{"id":304,"date":"2019-09-14T14:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T17:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=304"},"modified":"2019-09-14T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T17:38:42","slug":"sackville-town-council-wage-increase-burning-questions-to-councillor-bill-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2019\/09\/14\/sackville-town-council-wage-increase-burning-questions-to-councillor-bill-evans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sackville Town Council &#038; wage increase: Burning questions for Councillor Bill Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"889\" height=\"241\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TownCouncilWageIncrease.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TownCouncilWageIncrease.jpg 889w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TownCouncilWageIncrease-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TownCouncilWageIncrease-768x208.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi would like to briefly comment\non an article by Ms. Katie Tower in the <em>Sackville Tribune<\/em> (September 9,\n2019) entitled \u201cSackville town council could undergo salary review\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sackvilletribunepost.com\/news\/local\/sackville-town-council-could-undergo-salary-review-350152\/\">https:\/\/www.sackvilletribunepost.com\/news\/local\/sackville-town-council-could-undergo-salary-review-350152\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, thank you Ms. Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, Councillor Bill Evans is quoted saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI knew what the compensation package was when I ran for office and I\u2019m\nhappy with it\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tower\u2019s article continues to read as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvans said he doesn\u2019t support the idea of pursuing any kind of salary\nreview, either by council itself or by a citizen-led committee. He said council\nis paid well, both in terms of salary and benefits, which includes a life,\nhealth and dental package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you add those two together and you compare it to every other\ncomparable-sized municipality in New Brunswick, we\u2019re the best compensated,\u201d he\nsaid. \u201cWe seem to be doing very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mmm\u2026 Bambi has three burning questions for Councillor Evan: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1). Is your comment just an expression of an innocent virtue signalling? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2). Or does this \u201c<em>Look at me, I am so good (always better than others)<\/em>\u201d attitude also serve to prevent your current or future colleagues from a potential wage increase?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3). Maybe you do not need an increase yourself, for whatever reason. Good\nfor you but what about others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regardless, your input on this matter may be perceived as being uncollegial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, this could backfire on you in the outcomes of future elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi would like to briefly comment on an article by Ms. Katie Tower in the Sackville Tribune (September 9, 2019) entitled \u201cSackville town council could undergo salary review\u201d https:\/\/www.sackvilletribunepost.com\/news\/local\/sackville-town-council-could-undergo-salary-review-350152\/ First, thank you Ms. Tower. Second, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}