CUTBACKS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
Mrs. LuLac had a situation on Wednesday with a check she received for working at the polls on Election Day. On a trip to Harrisburg last week she stopped in a restroom and accidentally put her purse on a sink. Unbeknownst to her the sink had a faucets that activated when something was put under it. Some contents of her massive bag got wet. One of them was the Election Day payment. So she went to the Courthouse on Wednesday and within an hour she was efficiently and cheerfully given a new check.
When she told me this I thought, wow, in the old days it would take a while. So I'm thinking that things are running pretty smooth on River Street. Then I read about the debacle about the employees not being paid in a timely manner because of human error. Things happen, I understand but this county workforce has faced layoffs, cuts, a reduction of a work force that has stretched the County to its limits. But despite this the work, as well as decent customer service has gone on.
So when a misstep like this happens it doesn’t improve moral. I hope the funding thing has straightened itself out but as an old softball coach on the Killer Bees told me once, “Get the basics right and the rest will follow”. Wise advice.
My point here is that cutbacks to employees and departments have consequences. We saw that Friday. Luzerne County employees..all of them deserve better.