Rob wrote on February 11, 2009 06:11 PM: Isn't that why we are paying school police $60,000 in overtime?

reggie wrote on February 11, 2009 04:19 PM: None of you have a clue yet you all just go on as if you're experts!

Amazing!!!

More_non-teaching_positions wrote on February 11, 2009 03:36 PM: Do Fire Watchers report to the Deputy Liason for Academic Growth & Diversity or the Second Assistant Vice Principal's Management Coordinator of Media & Communications?

really wrote on February 11, 2009 02:24 PM: How about more accountability.....If you break it up into smaller districts then you have a duplication in jobs, i.e., the heads of each district collecting a large salary and all the adminstration costs that follow.

2zero wrote on February 11, 2009 02:04 PM: CCSD needs to be broken up into smaller, more accountable school districts!

CCSD as the 5th largest school district comares itself to districts like; NY, Chicago, LA, Houston and San Juan....we have nothing in common with any of these megalopolis's.

Look to the Phoenix/Meas and Salt Lake City school districts and you will find smaller, multiple districts with higher graduation rates, college ACT/SAT test scores and LESS SPENDING per student!!!

Simple Fact wrote on February 11, 2009 01:25 PM: Kickbacks are a fact of life, and that is what has happened here. Anyone who refutes this is probably guilty of it. The hourly rate is evidence enough. I could negotiate a lower rate right now with national security giant CPS. What a joke. Show me the three competitive bids from security companies. Yeah right. Just look for the guy with the new boat, he's your man. Nice looking out for our kids' future CCSD. Scumbags.

Wayne wrote on February 11, 2009 08:27 AM: You folks don't get it. CCSD has a blank check when it comes to spending taxpayers' money. They do what they want. And you want an audit? Let me tell you right now.... CCSD will NOT condone a public and independent audit. The state legislature and the Nevada Supreme Court could order it, and CCSD would NOT comply. Why? Well, they are CCSD, and they don't have to. They could go into CCSD's parking lot and burn money, and CCSD would deny they did it. Audit, give me a break. And another organization just as bad is the teachers' union -- CCEA. They say they have 13K members.... Yeah, right. They have less than 2K. Audit them, too. They will refuse, too. Both organizations are above the law. In fact, they create their own laws.

Earl Greene wrote on February 11, 2009 07:46 AM: If you want to see Fire Fighter Paramedics tired of doing the work they are overpaid for and are not doing, ask yourself why rescue 31 was moved out to Station 23 ,violating the Sunrise Manor Bond issue, just so Harold Wyatt could avoid running medical calls into North Vegas, yet FEMA Station 23 is a busy area, Harold Wyatt hated it, and decided to relocate the FEMA classified station over 15 miles away to Station 21 area, which cost 3 County employees their Captains badges which Dave Leedham Barbra Nygard and Mark Stephenson were passed over for. Steve Hanson lied to them and said Station 27 was without a certificate of occupancy, yet plenty of County Fire Station currently functions under a temporary occupancy permit, the excuse was used to deny the promotions to these 3 employees,for nefarious purposes within the Paramedic division ,
Ed Beaman promised to build a union hall, bought land with union dues,had it subdivided /rezoned /sold half/ family pocketed the profits, and then decided to accept an old building on Charleston as the new union hall, in exchange for a Captains badge for favors politically.never completing the new hall as promised.The county owes David Barbra and Mark a great deal of back pay. Dave,tell County employee Chachere, he can take the knife out of your back anytime ,its been in there a long time.Any lawyer would take this class action suit,because of simple value of back pay alone.
Carl Lee is in charge of FEMA and has zero knowledge and experience at the supervisor level.
With County Employee's like Carl Nelson pulling in paychecks of nearly half a million dollars a year, you can easily see how costly a team of Fire watchers can add up to, in only 1 day.
Wake uptaxpayers

Larry wrote on February 11, 2009 07:33 AM: Dear John;
1. Fire code does address this issue and further, the fire watcher cannot have any other duties nor be an employee of owner of building being watched;
2. Don't worry nature is taking its course;
3.ProTech's manager is CRAIG SPEIRER.

John wrote on February 11, 2009 06:35 AM: I want to know where in the fire code it is required and what kind of "specialized training" is required of someone to be a "fire watcher." Government bureaucracy at its finest, there are 3 things that need to be done to eliminate this waste:
1) Amend the fire code to eliminate this requirement for unoccupied buildings.
2) Stop building new schools on every freaking corner. The district is seeing enrollment drop, there's no need for more schools, more school zones, more janitors and more administration when we have less students.
3) Who owns this company that supplies "fire watchers?" Who are they connected to and where's their link to the purse strings?

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