Meanwhile back at the City of Miami...

Forgive me folks, I've been sick as a dog and haven't been able to attend to the blog over the last couple of days.  While we're doing our best to recuperate, take a look at our friend Al Crespo's site where he's been discussing how the City of Miami somehow managed to miss it's payroll a few weeks back.  Considering the overwhelming majority of employees over at the city aren't fat cats making six figure plus salaries, most of the folks over there are hardworking people living paycheck to paycheck on menial salaries, one can only imagine how devastating it must have been for them to have missed a paycheck.  

Considering how many employees must have been ticked off about not getting paid and the financial turmoil the city is in, does City Manager Johnny Martinez's choice of vehicles to drive to work give you any kind of indication about his mindset?  Take a look at Mr. Martinez's ride...

Nice.  While the city is in financial turmoil and the budget is being balanced on the backs of the city's employees, the City Manager rolls into work in a $100k+ BMW.  Martinez's choice of vehicles only tells me one thing...

Who cares whether or not Martinez has a $100k+ car or not, but why take it to work when you're asking the city employees to make tremendous sacrifices in order to balance your budget?  Even worse after you've managed to screw up and missed paying them?  Couldn't he have had someone give him a ride or take a city vehicle over to City Hall?  I've always been told it's all about appearances, especially when you employee people who make less than you.  Why in the world would you want to flaunt a vehicle like this that's worth three or four times more than the majority of your employees make in a year?  Like I said, it just seems like the people in the upper echelons of the City of Miami just don't give a fuck.