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Civil service next
Regarding the article LHSC chops $2.3M in salaries, plans to cut half top brass, (Aug. 21).
Interim chief executive David Musyj has acted, eliminating seven executive positions so far, some of which had strange names making one wonder what they really did.
Hopefully we can get Musyj to run for federal Parliament where he could quickly become Prime Minister and eliminate the similar fat in the civil service.
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Dave Mathers, St. Thomas
Union the same
Regarding the article LHSC chops $2.3M in salaries, plans to cut half top brass, (Aug. 21).
COPE union local president’s reaction to the firing of the seven hospital execs was “they had managers managing managers.”
In a hospital with 15,000 employees and a budget of $1.6 billion, you would expect to have many managers managing many managers.
It’s ironic that COPE’s management structure includes local presidents managed by regional directors who are managed by many national vice-presidents who are managed by a national president who is managed by a national executive board.
This union leader is either unaware of corporate structure or he thinks readers are easily hoodwinked.
Walt Lonc, London
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Needed saying
I would like to express my gratitude to Al Gretzky for his letter to the editor, Stop the spin (Aug. 23).
His views are like a breath of fresh air in our city, which is more and more leaning towards global liberal ways.
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Ivan Lavrin, London
Lights on for safety
I appreciate Genevieve Grech’s letter to the editor Enforce rules (Aug. 23) regarding vehicles with tinted windows.
The other thing with which I take issue is the number of vehicles without daytime running lights. How many years is it since vehicles were supposed to come with lights on automatically at all times? I continually see newer model vehicles with no lights. Vehicles are much more visible if the lights are on.
Then, of course, there are the vehicles, at night, with lights so bright the risk of being blinded is very high.
Morag Kinchlea, London
Protect walkers
With the lack of traffic enforcement and lenient court punishments, London appears to have abandoned pedestrian safety.
Recently, I witnessed two cars blow through the red light at the crosswalk on North Centre Road. A third car came to a tire-screeching halt less than a metre from the woman who was halfway through the crossing.
Since obeying the rules of the road is now optional, we need to explicitly increase pedestrian safety.
I would suggest the city install pop-up bollards at busy crossings.
A brief encounter with a solid steel post or two may enlighten some of the scofflaw drivers.
G. Robbins, London
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