If Logsdon is wearing the party dress (like he is), then McMullen is wearing the panties and make-up. Spear Road Guy I know you know that these two guys never make a move without a dark plan to try to save their own skins. McMullen has made a career hacking up his people to hide his own inability to do any type of job that requires management or management of people. The Mayor, well is his just to stupid to have or follow any plan that requires as IQ over 60. But, you can not work together, play together, golf together, drink together, screw over people and have a business together unless you climbed out from under the same rock together or have run your life the way these losers have. I am not even going to talk about the racial jokes they tell one another when they think no one is listening. With that in mind, do you really think they care what happens to the mostly poor black and hispanic workers that will lose their jobs. Don't think that is true, how many top Managers in the city that are not white, have been appointed by recommendation of the City Manager and endorsed by the Mayor. Answer: NONE !!!!! In fact no one in top Management is a Minority. There is a lot more to this story then meets the eye and the Fayette NAACP needs to start asking questions.

The people you speak of have contracts saying they can't be cut until contract is expired!
They could voluntarily amend the contract, but won't for various reasons.
Anyway even if they had no contract, the Mayor and council wouldn't dare propose it!
What could be done is to lay-off all these managers and run the town with underlings and the council! If they are not replaced it would fly!

Hey Jacques'
I guess you weren’t one of the handful (usually a half dozen or less) citizens that attend the annual Council Retreat budget sessions over the last seven years or so, or you would obviously know your statement about the City Manager is WRONG. I having attended many of these sessions know that Mr. McMullen has repeatedly told EVERY Council, at EVERY annual budget session that the millage needed to increase. In fact the way he has presented every time I’ve attended, he’s stated if we didn’t raise it “this much this year”, we would HAVE to raise it (drastically more) next year.
Blame has to go to councils on this one, both past and present, as no one wants to make the hard choice and increase taxes to keep the same level of services that the residents have come to expect! Often referred to as “political suicide”, but without a tax increase to pay for what this city has, it’s only going to become just like “any other town”, as services and amenities go away due to lack of funding.

Why does everyone act like this economic slump will last forever. There are very few economist that predict that this recession will more than 12-18 months. If it goes past that we will have a lot more to worry about than missing a few amenities.
Personally I wold rather scale back on some services for a year and still be able to afford the taxes on my house so that I can remain in PTC.

Who else knows what it signifies?

Distress at sea.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

I should have excluded any and all military types from answering.

Most U.S. civilian's wouldn't have had a clue.

But it's not just at sea. It can be used anywhere.

One WEB page defines the display of the U.S. flag flying upside down as:

The upside down U.S. flag is an official signal of distress. It is not meant to be, and is not officially recognized as any type of disrespect when so displayed for the right reasons. To the contrary, here is the relevant part of the US Code of Laws regarding how to fly the flag when in distress:

THE FLAG CODE
Title 36, U.S.C., Chapter 10
As amended by P.L. 344, 94th Congress
Approved July 7, 1976

§ 176. Respect for flag: No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.

(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.

As a result of the many traitors and enemies we as a free people have, both foreign and domestic, as a result of the many unconstitutional acts, legislation and atrocities passed and/or committed against US citizens and their life, liberty and property, and as a result of policies that have allowed (and continue to allow) enemies of this nation to enter in large numbers through a porous border policy, I believe the life, liberty and property of US Citizens are in dire danger and distress.

Finally someone who understands! Your explaination is the exact reason why I chose that avatar. Thanks bad_ptc, thank you!