tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post3726924667335107543..comments2023-11-06T05:41:18.292-05:00Comments on Lockport NY: Carbone to RetireMJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08897623569897105078noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-74965964047050580732011-06-21T18:15:10.894-04:002011-06-21T18:15:10.894-04:00Kind of like every child on every team receiving a...Kind of like every child on every team receiving a trophy no matter where their team landed in the season standings or the child's personal contribution.<br />When I was swimming (yes, swimming again) we had 1st, 2nd and 3rd ribbons. Period. Our local club also awarded longevity awards once you hit 5 years and up.<br />I don't think this new "Oh, my Johnny MUST receive a trophy or his self-esteem will be in the toilet" is doing anyone any good - especially the kids. What do they have to strive for? Nothing - it's handed to them. These hand-outs are usually tossed somewhere and lost within a year at most.Pattinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-22744489675046524802011-06-21T08:33:37.939-04:002011-06-21T08:33:37.939-04:00oh stop it, you know that if everyone does not win...oh stop it, you know that if everyone does not win and is told what a good person that they are it will hurt their self esteemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-58828911163540043752011-06-21T07:10:10.112-04:002011-06-21T07:10:10.112-04:00You want solutions...Here's my take on the pro...You want solutions...Here's my take on the problem, and a proposed solution. The problem with students (and their parents) not valuing their publicly funded education is that they get unlimited chances to earn the credit(s) they need. "Oh I'm going to fail, no big deal, I can just take it again next year" is the attitude many of these kids and their parent(s) display. In my mind the solution is simple...You get one shot on the taxpayers' dime. If you fail to earn the credit, the retake of the course should be on your dime. You want to make parents care more, start charging them $1000 for a course retake for their kid. I bet they'd care a lot more if their kid was failing then. Right now the problem with public education is that it's become an entitlement issue. People feel as if they're entitled to as many shots at a course as they need, all on our dime. To me this solves multiple problems...Our results will get better, we'll save some coin, and maybe even generate some extra revenue for our public schools in these difficult financial times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-90668138900577343952011-06-16T17:09:12.147-04:002011-06-16T17:09:12.147-04:00Yep...Yep...Pattinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-64533134744976308332011-06-16T13:57:01.206-04:002011-06-16T13:57:01.206-04:00just like that pesky anon voting, amiritejust like that pesky anon voting, amiriteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-82484570140243344492011-06-16T13:07:34.842-04:002011-06-16T13:07:34.842-04:00You are correct - I was trying a play on the old &...You are correct - I was trying a play on the old "familiarity" line. I guess it was a flop.<br />I think both "work," actually.Pattinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-6013651862292284302011-06-16T00:00:28.251-04:002011-06-16T00:00:28.251-04:00Patti, everyone has her/his opinions, but the prov...Patti, everyone has her/his opinions, but the proverb is supposed to read, "Familiarity Breeds Contempt." :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-54815558989905809812011-06-15T22:57:15.353-04:002011-06-15T22:57:15.353-04:00Moe has summed it up. I have no idea if Moe is the...Moe has summed it up. I have no idea if Moe is the gentleman's real name - I have no idea if Moe is indeed a man - but it's a way we can at least track who is saying what. This "Anonymous, 12:49 a.m. Thursday, May 26th, 2011" is LUDICROUS!!!<br />My real name happens to be Patti - I got sick of all the anonymous' and I really don't care who thinks what of me - I was of that opinion for too long and it didn't help me, did it? So why not use my real name.<br />Now there are some who would be foolish to use their real names if, for example, they work for the City and are bashing the City or a boss within the City. Or a teacher bashing the school board - that sort of thing.I don't care. If I'd done 5% of what I've been told I'd done I'd have led a very interesting life - when I wasn't locked up, of course. It's b.s.<br />Anonymity fosters lying and saying nasty things about people you don't even know. I'm not ashamed to say what I say because I tell the truth.<br />And to "Anonymous 6/15/2011 5:21 p.m." anonymity breeds contempt.Pattinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-42331595872667551302011-06-15T22:34:29.116-04:002011-06-15T22:34:29.116-04:00People start to make judgements, get emotional, an...People start to make judgements, get emotional, and focus on their personal differences, then enmities develop, when people start to separate themselves, whether by: name, nationality, color, creed, political sympathies, economic philosophy, etc. <br /><br />"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."-Martin Luther King, Jr.<br /><br />Is it not better to simply write or speak and view everyone as equal, until somoneone makes an obvious fool of themself, through their own words?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-36310319347912773992011-06-15T22:30:55.866-04:002011-06-15T22:30:55.866-04:00People start to make judgements, get emotional, an...People start to make judgements, get emotional, and focus on their personal differences, then enmities develop, when people start to separate themselves, whether by: name, nationality, color, creed, political sympathies, economic philosophy, etc. <br /><br />"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."-Martin Luther King, Jr.<br /><br />Is it not better to simply write or speak and view everyone as equal, until the make an obvious fool of themselves, through their own words?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-24574506505828381432011-06-15T22:20:49.769-04:002011-06-15T22:20:49.769-04:00Who cares if one uses Patti, Moe, Moe-Annonymous, ...Who cares if one uses Patti, Moe, Moe-Annonymous, or @anon 9:22, as monnikers, I simply respond to the content anyway. Why are some people so hung up on handles, names, avatars, etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-37850728577073716862011-06-15T21:22:16.809-04:002011-06-15T21:22:16.809-04:00well genius the purpose is so when you post somet...well genius the purpose is so when you post something people know whom to respond to..hard to do if everyone is Anonymous..get it?<br />I don't care who you are.<br /><br />"Anonymity fosters honest and open discussion"<br /> oh you mean like the Ku Klux Klan?Moenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-14891395678592943052011-06-15T19:35:55.360-04:002011-06-15T19:35:55.360-04:00Yes, everyone needs to use a name so we know who t...Yes, everyone needs to use a name so we know who they are !!! I insist!!!Moenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-91192819378832176192011-06-15T17:21:02.444-04:002011-06-15T17:21:02.444-04:00Well, Moe-Anonymous, using Patti or Moe-Anonymous ...Well, Moe-Anonymous, using Patti or Moe-Anonymous is hardly identifying yourself, genius! <br /><br />Besides, anonymity fosters honest and open discussion of the issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-61561849661599054472011-06-15T15:44:35.863-04:002011-06-15T15:44:35.863-04:00Are all you Anonymous posters related????...here&#...Are all you Anonymous posters related????...here's some names if you need help..Dizzy, Daffy, Loony, <br /><br />How about Mr. Anonymous, or Ms. Anonymous II...<br /><br />Are you people serious? are you really to afraid to even slightly identify yourself, or are you just to damn lazy?Moe-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-21832726281574284672011-06-15T15:02:28.693-04:002011-06-15T15:02:28.693-04:00Wow, anon 2:49 is right, it does seem as if Niagar...Wow, anon 2:49 is right, it does seem as if Niagara county is trying to get rid of all the sick, poor and elderly! :-( The young people are leaving because there are no longer many jobs on which they can live and support families. I was in a coin/antique shop the other day where a young girl (early twenties) traded in some of her jewelry so she could pay her rent!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-31560229027064505892011-06-15T14:49:47.498-04:002011-06-15T14:49:47.498-04:00I think Patti is right, Social Services was better...I think Patti is right, Social Services was better on Davison Rd., over near the Town and Country Club, since the rich are making the poor poorer. In fact, emminent domain should be used to take the Town and Country Club and all the land between it and Eastern Niagara Hospital, raze all the buildings and put up a massive Social Services building/nursing home, since the county closed down Mount View and Fairchild Manor Nursing Home (Lewiston) is closing due to fraud and outright embezzlement from patients, nurses, and patient trust funds, by the owner, Mr. Korn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-23661065310617986642011-06-15T13:18:46.723-04:002011-06-15T13:18:46.723-04:00@ 12:59 - first, if anyone wants to bash me - alth...@ 12:59 - first, if anyone wants to bash me - although I can't figure out what, exactly. you're bashing about - YOU must use a "name." I don't care if it's Bingo Bob - you MUST use a consistent name of some sort or I won't bother with you.<br />For example: GIJoe is just fine - be consistent. Got it now?<br />I don't know where you got your "fewer children" facts - give me a cite and I'll check it out. I hope it's true. I'd also like to know how many children per Welfare CLIENT vis a vis college educated working women. I reckon the Welfare girl has more, at an earlier age. When I was there the first reason for 16 year olds having children was so they could get their own apartment away from THEIR Moms. They also want unconditional love from SOMEONE so they have a baby.<br />Moving DSS to Main Street is a disaster for everyone BUT the clients. Sure, they needed to get out of Davison Road - old and getting worse every day. But it was out of the way. Good for us. I just wish they'd gotten the property line set. That proposal was TERRIFIC and would have benefited both the City and the Town. I find it ludicrous that I've known about the "Potter's Field" for 20 years and someone involved in the considered sale to the potential purchaser didn't. Unacceptable.Pattinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-81605559004020303642011-06-15T08:47:55.745-04:002011-06-15T08:47:55.745-04:00Is that why the under 20 couwd is having LESS chil...Is that why the under 20 couwd is having LESS children than ever before Patti? No Child Left Behind is a failure because teachers refuse to take ANY responsability for their performance, more more likely, their lack of it. Quick, hide behind the union! they'll save you as the building burns down around you<br /><br />"The birth rate for women aged 20–24 years declined to 101.7<br />births per 1,000 women in 2004, marking another record low."<br />"The mean age of first-time<br />mothers was slightly higher in 2002, 25.1 years, compared with 25.0<br />years in 2001. This is an all-time high for the United States and attests<br />to the continuing tendency of women to postpone childbearing"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-18793023270831263782011-06-14T12:59:15.749-04:002011-06-14T12:59:15.749-04:00It's not the ADMINISTRATION at fault but it...It's not the ADMINISTRATION at fault but it's the stupid money grubbin lawyers who have the administrators running in fear to their lawyers and being told not to rock the boat!<br />I am not saying it's lawyers fault we have the problem with the kids, that is definitely the parents fault, but the lawyers help propagate the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-1076216473670498972011-06-14T11:28:30.273-04:002011-06-14T11:28:30.273-04:00"No Child Left Behind" has been an abjec..."No Child Left Behind" has been an abject failure. I speak from experience.<br />DSS MUST do everything it can to "reunite the family." WHY? When you have parents who murder one child but are allowed to see the other 5, or was it 6? "Parents" were in their early 20's and only 3 or so were the "father's" children. Yeah - great parents. Let's make sure the kids go back to them - from Foster Care - whenever they FINALLY get out of jail. At least she shouldn't get pregnant again in State Prison - but, ya never know. They'll ALL be on Welfare again - and we pay $1,000's per month, per child while they're in Foster Care.<br />The Schools are asylums being run by the inmates. Kid's can beat up teachers yet don't get punished when we would have been tossed out on our ear to have our fathers deal with us which was worse than death for talking back.<br />Now? No fathers or if they are "my little darling would never do THAT! If you punish him I'll SUE!" Nice. Don't fix the problem by getting rid of the bad kids who prevent the good kids from learning squat. The Schools are out of control and it's largely because the ADMINISTRATION won't do a damn thing out of fear. Their parents are worse. Guess that happens when 16 year olds start having children.Pattinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-46127923832554077752011-06-13T18:57:05.476-04:002011-06-13T18:57:05.476-04:00I never said test score should go up...look... whe...I never said test score should go up...look... whether you're in the public or private sector..you still have a job to do. If I stop doing business with everyone I don't like or thought was an idiot..I wouldn't have much business. Go Watch "To Sir With Love"...you'll feel better.<br /><br />My point still is... there use to be a time in history when supervisors got satisfaction when they trained an "un-trainable" person or a worthless person went into the Marines and became an outstanding Marine. Yes there are a lot of bad kids, bad adults too, but your view is twisted. I look at a teacher as a "life changer" not a baby sitter. If there are kids in a class that don't care it's still the teachers job to "Teach them". No one ever said life was going to be easy. We have rules in place to deal with every problem imaginable...use the system, that why it's there.G.I. Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-44205838846136582302011-06-13T18:18:12.176-04:002011-06-13T18:18:12.176-04:00@ anon 9:29- Oh, wonderful solution :-(, just move...@ anon 9:29- Oh, wonderful solution :-(, just move Social services to Niagara Falls, so all the poor people leave Lockport and flood Niagara Falls. Poor people are in all communities and always will be. Jesus Christ was one of them (carpenter's son) and hung out with lowly and despised tax collectors, fishermen, etc. Perhaps you aren't a Christian...no need to apologize, but you might try a little mere human compassion for your neighbors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-33302489656126883302011-06-13T17:22:53.786-04:002011-06-13T17:22:53.786-04:00read it carefully... if you notice it is prefaced ...read it carefully... if you notice it is prefaced by the ideas are so totally not PC they they can't happen. And there are plenty of low life white parents out there too. And yes, my not PC idea is not very compassionate but if you dealt with these kids much you would see that no one is going to have a good idea to get these kids to try in school, hence a pie in the sky idea is then dont make them go to school. I'm not a teacher, but I am around these kids and many of them are just plain bad and don't care.<br />And you are the one saying test scores must go up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5926052286620522481.post-18451745421347411482011-06-13T15:40:38.911-04:002011-06-13T15:40:38.911-04:00"LOW-life welfare parents"..hmmm..is tha..."LOW-life welfare parents"..hmmm..is that code for "black people"? Kick the kids out of school..aren't you the compassionate one... <br /><br />And you think I'm a pompous jerk??<br /><br />Why..so we can see test score soar...weeeeeeeeeeeG.I.Joenoreply@blogger.com