Okay, IHL ~  If you aren't joking with us then I can give you some FACTS from the past.  If you ARE joking ~ then your punishment is to read what I have to say.  I think you aren't fibbing!

As I stated before, Memorial Day Weekend, the parking lot at Onset Pier opens from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm.  This was always a one person, 9 hour shift.  If it's a good beach day, the crowd starts coming off the beach between 3:30 - 4:00.  Of course, you have others that will stay much later.  Some of the fishing boats are doing two trips a day during this part of the season, so if you close at or before 4:00, you miss the revenue from the fishermen, as well as the beach goers.  Lot's of pleasure boaters will come out to run to the grocery or package stores and return to their boats for the evening.  More money lost.  To be on the low side, let's say you just lost $75 to $100 for those two or three hours.  Payroll would be appr. $30 - $24.  I am not a math geniuous, but the town is losing money because of their "Summer 2010" volunteer program.  I told you all that there would be problems ahead.    I also warned that the volunteers, mostly if they are seniors, would not do good running back and forth to the gates to lock them up when the lot is full and then to unlock the gate when spaces were available.  You need background to understand the reason for this.  I also noticed that there are no yellow barrels at the end of the gate arm on either side.  You wouldn't believe how many people will slip through those spaces to park for free.     I rec'd a copy of an email that said:  "they had on 3 people and they were bitching that it was too hard to go back and forth and they let the people run all over the place."  Apparently these VOLUNTEERS don't care.  Someone that is getting a paycheck for working at the pier, runs back and forth to the gates, etc. because that is their job and that is what they get paid for.  With the exeptions of one, possibly two past attendants, none were EVER ashamed to put their hand out for their paycheck each week.  They earned every minimum wage penny that they were paid.

Sounds like Andrews' and Stanley and his "ass kissers" didn't think through this plan.  Too late now, Wareham and Onset.  Sorry that the revenue will be down this year.  Just wait until the final figures come in, unless they fudge them!

iliveinazoo, thanks, I agree with everything you have said above. 

I question if there was ever an advertisement in the newspaper for senior volunteers for the pier jobs.  Where these people chosen by Grizzy from a list of applicants?  I understand the gentleman that was recently banned on this site does not get paid nor does he get a reduction on his property taxes from working at the pier.

I don't think some of our "normal" citizens realize just how much damage Andrews and Stanley have down and are continueing to do.  They are bringing Wareham down, fast but all the public is seeing are the bright colors from the glorious news articles they submit.

I"m not giving up the fight for my town!

IHL, if any paid worker at the pier ever pulled this crap, they would have been fired.

Anyone that sees the booth door open and no attendent around or the booth closed before the scheduled closing time, please, PLEASE...........call  508-295-1473.  This is a non-emergency line, so report it to the dispatcher and write down the time and date of your call.  After you have spoken to the dispatcher, ask if you could be connected to the Part Time Chief's voice mail and leave him a message.   If I were to see this I would also email each of the town's selectmen and TA and leave your name, phone # and the time and day of your observations.   The BOS, at least some of them, probably won't hear about it without an email directly to them.

I guess I have to repeat myself.  Volunteers do not receive a pay check. Some of them don't care if they don't show up or don't do their job properly.

SOMEONE PLEASE SHOW ME HOW THE TOWN IS SAVING MONEY WHEN THERE IS NO ONE TO COLLECT THE PARKING FEES?  "Super Chief and co. - any answer to this question?

Beach:
I say just keep track of what is going on at the pier. Mr. Andrews forgets that his job is more then just running the town, it is running the town RESPONSIBLY.

It seems to be common knowledge that both of them read this blog, so yes I would say that not bringing a 17 year veteran employee back is a personal issue.

We should all be looking at these numbers asking, where did all the money come from? Two years ago we faced a million dollar deficit. We cut the library in half, took money away from the COA, had layoffs and furlough days. Now we have plenty of money to blow but we haven't restored the budgets of the library or COA, we haven't hired back our workers and we haven't given the schools a penny above what the state makes us.

Shame on you Mark Andrews. Driving us into the same fiscal mess left behind in Lawrence.

WHO PAYS THE WAGES OF THE YOUNG KIDS AND IF THERE GEETING PAID  THEN THEY ARE NOT VOULENTERS ,AND IF THE SENIORS OUR GETTING TAX WRITE OFFS THEN HOW DOES THAT HELP WAREHAM ,THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT VOULENTERS , DONT FOGET THAT GRIZZE RUNS THE SENIOR TAX WORK OFF PROGRAM  FOR THE BENEFIT OF JANE AND BRENDA ,THERE IS EXTRA MONEY IN WAREHAM BUT DOES IT COME FROM THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL AND LIBRARY ARE PAID FOR , WAREHAMS VOTERS ARE NOT HAPPEY WITHE THE WAY WAREHAM IS BEING RUN,THE SCHOOLS  ARE IN LIFE SUUPORT ,THE LIBRARY AT DEATHS DOOR , MUNCIPAL MEAINTEBANCE IS ON BAD SHAPE , NOBODEY WAS  CUT IN THE CLERKS OFFICE , THE VOTERS OF WAREHAM ARE WATCHING WE KNEW WE WOULD NEED ANOTHER ELECTION TO STRAIHTEN OUT WAREHAM ,THIS COMMING APRILING APRIL WE WILL THROW OUT JANE AND BRENDA OUT ON THERE ASSES  AND MR ANDREWS I AM SURE YOU WILL BE LOOKING FOR A JOB NEXT YEAR.

i agree dan  that we  need an incubents enema , all ass holes out the door bye bye jane and brenda .

iliveinazoo~I know that they get print-outs of these blogs and I just don't care.  The PD stoolies run them right in to the P.T. Chief.  My question is are they doing the printing at the station, reading this site at the station and is the T.A. reading this at work?  It's easy to set up your own lap top, etc. to get the info from here. 

The pier job is over for Florindo and she will not get a call, but I can still get mad when something is wrong and believe me - this crap going on there is wrong.  Griz needs to be "audited".

The pier did get new equipment,  the new ticket box and gate boxes.  That's the first time $ has been spent on the pier, thanks to Lt. Wallace.  We are still looking for the 2009 calendar, which showed less money coming in due to the rainey weather we had.  The lot itself will need major repairs soon.  Where do we get the money then?

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THE  PD STOOLIES WALSH AND BAPTISTE .

Those are the ones that I refer to all the time.  There are many more.  Dan has a saying - "follow the money".  These two are following the smell of money, hand in hand with the Acting Police Chief.

Does anyone know a woman named Midge, possibly from Onset?  She says she is going to volunteer at the pier.  She has no financial problems.  For free?