County Crews Continue Tree Cleanup in Cranford
A County public works crew was in Cranford this week taking care of a downed tree near the municipal building.
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Workers from the Union County Public Works shade tree division were out clearing up remnants from Superstorm Sandy on Wednesday afternoon. About half a dozen workers were hauling away tree trunks that were sitting on county land near the grounds of the Cranford Historical Society.
A crew member chainsawed his way through a trunk while others helped maneuver other large pieces onto a truck. The crew was making the rounds through Union County this week, just a couple of months since the storm wrecked havoc on swaths of North Jersey.
"It's been non-stop [storm cleanup] ever since," one worker said about the efforts. Workers were coming from Plainfield, with another stop in Kenilworth and final drop off in Springfield.
Jack Shultz
10:41 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Tree crew for county doing a great job , they deserve a raise instead of dead weight up top getting 2 percent on $120,000 a year for doing nothing !!
Turk 182
12:22 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wow that about sums it up. Its a shame these hard working guys get no raises yet have to endure year after year in property tax increases. Its time for a revolution. Enough with catered freeholder meetings and 50k hybri trucks. The little guy gets screwed at the county constantly unless you have the right last name. Its all about who u know and who you...... Well tou know the rest. God bless the working man.
Clint Westwood
12:38 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
It is so sad no raise everything going up and upper management tells us we will look bad to the public if we get a raise and then they turn around and vote themselves a raise .
Monk
1:08 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
It's hard to know which is more wasteful: (1) government landscaping or (2) overpriced landscaping contracts awarded to relatives and friends of government officials. This work is necessary, but what does it cost, and could it be done at a lower price?
I don't begrudge any working man his job or fair pay, but when I'm on the hook for the bill as the taxpayer and all I hear is that the government is borrowing money to pay for everything, you'll have to understand why this is a sensitive issue.
Turk 182
1:49 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
The county cant pay these guys, but they can go into the catering business. And while we are discussing the golf course , did they ever here of a timer for the lights on the drivin range. Those lights, and theres plenty of them stay on all night. I thought the county was going green. Yeah green as in the money they take from the taxpayera to support there friends business ventures. Shut the damn lights.
Joe Graz
5:28 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I drive a 50k hybrid and make $120,000 a year to do nothing ! I take offense to Turk 182 and Clint's commemts , I deserve a raise ! I'm sorry , I misspoke , I deserve a bigger raise !!
Turk 182
7:26 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Joe, dont be mad. We all know who runs the road dept. That joe has been there forever, and has never been wrong. Never, could u imagine that. Not to mention his outstanding personality and hes an excellent motivational speaker. Maybe 30 more years u can have a neck just like his. Ill close this with a shoulder shrug .
Joe Graz
12:40 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
Hey Turk 182 , the road department is run like a clock , a broken clock !! Gullet Neck is my mentor and I hope to aspire to be him one day ! He has been here for 38 years and still doesn't know what road is a county road ! He is the perfect county employee