\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041202/1030271.asp Selected quotes: Giambra is surrounded by 24 appointed loyalists, one being his patronage czar just a few doors away. Together, Victor Getz and Giambra have more than 20 relatives on the county payroll earning a combined $900,000. In the face of declining population, the Buffalo Niagara metropolitan area has added 5,900 local government and public school employees since 1993. Giambra, in conversations about patronage, said that there is no rule that his appointees buy tickets to fund-raising events or work on his campaigns but that he hopes they would. Jimmy Griffin, when told about Giambra's reference to his words on patronage, said: "He's hired more than I did, though." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevbeau Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Nepotism is looked as being a right in WNY. Before I moved away, I was astounded at the number of people (at the jobs I worked in WNY) that had relatives working under them....meaning they actually approved their pay increases, overtime, etc...Most "normal" companies have strict rules against any type of relatives in the same reporting structure...not Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin in Va Beach Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Reason # 2, 459 on why government in New York is so fugged up. In that paper yesterday it was reported that some 'board' has decreed that the State of New York has to give the City of New York 23 BILLION dollars for education. Good times for the taxpayers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blzrul Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 It's not just government where you see nepotism in WNY. There's a Fortune 100 company in Rochester, known for making copiers and headed by a female CEO, who has a Sr. VP reporting to her....who happens to be her brother. In the group where I worked, the VP's secretary was the mother of the VP's son's girlfriend...the girlfriend AND the son were also hired ... nice people both of them and I remain friends to this day, but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Wish I was a relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Gerzowski Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Wish I was Italian...................and a relative. I think I'll apply at the Erie Co. Water Authority under an assumed name of Italian heritage. Giambra seems to be a good one. Yes, Pauley Joseph Joel Giambra IV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Nothing new. I was offered a position with the Streets Department in 1967 (Frank Sedita's crowd) if I could cough up a hundred buck contribution for the Democratic Party. When I was a kid, I got paid by them in the 50's for running jugs of tap beer to the old green polling trailers, so they remembered me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Nothing new. I was offered a position with the Streets Department in 1967 (Frank Sedita's crowd) if I could cough up a hundred buck contribution for the Democratic Party. When I was a kid, I got paid by them in the 50's for running jugs of tap beer to the old green polling trailers, so they remembered me. 143027[/snapback] You could have been the mayor by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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