{"id":4848,"date":"2013-04-04T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4848"},"modified":"2013-04-04T09:16:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:16:24","slug":"letter-stunned-by-commissioners-support-for-sweatshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4848","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Costello accuses county employees and taxpayers of theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>To The Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<style><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:10887 -2147483648 8 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Calibri;\n\tpanose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin-top:0in;\n\tmargin-right:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:10.0pt;\n\tmargin-left:0in;\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\np.normal, li.normal, div.normal\n\t{mso-style-name:normal;\n\tmso-style-priority:99;\n\tmso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tline-height:115%;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:11.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Arial;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tcolor:black;}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--><\/style>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Letters11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4850\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Letters1\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Letters11.jpg\" width=\"140\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In Sunday\u2019s <em>Daily Local News<\/em>, Commissioner Ryan Costello implied that the Teamsters will be stealing taxpayer money by collecting union dues from Department of Human Services Employees should the employees choose to join Teamsters Local 384.<\/p>\n<p>In making this insinuation, Commissioner Costello is suggesting that all employees, vendors or any person or entity that is paid by the County is stealing simply by collecting their wages, fees or payment for goods and services. This is a huge insult to all County workers AND taxpayers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Union dues are paid to the union by the members, not the taxpayers. While these hardworking men and women are indeed paid with taxpayer money, what they choose to do with that money is their business. Commissioner Costello and his colleagues have dealt unfairly with the DHS employees, even going so far as to outright lie to them. They have given the DHS employees no choice but to unionize.<\/p>\n<p>If the employees are so undeserving of their wages as to have Mr. Costello consider their salaries theft, are the senior citizens, mentally ill, developmentally disabled and their families and all of those who benefit from the services provided by DHS also stealing? Are the children who often depend upon the Department of Children and Youth Services to keep them safe thieves?<\/p>\n<p>We all benefit from County services, and it would appear that our own Commissioner Costello considers accepting the services to which we are entitled stealing. Well Mr. Costello, I am no thief, nor are my fellow taxpayers, nor are the many hardworking men and women employed by Chester County.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Costello\u2019s comments are insulting to the employees at DHS, all County employees and all County taxpayers. Mr. Costello clearly holds ALL OF US in extremely low regard. I urge all Chester Countians to stand with the employees at DHS and support their right to seek fair treatment by joining the Teamsters. I also suggest that we remember Commissioner Costello\u2019s insulting comments come election time.<\/p>\n<p>This entire election has been filled with half truths, intimidation, and outright lies perpetrated by the County and those in our administration at the behest of the commissioners. Mr. Costello\u2019s remarks just further encompass this. The hiring of a big time \u201cUnion Buster,\u201d which the county refuses to disclose his official cost, and the attempts to turn front line managers against their workers and even worker against worker is appalling. All the DHS employees are asking for is a voice and fair compensation. One has to question why the County is fighting so hard against this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>William Cloud, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Chester County DHS caseworker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Downingtown<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To The Editor: In Sunday\u2019s Daily Local News, Commissioner Ryan Costello implied that the Teamsters will be stealing taxpayer money by collecting union dues from Department of Human Services Employees should the employees choose to join Teamsters Local 384. In making this insinuation, Commissioner Costello is suggesting that all employees, vendors or any person or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301],"tags":[20,1907,264,1906],"class_list":["post-4848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters-to-the-editor","tag-chester-county","tag-department-of-children-and-youth-services","tag-ryan-costello","tag-teamsters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}