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67,000 LBS OF GRAPE JUICE over…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 31, 2009 in Twitter
67,000 LBS OF GRAPE JUICE overturned at Boston and Ponca St in Baltimore. Yum.
Disney is buying Marvel comics…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 31, 2009 in Twitter
Disney is buying Marvel comics. Does that mean that Universal Studios Florida will have to drop their superhero land?
Yo Joe! http://bit.ly/41IqY
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 28, 2009 in Twitter
Yo Joe! http://bit.ly/41IqY
Just found out that I only ran…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 28, 2009 in Twitter
Just found out that I only ran 15.6 miles instead of 16.
I decided to run for Governor …
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 28, 2009 in Twitter
I decided to run for Governor of Maryland. Unfortunately, you need to form a corp and pay a $290 filing fee. I guess the corp is taxed $300.
Surprisingly, “He’s just not t…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 27, 2009 in Twitter
Surprisingly, “He’s just not that into you” has a good soundtrack. Including the theme from “Can’t Hardly Wait” which was a great movie.
My letter to my state legislat…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 25, 2009 in Twitter
My letter to my state legislators over the Maryland furloughs: http://bit.ly/Y79lr
An open letter to Governor O’Malley
Posted by Greg Walsh on Aug 25, 2009 in City Living, Gov
The following is a letter that I e-mailed via the Governor’s feedback form, as well as sent to my state senator George Della, and state representatives Peter Hammen, Carolyn Krysiak, and Brian McHale. So far, I have only heard back from Della and McHale. I tried to customize it for each delegate as I hate form letters.
Governor O’Malley,
My name is Greg Walsh and I am a resident of Patterson Park in Baltimore City. After ten years of working in the e-learning industry in Maryland, I am now a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park and my wife is an employee at the State Health Department.
I read the Baltimore Sun’s article on the proposed furlough plan and had a suggestion. I understand that furloughs are an excellent alternative to layoffs but I think that the reported plan is not fair to those in the middle pay brackets. The proposed scale shows employees making less than $40k would take three days and those making $40-50k would take eight and $50-100k would take 9 with 100k+ at 10. According to this schedule, someone who makes $37k would take five less days of pay cuts than someone making $43k yet their income is relatively close after taxes, health care contributions, retirement plans, etc. Similarly, someone making $86k would take only one extra furlough day although they make two times the salary of the $43k employee.
I propose that the schedule be the salary divided by 10,000 equals the amount of furlough days you need to take. You could round down to be fair. Under that proposal, the $37k employee would take three days, the $43k employee would take four days, and the $86k employee would take eight. An employee making $100k would still take 10 days.
Governor O’Malley, I ask that you consider this proposed plan and offer it as an alternative to the current proposed plan.
Thank you,
Greg Walsh
I just learned what “pithy” me…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 24, 2009 in Twitter
I just learned what “pithy” meant. I thought it meant sarcastic…turns out it means short and full of info.
Writing my first CHI Notes Sub…
Posted by gregwalsh on Aug 23, 2009 in Twitter
Writing my first CHI Notes Submission.
