THE BATTLE OVER THE COLOR COPIER AT CITY HALL!
When I called Houston City Council Member Toni Lawrence Monday afternoon she was lighthearted but passionate about an allegation leveled against her at City Hall. That allegation? The elected official is trying to get rid of one of the two color copiers at the governmental building.
Lawrence says she wants to set the record straight. She says she didn't go searching for the cost cutting measure it came to her. Lawrence says the day after the city's budget hearings last week she had a meeting with staffers from the Finance department. One of the issues she says came up - the two color copy machines provided for council members and their staff at the annex building. Lawrence says, "all I really wanted to do was get it down to one copier." She described having two copiers on the floor less than ten feet apart as "useless."
Lawrence apparently polled the staff and most wanted to keep the extra copy machine. Not Lawrence. She says the cost to use the printer comes out of each council members' budget. The cost is about $52 a month. Lawrence says she told the Finance department she won't be paying her $52 bucks any more. The 3rd term council member says the others will have to make it up out of their budgets.
Meanwhile, the news has made it to fellow Council Member Mike Sullivan. He blames Lawrence saying, "I appreciate her zest and zeal...but I'm not going to support a meaningless effort to save money." Sullivan also says he finds it very interesting Lawrence is all of sudden trying to save money in her last months of her last year in office.
For now the two color copiers at City Hall will remain but who will pay that extra $52 a month is any one's guess. Lawrence says she certainly won't!
6 comments:
as someone who worked at council, we needed two copiers! one was always broken or awaiting repair! i guess the fact that the new copiers always needed repair is another story!
Ok, first the two copier are not 10 feet apart. Two didn't I hear that CM Lawrence doesn't allow family photos by her staff members in the office?
The Mayor might have her car booted, "stolen" by a SafeClear felon, and held for that $52.00/month plus legal, storage, and administative fees.
She could just roll over and send him a big campaign contribution, and the matter may all just go away.
Royko
Now watch it. She is going to send it back, then the other one will NEVER work again.
The Mayor might have her car booted, "stolen" by a SafeClear felon, and held for that $52.00/month plus legal, storage, and administative fees.
She could just roll over and send him a big campaign contribution, and the matter may all just go away.
Royko
Mike Sullivan is a narcissistic, self-serving, pompous jerk. For some reason he feels like he has to get in the middle of every single issue.
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