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  Hi there freindly neighbors and citizens alike. I think this issue is very misguided and misunderstood by the general public. as to what is Government and what is not.

  If you think you can dabble in politics without the mudslinging, slander, libellous and reputation ruining and credential destroying strategies and tactics that are employed by todays politics and governmnet agents then you must be living in a bubble.

  Face it folks; the government is not CHURCH; do not ecpext honesty and goodness here; furthermore take a look at what the Government reallly is: A PRISON and PENITENTIARY: most of you'all think its a museum of some sorts. We build Billions of dollars in ammunition and weaponry and face it folks - you have to be worse than any felon to belong to this group of leaders of so proudly claim 'to be making this better for us all' when obviously they keep making things worse in a corrupt; money hungry system where selfish self-servient interest is the priority and the public; the least of anyones concern.

  Duke Nukem Posted October 9, 2007 4:43 PM
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  Let's stay on point folks! The issue should be;" How do we attract and keep quality security officers for federal sites? The basic function of government is security and that is where the emphasis should be. The emphasis in the congressional debates appears to center on the terms of "the business deal" for security. Most contract security officers in California receive no medical, no retirement, and no peace officer authority. There are plenty of inspectors and inspectors who inspect the inspectors. This welcomed heightened oversight will not work without more emphasis on the compensation and training of the persons actually manning the posts. You get what you pay for! Hello?

  If you increase qualifications you are now competing in the pool of candidates for law enforcement careers. Law enforcement and corrctions agencies are generous and cannot hire QUALITY personnel fast enough. There are posters on buses, law enforcement vehicles and billboards wherever I go.

  This is just another example of the "tapeworm economy." Lucrative tax payer funded contracts are handed out again and again to private corporations who take the lion's share and fail to deliver. The media is replete with stories of guards failing to show on post, sleeping on posts( working two or more jobs?), faiing to be paid or trained, mishandlling of dangerous materials or bungled incidents. Get rid of these parasitic private contractors. The security officers that guard our federal host agencies are dedicated personnel not "widgets" or "chattel" or numbers on a corporate balance sheet!

  Ronald Parvanian J.D. Posted October 6, 2007 2:26 PM
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  It's great the bill was passed, that takes the Federal government off the hook. Now...who's looking out for the former Startech employees (hourly & salaried staff) who still have not received the back pay owed to them by Weldon Waites. The DOL of supposedly been working on the issue since June 2007, at least for the former Startech hourly employees, and still no one has received a penny. I am a former salaried Startech employee and it was made clear to me by the DOL that they were not working on getting the back pay owed to me! If the DOL isn't going to help us, who is.

  Diane Kaas Posted October 4, 2007 10:04 PM