Really?!

It is really refreshing to see people thinking outside the box. It would be nice if our elected officials would do so as well. If anyone is familiar with Cobb County and the Thread mill mall. This building was turned into a masterpiece of cooperation. Part of the mall is a paper company, part is Government offices (including a Police precinct) and part is retail. Why don't they use the huge amount of wasted space for something like this? There are probably 5 empty offices to every used office. You could easily move all offices to one floor. I think someone suggested long ago to move all of

Thanks BMR and yep common sense is not very common.

So out of the several hundred county employees, approx. 60 are lower paid than others or so highly trained that they must be given a car to stay in their job? Are positions that require specialized training not protected by an agreement that the employee will stay one the job at least long enough to repay the training given? If not that would make sense. Enter into a contract or sorts to stay or pay back for the training you recieved. Like I said in a position where an employee would be called out in an emergency it makes sense. Maybe even one person designated per Department that is the e

Thank you for answering that so well. This is not okay and hopefully someone with some sense in county government will see this and fix it! Geez! Oh and no one is ignoring it may have been part of the employment agreement, but so was a "Job" to the employees that were laid off. So were paid holidays, but that changed. Why is this any different? Times change and things that may make sense in a better economy, do not make sense in this one.

First post for me. But this thread took a wierd turn. I cannot understand how anyone can justify take home cares for ANY county employee. (other than one on actual emergency call that must respond to issues at night quickly) It does not matter what they get paid. Things change as the hundreds of people out of work, out of their homes and out of hope can attest to. Gas prices are through the roof and the county still thinks it is a good idea to have how many employees take home a vehicle? There is absolutely no reason why an entire department like the Marshals should have take home cars