Comments on: The Charlottesville budget bomb 1: Gary O’Connell’s economic sorcery http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/04/05/the-charlottesville-budget-bomb-1-gary-o%e2%80%99connell%e2%80%99s-economic-sorcery/ Where the News is Made!™ (online) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Overpaid and underqualified: $93k Charlottesville spokesman are grammatically challenged [sic] : The Schilling Show Blog http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/04/05/the-charlottesville-budget-bomb-1-gary-o%e2%80%99connell%e2%80%99s-economic-sorcery/comment-page-1/#comment-970 Overpaid and underqualified: $93k Charlottesville spokesman are grammatically challenged [sic] : The Schilling Show Blog Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:04:38 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=2635#comment-970 [...] for Charlottesville City employees may be low, but at a salary of $93k per year (plus benefits), grammar-checking for important official [...] [...] for Charlottesville City employees may be low, but at a salary of $93k per year (plus benefits), grammar-checking for important official [...]

]]> By: Cville Eye http://www.schillingshow.com/2010/04/05/the-charlottesville-budget-bomb-1-gary-o%e2%80%99connell%e2%80%99s-economic-sorcery/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Cville Eye Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:32:34 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=2635#comment-626 I couldn't have said it better myself. Overrun O'Connell will be known for the huge overruns incurred in his Capital Improvement Plan, particular for the east-end Mall project and the new website. Refer to the Hook's article: http://www.readthehook.com/blog/?p=4416/ Gary was very good at devising the budget and directing Council's attention to actually scrrutinizing only $5 to $8M for Council's pet projects and agencies. This was the money Council could use to buy votes. The rest was Gary"s. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Overrun O’Connell will be known for the huge overruns incurred in his Capital Improvement Plan, particular for the east-end Mall project and the new website. Refer to the Hook’s article: http://www.readthehook.com/blog/?p=4416/
Gary was very good at devising the budget and directing Council’s attention to actually scrrutinizing only $5 to $8M for Council’s pet projects and agencies. This was the money Council could use to buy votes. The rest was Gary”s.

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