Comments on: Heartburn for Tulare Cemetery District constituents over pay raises, grounds upkeep

By: Xavier Avila

Xavier Avila — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:06:31 +0000

Paying Attention. You are not wrong ! But the thing is I believe the expectations are at a high level anyway. So it’s more about raising wages to match the expectations.

By: Think outside the box

Think outside the box — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 02:56:34 +0000

In reply to Xavier Avila.

That’s rich, you complaining about turning the truth.

Why not turn 5 years of negatives into positives? For nearly 100k a year between the board and the manager, can’t you come up with some positive stories to pitch?

Like how, based on the manager’s comments above, instead of complaining that gotta are causing collapses, describe the work that has been done in the last 5 years to turn that around and what’s planned for the next 5 years, and what the end game will be to eradicate the gophers ones and for all.

Maybe solicit the numerous anti-goober vendors at the ag show to use your grounds as a demonstration year round, with the eyes of their ag customers right on the success! This could be a win-win for everyone at very low or no cost to the district. Especially with your ag connections!

By: Paying attention

Paying attention — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 02:47:04 +0000

In reply to Xavier Avila.

Xavier – the current weather’s may or may not be fair. But let’s be honest – about two years you made an impassioned plea to raise the wages of the workers because of the risk of losing them or their replacements to places like Delano.

The thing is, with higher wages comes higher expectations. Giving the same incumbent workers a huge raise and expecting better work than in the past might not work out. Maybe it hasn’t, given a fair chance. If so, new workers should be brought in and trained with new habits for the future instead of representing the past.

By: Rosa Fariaz

Rosa Fariaz — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 20:37:13 +0000

How about we talk about how my boyfriend was fired after being a victim of domestic violence. I ashamed of how I acted on July 28,2020. David Faria told my boyfriend Epifanio Hernandez to go to work at 5:30 am that morning upon arriving obviously nobody was even there. Long story short he and I go into an argument because i thought he lying to me. I showed up to his work around 6am and broke my boyfriend’s back window and left. David told my boyfriend to call cops and file a police reports which he did and pressed charges. They told him to go back to work he. Worked the entire day as he alway did doing most the mowing. At the end of his shift Leonor called him into the office and gave him his last check and let him go, Xavier was present as well David no where to be found. I understand my actions were wrong but to punish one of your most hard workers at that time and fire him without no warning at all or concern if he needed any support after the domestic situation he experienced they fired him. Make that make sense. How is this legal or even right. How was he making the job place unsafe it’s the employers job to keep their employees safe not fire them for something that was out of their control. I was charged with vandalism and did 10 days of jail time. Ever since my boyfriend has been fired he has struggled with depression and anxiety and has a hard time finding another job since.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 17:46:33 +0000

In reply to Xavier Avila.

Suggestion: If there are lots of good things happening at the cemetery then why not become a “Valley Voice Contributor” and write about them for publication in The Valley Voice. Many others in the valley do just that. It would be equally good for both the cemetery and the Valley Voice and appreciated by the readers.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 03:57:37 +0000

In reply to Geneva Philpot.

Sounds like a good tool that Clara could utilize for our cemeteries. It would be beneficial not just for office staff but for anyone looking online to locate a particular gravesite. The number of graves in cemeteries never goes down, they just keeping growing and growing. I would also imagine that it helps in identifying where future burial sites will be. These types of programs do require well-trained personnel to input information consistently and correctly. In the end you will get what you pay for. Well-trained personnel are worth their weight in gold and makes for a good investment.

By: Geneva Philpot

Geneva Philpot — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 02:18:48 +0000

The computer program to record grave information will help the office staff because people can find their loved ones graves on line. The Visalia Public Cemetery has a grave finder program and we have been inputting for years and have many years left. Whomever inputs the information has to be accurate or it is a waste. VPCD has a long time employee full time inputting our information who loves the cemetery and will enter accurately. These programs are the way of the future and takes pressure off the office and grounds staff when someone comes in and wants to know where their loved one is buried.

By: Bench

Bench — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 01:57:02 +0000

For crying out loud, can someone PLEASE fix that bench so Mary can finally be happy!

By: Catherine Doe

Catherine Doe — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 21:32:11 +0000

In reply to Catherine Doe.

Hanford District Manager, Margaret Lohry did not give me her yearly salary. She told me her hourly rate which is $28.00 an hour. So what math is there to do? Same with Porterville.

By: Corri Smith

Corri Smith — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 21:14:30 +0000

In reply to Clara Bernardo.

Shouldn’t you be working rather than reading and commenting on an article on Valley Voice