tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post4768657010846282553..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-7975578190166510552008-12-11T08:08:00.000-05:002008-12-11T08:08:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing your side with us, Greg. I would agree that nobody should be double-dipping so to speak, but I would add that in a case like her's, I would set the salary at a reduced amount so that the combined salaries reached the level of desired pay for her or anyone in her shoes as a full-time employee. After the 2-year period expired, I would then adjust her salary to reflect she was no longer getting the township assessors pay.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-56842015828445501282008-12-10T23:58:00.000-05:002008-12-10T23:58:00.000-05:00I want credit (or blame) for what I actually said to Becky Williams, not for what she or the Indianapolis Star reported I said. I was discussing options with Becky, and learned that she is concerned about making enough money to live on. I let her know I would not be party to allowing her to double dip, and explained that any salary she would get for working for me would be reduced by the $27,500 annual salary she gets by virtue of her continued status as elected assessor. In that discussion I pondered with her why it wouldn't be more lucrative for her to work for an employer who would not reduce her salary to prevent double dipping. I suggested several options, including WalMart. I let her know that I would only pay her what her position was worth, and explained that there may not be many positions available for more than $35,000, and did a math exercise with her to show that a $20,000 salary from WalMart, plus her $27,500, would add up to more than the $35,000 I might be able to give her. In addition to this discussion, I told Becky it would be very difficult for me to forget the two years of difficulty and disagreement between us when making any hiring decision.<BR/>Melyssa, if that causes you some concern, so be it. I intend to hire the best people I can find. I hope to include only those who are willing to work toward uniform and accurate fair market value assessments with little or no distractions from petty squabbling.<BR/><BR/>Greg Bowes<BR/>Marion County AssessorGreg Boweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03586537039601621880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-38442642219123241552008-12-10T21:21:00.000-05:002008-12-10T21:21:00.000-05:00Doesn't it seem strange that the GOP with a majority on the city council couldn't get enough votes to censure Gray. it took a Democrat vote to do so.....do you suppose it was a coincidence the the 2 republican councilors were absent on the night of the censure vote????artfugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364503656694166926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54867275834367252262008-12-09T20:35:00.000-05:002008-12-09T20:35:00.000-05:00If he's going to hire all the former Dem. Assessors, then we are all truly in trouble and the referendum did no good.Ed Angletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12606364230189529343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-41916115539924989702008-12-09T17:20:00.000-05:002008-12-09T17:20:00.000-05:00Art? Don't you think it time that our politicians hire the best person for the job regardless of party? <BR/><BR/>Or do you really think party affiliation is more important than who is best to do the work of the electorate? <BR/><BR/>I think you just showed your true colors...you are nothing more than a blind partisan who thinks more of a person's party than what they can do for their country, state, or city.M Theoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01892309818226431745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43224715730027666322008-12-09T15:25:00.000-05:002008-12-09T15:25:00.000-05:00the republicans control the city and the state...why in the world would Becky Williams go to a Democrat for a job....maybe the GOP wouldn't hire her either.artfugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364503656694166926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-35582387767547592302008-12-09T13:32:00.000-05:002008-12-09T13:32:00.000-05:00I will never forget that Greg Bowes said that to Becky Williams. NEVER! <BR/><BR/>Becky needs to work with the state.<BR/><BR/>It's time he lost this seat in the next election. Anyone who doesn't hire the best qualified person for the job, is a person who is putting personal interests or party politics ahead of the business of the people. <BR/><BR/>Let's work to get Greg Bowes out of public service. <BR/><BR/>Here's something I've never told my political friends about how I first met Greg Bowes.<BR/><BR/>I first met Greg Bowes back in 2005. He was a city councilor back then and was hired by a kink organization called IN KINK to advise them on how they could run kink events in the city and get around ordinances. <BR/><BR/>Specifically the kink organization was controlled by a woman (also a volunteer for democrats) named Robynn Alexander who hired him. <BR/><BR/>I sat in on the meeting. Overall I thought it was a waste of money. <BR/><BR/>Later, before the city launched its lawsuit against me, I disassociated with the group called InKink, as I felt they were highly unethical. <BR/><BR/>.M Theoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01892309818226431745noreply@blogger.com