Friday, August 10, 2007

Bill Jackman for Employee of the Month

Some of you may have already deleted Marlene Feist's email: "Request for Nominations for September EOM." For those who haven't I am asking you to consider Bill Jackman. Bill has, over the years, been collecting data on the fulfillment of AMR's contract with the city.

He has done this on his own time, and has been a watchdog for the citizens of Spokane.

Not long ago, Bill presented his case to the city council. Thanks to Bill, they pushed hard against many forces, including Assistant Mayor Jack Lynch, to conduct an investigation into the oversight of AMR's contract. When the dust had settled, Bill's work proved to be correct. The city had the ability to levy millions of dollars of fines against AMR. Mayor Hession decided to ask for tens of thousands, instead.

Maybe the mayor was right, maybe he wasn't. What matters is that Bill Jackman did a lot of work in trying to protect our citizens, all on his own time. The city has never mentioned it. They never thanked him for his work. In fact, it seems as if they are/were hostile toward Bill for creating more work for them and a controversy that was not easilly explained. That's not right - at all.

I'm asking you to do this not as a political statement, but as righting a wrong. In fact, if I were Mayor Hession, I would make sure Bill was honored for his work. It would be the right thing to do and would also show that Dennis is a mayor without strings attached.

Anyway, please consider submitting an EOM nomination for Bill. After you download the form from Marlene, you will need to complete it and mail it to Catherine English at cenglish@spokanecity.org. All the information is on the email. If you would like to see my nomination form, or need a new one because you deleted it already, let me know and I will forward one to you.

Thanks for all your work, and taking time out to read this long request.

John

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