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Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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is to put tax dollar expenditures and other monies used or spent by our federal, state and/or city governments before your eyes and in your hands.
Through our website, you can learn your rights as a taxpayer and parent as well as to which programs, monies and more you may be entitled...and why you may not be able to exercise these rights.
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The E-Accountability Foundation announces the
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
'A for Accountability' Award
to those who are willing to whistleblow unjust, misleading, or false actions and claims of the politico-educational complex in order to bring about educational reform in favor of children of all races, intellectual ability and economic status. They ask questions that need to be asked, such as "where is the money?" and "Why does it have to be this way?" and they never give up. These people have withstood adversity and have held those who seem not to believe in honesty, integrity and compassion accountable for their actions. The winners of our "A" work to expose wrong-doing not for themselves, but for others - total strangers - for the "Greater Good"of the community and, by their actions, exemplify courage and self-less passion. They are parent advocates. We salute you.
Winners of the "A":
Johnnie Mae Allen
David Possner
Dee Alpert
Aaron Carr
Harris Lirtzman
Hipolito Colon
Larry Fisher
The Giraffe Project and Giraffe Heroes' Program
Jimmy Kilpatrick and George Scott
Zach Kopplin
Matthew LaClair
Wangari Maathai
Erich Martel
Steve Orel, in memoriam, Interversity, and The World of Opportunity
Marla Ruzicka, in Memoriam
Nancy Swan
Bob Witanek
Peyton Wolcott
[ More Details » ]
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Stories & Grievances
In New York City, It Pays to Work For the Board of Elections. It pays Very Well.
CITY OVERTIME KING GOT 93G PAY BOOST
By DAVID SEIFMAN, NY POST, April 4, 2005 LINK Life is good if you're Pablo Martinez, a senior systems analyst at the Board of Elections. Martinez, has regularly clocked huge amounts of overtime, pulled in an extra $93,385, last year, making him the top overtime earner in city government for that period. Records show that Martinez earned his OT on top of a base salary of $81,761. But he really hit the jackpot when he won a grievance for working out of title - performing tasks outside his normal duties - from 1998 to 2003. That gave him an extra windfall of $83,000. When added to longevity and other contractual payments, Martinez's gross pay swelled to $266,000. "I think his wife hates me more than anybody," said John Ravitz, executive director of the board, taking note of the long hours put in by his key computer aide. "He is basically in charge of all political-maps productions, all subdivisions. He's the agency's security officer. He's the liaison to other city agencies. He's the Web master. He's in charge of the help desk." Ravitz said he has no choice but to load up Martinez. "Why one person? Because that's all I got," explained Ravitz. Martinez also topped the city's 2003 list with earnings of $149,731, including $81,021 in overtime. Most of the others on the 2004 list worked at the Department of Transportation, from bridge repairers to ferry workers to electricians. Bridge repairer and riveter Yiu Liu led the pack. He collected $160,444, which included $90,392 in OT. Chief marine engineer Stephen Whyte collected a total of $138,886. His OT of $84,148 represented more than 150 percent of his base salary of $54,738. In a statement, the DOT said the big OT money went to workers with "highly specialized skills." "The bridge employees include ironworkers who often do repairs at night to minimize the impact on traffic," the statement said. "The Staten Island Ferry's aging fleet and its need for additional staff has contributed to the overtime." With new ferries being put into service and revamped staffing levels, "overtime for ferry staff should decrease significantly," the statement added. Two projects that sucked up OT, officials said, included repairs to the Willis Avenue Bridge and the bridge to Roosevelt Island. Records show that the DOT accounted for 58 of the top 100 OT earners in the city last year. |
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