AUBURN CAREER CENTER - BOARD SHOULD READ CONTRACTS THEY APPROVE?

The News-Herald reported on Friday that the Auburn Career Center Board just approved a contract with their employees union for the next three years, http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2009/10/09/news/nh1545093.txt.

The vote was 9-1 by the board. What the News-Herald did not report was that one of the board members requested this vote be delayed by a week so that all the board members could read the contract. When this board member moved to delay the vote - this was voted down 9-1. This contract WILL COST YOU THE PUBLIC well in excess of $10 million dollars over its life!

This kind of reminds us of the situation occurring with the United States Senate on HealthCare Reform - in that the Senate may not make the bill available with enough time for all the Senators and the public to even have a chance to read the bill.

This isn't transparency or even good governance when even our elected officials aren't reading the details on what they are voting on. For this poor behavior we give the Auburn Board a failing grade!

As always you can contact us at carecommitteepac@yahoo.com.