Whether Harford County Executive David Craig’s plan to give a bonus for public employees, including teachers, local deputy sheriff and Government staff, good public policy?
To employees of local government
Taxpayers also have hit the local economy, however, and there are those who argue from the county in which the surplus bonus comes must be returned to the taxpayers.
One point on which there is little room for discussion would appear to be in the care of the union that represents Harford County teacher, Harford County Education Association, and ham-handed, honest way of approaching the prospect of receiving unexpected money for its members.
Thoughtful response would have said “thank you” and done with. On the contrary, the Union leadership has been struggling, so far unsuccessfully, to secure the money in such a way that it has to be paid through the school system, with no guarantee that the money will be distributed as a bonus checks for all employees of the school system.
