It is evident that the "FOR" Commissioners have no real world business experience. Highly productive employees need to be highly compensated. Given the deteriorating condition of Lower Merion's fisc, it is difficult to see how this level of compensation is justified. Over past ten years , the quality and quantity dof services have not increased, and, in some cases like roads, deteriorated while Debt Spending and Taxes have increased far above the rate of inflation and population growth. This is less productivity. "Doing more with less" is not a Lower Merion government value. Lower productivity; higher pay? How does this make sense? Cheryl Gelber demonstrates her usual common sense.

If you heard last night they said they haven't replaced positions when they are vacated, so if you keep cutting positions how do you expect to get the same service when you stretch the current employees especially the middle management. They are the ones who carry the burden of the township on their shoulders you freeze their salaries and try to cut their benefits because they are easy prey they do not have a union to protect them but upper management and the union workers still get thier rewards. I agree with Cheryl you should have a reward system for employees who go above and beyond who do thier job with what they are given they should be compensated for a job well done.

If Doug were to leave, what salary would be offered to recruit a new Township Manager? Like Doug, would the Assitant Township Manager or CFO expect the same salary and benefits?

The township has fewer employees now and services are at same level which appear to be satisfactory. The concept of "doing more with less" is the concept of productivity. Because of technology, doing more with less is feasible. and if Doug and others were not so highly compensated either taxpayers would be paying more or getting more with additional services. Actually spending almost $6 million on new studies for Carl Dranoff's Ardmore Transit is not money not well spent. The $24 million expansion of Lower Merion's bricks and mortar libraries in the digital age is money not wisely spent. Those two items demonstrate the incompetent management. Not to mention about $1,2 million to put lights under Anderson Ave bridge or $900 K to straighten the intersection at Ardmore and Lancaster. or $135 for Gateway Fountain. The uselessness of these expenditures demonstrates the incompetence of both the Board of Commissioners and Management, that is, Doug Cleland.

The market dictates what the manager's position is worth, nothing else. The bottom line is that most of the country in the last 5 years has suffered job losses and significant pay cuts, why should township employees be any different. I frankly believe they could have offered a 20 to 30% pay reduction easily. I think it would be almost certain he wouldn't leave. Where would he go? Who's hiring, especially municipalities?? It's simply the problem when the people making the decisions are playing with other peoples money. Have any of the commissioners ever had to make payroll on their own dime? I have my doubts. Don't overestimate Mr. Clelands abilities or worth. A number of years ago I complained to a boss about my job. Instead of pandering to my whining, she told me "Doug, you're replacable". I'll never forget that day and I shaped up immediately. And so to is Mr. Cleland.

Criminal Public Corruption under LM Commissioners

READ:
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/montco_memo/Walsh-chosen-as-Lower-Merions-new-publicist.html

At the LM Township Board of Commissioners Meeting to investigate the widespread Felony Criminal Corruption of its township public officials … will make the Penn State criminal corruption look like child’s play by comparison.

I would like to present to the LM Township Commissioners at this Wednesdays commissioners meeting of the standing felony criminal charges against the Townships public official relating to Mr. Cleland's employment contract,

Section 3. Termination and Severance Pay:

In the event that the Township terminates Cleland for cause, this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, cease. “Cause” is defined and hereby limited for the purposes of this Agreement to the following: (1) willful misconduct and/or neglect of duty, (2) felony or misdemeanor conviction of any crime involving moral turpitude, (3) dishonesty in the conduct of the Township’s affairs, or (4) any other act of similar or greater seriousness.

The Lower Merion Police have made direct threats to falsely imprison and threat of bodily harm should I do so.

I hope the Township Commissioners will contact me to arrange for a safe presentation before the commissioners of the felony criminal allegations against the public officials involved.

Excellent story on "co-operation, being co-opted,... then the final slide into full corruption".
http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/07/18/main_line_suburban_life/opinion/doc50003aa56f5f7325499337.txt?viewmode=default

Here a "AAA" rated teaching institution, in one day, is totally decimated by is long standing "cover-up" of its criminal corruption within. Damages are expected to total by the many millions of dollars and prison time for those involved .... simply because of corrupt officials chose to "cover-up" what they knew was in fact "criminal acts" under their watch. They themselves knowingly became an accomplice and or accessory to the criminal acts.

The Lower Merion Township Commissioners will face the same fate as did Penn State through their own un-investigated and subsequent "cover-up" of criminal acts under their watch as well. Here an entire Lower Merion community stands to be decimated.

The extensive criminal charges have been presented to the Lower Merion Township Commissioners.

Richard Liberatoscioli
richard.liberatoscioli@gmail.com

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