We received this interesting email tip on Monday from a gentle reader who identified himself as an Ogden City employee:
Hey Rudi, Godfrey is going to have all of the city employees out cleaning up the city while on duty Wednesday, Cops, Firefighters, the bunch. What a hoot. Oh, and its tied to employee appreciation.Lo and behold, we find a "chirpy" Ace Reporter Schwebke write-up of Wednesday's "city beautification project" in this morning's Standard-Examiner, providing a decidedly more positive spin.
First he sticks it to us with a paltry 2% merit if eligible, then he puts us all on sanitation duty.
We especially appreciated this highly candid John Patterson quote:
"John Patterson, the city's chief administrative officer, said he enjoyed using a pole pruner to remove trash from the Ogden River Parkway. "It's a chance to do honest work," he said."
In Patterson's particular case, we think he may have a quite valid point.
Pleasant day out of the office for city employees, or oppressive forced stoop labor?
Let's hear it from our gentle readers.
