Letter: High-level jobs waste tax money

Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001 | 9:15 a.m.

Residents who have lived here for five years or more are learning bureaucrats will never stop asking for more money for schools, parks, fire and police. It's taking a toll and they're voting no on money issues.

Entities complain even after raises there's not enough people or equipment to handle their maintenance or emergencies. Your taxes are skyrocketing each year, and research will find many unneeded high salaries and plush buildings. It's less expensive to build one school on one parcel to accommodate 12 grades than three separate ones spread out, spending money buying additional property to build them on. These are reasons why there is not enough money to go around.

A dollar here and there per thousand sounds like little every few years, but it is getting old to the residents in Clark County. Everyone working here does not make big money, and some are struggling. Outside we can't see what positions are wasted inside City Hall, but we can see what's not being done on our streets (excluding state funds).

High-paying desk employees doing paper work are not needed as much as outside field workers. It's time to eliminate the unneeded fat jobs in the higher levels and put tax dollars to better use. How many assistant city managers, captains or lieutenants are needed?

More titles for jobs have been created locally than there are in larger cities back East. In time they will break the bank.

CHARLES A. HAGEN