T21:44:00.001-05:00Does anyone know if business managers bonuses are ...Does anyone know if business managers bonuses are related to the percentage they are under budget? The higher the percentage under budget, the higher the bonus?<BR/><BR/>I would like to see an open records request on the facility and regional business managers income and bonuses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24700646266597751512008-08-12T21:44:00.000-05:002008-08-12T21:44:00.000-05:00Does anyone know if business managers bonuses are ...Does anyone know if business managers bonuses are related to the percentage they are under budget? The higher the percentage under budget, the higher the bonus?<BR/><BR/>I would like to see an open records request on the facility and regional business managers income and bonuses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57209243608066957372008-08-11T17:14:00.000-05:002008-08-11T17:14:00.000-05:00hopefully the audit will uncover more than HR and ...hopefully the audit will uncover more than HR and "managers"...are all the travel expenses really necessary? Oh...it is vacation time. And how much managing does "special programs" really need? As for the trainers...well, this could really get interesting! Is there a ball game scheduled some where, any where?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-38289254631427140132008-08-11T12:58:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:58:00.000-05:00Perhaps the audit should also look into the new po...Perhaps the audit should also look into the new positions created at CO. It appears that some of the "directors" that were in charge when this fiasco began are now "managers"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51716505601450011382008-08-10T22:57:00.000-05:002008-08-10T22:57:00.000-05:00Howard,Can you find out who all went to ACA and th...Howard,<BR/><BR/>Can you find out who all went to ACA and the cost? There cant be more than 2 or 3 but hey who the hell knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83366997481700447042008-08-10T22:56:00.000-05:002008-08-10T22:56:00.000-05:00Bring On the State Auditor. We need to know where...Bring On the State Auditor. We need to know where the money is being spentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85454036959664335902008-08-10T22:15:00.000-05:002008-08-10T22:15:00.000-05:00Anybody know how many people from CO are in New Or...Anybody know how many people from CO are in New Orleans at the American Correctional Association's conference this week? With the lege focusing on TYC's spending, is it a good idea to spend all that money on airfare and hotel bills?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-572246451631826492008-08-10T17:24:00.000-05:002008-08-10T17:24:00.000-05:00On YSI, I have no idea what that contract is for b...On YSI, I have no idea what that contract is for but the location seems to ring a bell in reference to the former employer of the conservator.<BR/><BR/>As to Steve Foster, he should have stayed as an assistant football coach at Nebraska. I assume that is a field with which he is familiar since he was a college football player in the IVY league.<BR/><BR/>Howard A. HickmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44101189463733800512008-08-10T15:28:00.000-05:002008-08-10T15:28:00.000-05:00It now takes 3-4 months to get a field position po...It now takes 3-4 months to get a field position posted; meanwhile, Central Office, particularly the HR dept. grows and grows in positions, but not in responsiveness. Go Mary! Go back to TDCJ. Join your buddy, Pope. <BR/>Oh, that's right, you won't have to go too far, Whitmire is going to get his way, finally. It's all going to be TDCJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-85136575402571194192008-08-10T14:46:00.000-05:002008-08-10T14:46:00.000-05:00THIS BEARS REPEATING:Howard wrote:As to fiscal mis...THIS BEARS REPEATING:<BR/><BR/>Howard wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>As to fiscal mismanagement, that is a concept that really only has arisen under the reform. The state auditor had to come up with "paying salaries" to sexual perverts is "gross fiscal mismanagement" because he had no other fiscal mismanagement since <B>at the time TYC had been recently audited by the Auditor and the Comptroller and passed with flying colors. Financial problems is not something that can be directed at TYC before the "Reform." </B>Pre-Reform no one ever bought a $500 paperweight or even thought about such a bizarre expenditure.</I><BR/><BR/>the significance of this is often overlooked. TYC had some problems...but what they are specifically bitching about ($$$) was NOT and NEVER HAD BEEN one of them. <BR/><BR/>Whitmore is Dr. Frankenstein.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71752639009367346652008-08-10T13:41:00.000-05:002008-08-10T13:41:00.000-05:00So Steve Foster got a $7K raise? He makes over $10...So Steve Foster got a $7K raise? He makes over $100K/year. Has anyone met the guy?<BR/><BR/>Mr. Hickman, what is your professional opinion regarding the work of Steve Foster? <BR/><BR/>I'd like to hear from other TYC legal staff as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-90758461909798942782008-08-10T12:53:00.000-05:002008-08-10T12:53:00.000-05:00HR is a joke as you all know. Mary W ran all the t...HR is a joke as you all know. Mary W ran all the tenured staff out with her TDCJ attitude her words were that she was there to do the job that Eric hired her to do, yeah right and where is Eric? Her managers are a joke and have no HR state experience, they are walking around mmaking the money and can't do the job. You call them and they always say let me get back to you. The time is all messed up no-one is on top of that anymore. USELESS RESOURCES!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-51051576520104978572008-08-10T12:06:00.000-05:002008-08-10T12:06:00.000-05:00Howard, Any idea what this award to YSI might be f...Howard, Any idea what this award to YSI might be for?<BR/>Would they award a contract for the provision of youth services (like a contract care facility) in this manner? Or might this be for consultation services?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-70477178940473431012008-08-10T10:41:00.000-05:002008-08-10T10:41:00.000-05:00"Our politicians need to take a good look our..."Our politicians need to take a good look our new and improved Residential Services Department & the hiring practices of the HR Department in Austin. Their reputation precedes them as being rude to the field employees."<BR/><BR/>For those of us who don't work in TYC, what does this mean? We've read the article about the high salaries and now you're saying there's a problem in Residential and HR. This is very interesting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3657154335303930872008-08-10T10:19:00.000-05:002008-08-10T10:19:00.000-05:00Can somebody explain the $17,810,631.00 award TYC ...Can somebody explain the $17,810,631.00 award TYC gave to Youth Services International of Sarasota, Florida for Conservatorship services. I found this on the Electronic State Business Daily websuie. Look it up under esbd.cpa.state.tx.us under awards for Texas youth commission.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53943506800658713882008-08-10T10:05:00.000-05:002008-08-10T10:05:00.000-05:00IMO, our politicians are to blame for the lack of ...IMO, our politicians are to blame for the lack of reform and restructuring in TYC. They allowed Central Office to hire employees without any TYC experience when they threw the baby out with the bathwater. Not once but twice, I guess they are hoping the 3rd time will be the charm, but it’ll probably another strikeout. <BR/><BR/><BR/> They have stuck us with the TDCJ & out of state mentalities!! I’m still wondering what Louisiana, Maryland, California, Missouri and other states have to do with Texas or TYC. Other than their astronomical salaries, we have not seen anything come down the pipe but big insatiable egos. <BR/><BR/>They are trying to roll out a treatment program that is supposed to work for every incarcerated youth in TYC, well that sounds like a well thought out idea, doesn’t it? I’m sure all those “special needs kids” will also benefit from this program, don’t ya thunk! NOT…<BR/><BR/>We are receiving emails from employees we don’t even know and have no clue how a facility works much less what needs are unique to it. There is no progress because they don’t know what they are doing. The field waits and still waits and remains in a state of limbo. Still wonder why we are in this predicament? <BR/><BR/>Announcements to welcome new employees in central office are almost a daily fare now for positions created specifically for them? Who is approving the hiring and salaries? Top heavy, you bet!! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see what’s wrong with the agency, but add to the mix the politicians and we may never have a solution, they will not accept responsibility but will place the blame elsewhere. I rest my frustration and pray for salvation. The employees in the field are doing the best they can with what they are given, may the good lord continue to bless them. <BR/><BR/>Our politicians need to take a good look our new and improved Residential Services Department & the hiring practices of the HR Department in Austin. Their reputation precedes them as being rude to the field employees. <BR/><BR/>Just a poor man's opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-16948582736355977502008-08-09T21:19:00.000-05:002008-08-09T21:19:00.000-05:00Ohhh Yeaaahhh! Send us Tommy B. He'll fix it and t...Ohhh Yeaaahhh! Send us Tommy B. He'll fix it and then we'll fix him like we did the last one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-6543290457755695042008-08-09T21:07:00.000-05:002008-08-09T21:07:00.000-05:00I was told that CO was sending Bayes down to Evins...I was told that CO was sending Bayes down to Evins this week. Will he be part of their new administration since the Assistant stepped down or just for assessment? Does anyone know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-32572701041861847842008-08-09T21:03:00.000-05:002008-08-09T21:03:00.000-05:00CoNextions is a piece-meal program that will never...CoNextions is a piece-meal program that will never work and is not a treatment program. It's sad to think our leadership is still trying to get this off the ground.<BR/><BR/>Evins has youth on the roof tops every week and then they riot, burn mattresses, and the staff (about 10 of them) stand around and do nothing but watch. And we are getting better, this is what Regionalization of youth does to a program.<BR/><BR/>We have said this for years and no one listens. All we hear is, it's good for the kids. The people saying this never worked at one of these facilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com