tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post4504318338718559663..comments2024-03-12T04:15:32.560-04:00Comments on middletowneye: Ten Numbers to Remember If You Support Full-Funding of Middletown SchoolsMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-24019239373970869272016-04-11T16:44:28.130-04:002016-04-11T16:44:28.130-04:00Devoto! Said with the emphasis with which Seinfeld...Devoto! Said with the emphasis with which Seinfeld used to say "Newman!"<br /><br />I don't respect anonymous posters. Respect would entail a degree of grudging admiration that none of these platyhelminths deserve. I acknowledge, merely to demean. I reply in order to annoy. And with grate success.<br /><br />BTW, how do you know I don't author anonymous posts myself, just toMiddletown Eye (Ed McKeon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-68924533133792075682016-04-11T15:55:25.776-04:002016-04-11T15:55:25.776-04:00All commenters should know, first, that comments a...All commenters should know, first, that comments are seen by hundreds (for popular articles by thousands) of City readers, and second, that anonymity marks the writer as a coward and the content (whatever it is) as non-serious. The vast majority of us don't feel there's a need to point this out. Silence, for most of us, demonstrates how little respect we have for an anonymous comment and Stephen H. Devotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06374269026354108582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-29332167645997568232016-04-11T13:04:22.402-04:002016-04-11T13:04:22.402-04:00Anon 11:37
I guess I shouldn't be writing thi...Anon 11:37<br /><br />I guess I shouldn't be writing this to you since you commanded me not to, but I'm not worried about my cred. If I were, maybe I would publish my snark anonymously. You'll notice, that I spare those who post with a real name any direct snark. I personally find it hilarious that someone who is fearful of publishing their own name, has the nerve to scold someone Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-39323742308454912882016-04-11T11:37:25.049-04:002016-04-11T11:37:25.049-04:00Ed, knock of the snarky comments to those who don&...Ed, knock of the snarky comments to those who don't agree with you. With your acerbic comments, it's no wonder people choose to post anonymously. You'd have more cred if you didn't get personal with opposing points of view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-65038645076018186492016-04-10T09:54:02.175-04:002016-04-10T09:54:02.175-04:00Brilliant, Anon 12:37
Of course you fail to under...Brilliant, Anon 12:37<br /><br />Of course you fail to understand that the school system has 20 less teaching positions in the last five years. Or that the "less kids" are so spread out through a system that consolidation is very difficult. It is "tax payer job" to participate as tax payer in which each tax payer benefits from the system of government which provides things Middletown Eye (Ed McKeon)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15825886539128890014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-7470533788423458642016-04-09T12:37:39.827-04:002016-04-09T12:37:39.827-04:00Supply & demand. Less kids less teachers neede...Supply & demand. Less kids less teachers needed. Every other industry less work less staff. It's not tax payers job to provide life time employment for teacher who are no longer needed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-54640402756900381872016-04-09T07:41:48.378-04:002016-04-09T07:41:48.378-04:00Is 52 the normal retirement age for City employees...Is 52 the normal retirement age for City employees? If yes, no wonder we are in a financial pickle. And insurance cost reductions to employees? Why? Everyone else in the world is seeing increases in employee share of insurance costs. I've seen firsthand that we are already struggling to provide education on a shoe string budget. Our schools lack many resources that other towns provide in Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581026606840028115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-66568051962815260762016-04-07T13:07:24.230-04:002016-04-07T13:07:24.230-04:00Easy! His mentor Malloy did the same by giving hi...Easy! His mentor Malloy did the same by giving his crony directors up to 12% raises before announcing a "substantial amount" of employee layoffs! Monkey see, monkey do!Pam Magnolinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844475919675784308.post-15160856659203259522016-04-07T09:52:39.153-04:002016-04-07T09:52:39.153-04:00How can Mayor Drew support raises to the upper sta...How can Mayor Drew support raises to the upper staff when BOE is laying off teachers? Why is this being done and who is he really supporting, certainly not Middletown.Conshrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328676196087012448noreply@blogger.com