tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post5071588640737756133..comments2019-11-22T19:56:14.996-08:00Comments on El Dorado Irrigation District - The Real Story of EID: And The Award Goes To...SpeakOutEIDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17373869797675875279noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-33295068359559699242007-10-02T11:38:00.000-07:002007-10-02T11:38:00.000-07:00How come Ane had a security system installed at he...How come Ane had a security system installed at her home with EID funds? Did Finance approve this too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-15684564854249295422007-07-18T10:45:00.000-07:002007-07-18T10:45:00.000-07:00I'm a relatively new EID ratepayer. I'm also a dr...I'm a relatively new EID ratepayer. I'm also a drinking water professional having been in the business for nearly 30 years. The level of service I've received as a customer of EID so far has been great. Which is truly amazing in light of the blogs I've read.<BR/>Ane Deister doesn't recognize that for an organization to maintain a high level of customer service you need dedicated employees. Nothing kills that dedication quicker than lousy employee/management relations.<BR/>I can only help the employees of EID (and myself) by getting more involved as a ratepayer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-62042149637730651722007-07-10T13:20:00.000-07:002007-07-10T13:20:00.000-07:00The current Board is protecting Ane for some unkno...The current Board is protecting Ane for some unknown reason. The way to get Ane out of her current position is to vote for new Board members! When election time comes around, get everyone you know to vote against our current Board members.<BR/>For some time now, I honestly thought that the Board was just kept in the dark, but with this blog site, and the truth is out, why aren't they stepping up to control the kaos that is happening at EID?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-66418533767876526662007-07-09T19:22:00.000-07:002007-07-09T19:22:00.000-07:00Have any of you noticed that when you attend a mee...Have any of you noticed that when you attend a meeting or a review with the FM director that while your in the room he takes a call and speaks a different language that makes you feel uncomfortable? <BR/>Which one of us is next to hit the road?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-61649279085629063262007-07-09T19:17:00.000-07:002007-07-09T19:17:00.000-07:00How come Ane was given a chance to payback her cre...How come Ane was given a chance to payback her credit card charges, and Karen Theroualt and others were never given this option? Who caught this improper credit card charge, and did the board approve it? Is this favored treatment? I'll bet it is. What happened to Janet Pollard over this? Seems like the Board is going to have its hands really full on how everyone approved these charges in HTE, EID's audit approval process for all purchases, signed off by all dept heads for Ane and others. How come Ane was not placed on the Beach for transaction?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-26390764680357790792007-07-05T13:11:00.000-07:002007-07-05T13:11:00.000-07:00HAs the GM and board ever met with the lobbyists a...HAs the GM and board ever met with the lobbyists at Ane's home? Who paid this bill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-11508898845503812642007-07-05T13:10:00.000-07:002007-07-05T13:10:00.000-07:00Does the Finance deptartment management team recie...Does the Finance deptartment management team recieve awards every year? Is this not for the excellence in accounting for which auditing and approving expense statements is something they do not look at? How can employees mis use funds if they have a audit trail that begins with the departments heads? What about HTE and the approvals for payments everyone sign off on these too. Their are many of us that believe HR and Finance have an agenda to promote up and out and they use bad tactics to deploy these methods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-29699826321678005642007-07-05T07:49:00.000-07:002007-07-05T07:49:00.000-07:00The FM director is not here to do nothing but outs...The FM director is not here to do nothing but outsource our EID. If yor voice is not heard everything form project 184 to the plants is in jeopardy. Why let EID build this add on building? Cut upper management will improve morale and save millions in tax payers money. Looks like 184 is not going to ever achive income as in 2003-2005. So who is going to give up staff to keep this project alive? Or will this be outsource too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-72361817781990045862007-06-23T19:01:00.000-07:002007-06-23T19:01:00.000-07:00Is this America or a “Day on the Beach” experience...Is this America or a “Day on the Beach” experience somewhere out-of-the-country?<BR/>To those of us ordinary employees, it is clear EID’s conscience has vanished, while the Board lumbers in a perpetual state of unconsciousness. The atmosphere is dark and foreboding. Paranoia runs rampant resulting in covering behinds and covering-up. Trust, respect and confidence have disappeared, being replaced with suspicion and callousness. Ordinary employees are no longer valued and are only pawns in a strange chess game guised as reorganization to sustain the GM’s intended state of confusion.<BR/><BR/>There is a known phenomenon where organizations take on the personality of their leader, and EID’s leader goes into tirades often, bangs on office doors, shouts at the top of her lungs, and pushes people around. The most recent episode occurred in the presence of the ordinary working staff in Finance, requiring Mr. Cumpston to direct personnel to exit their work stations and move to the other side of the building. It seems he may have been concerned about their safety, but more likely trying to keep a lid on an already explosive situation. This is not the first time and won’t be the last that the GM has exhibited irrational and violent behavior. Who knows what a person is capable of when they explode.<BR/><BR/>Those unfortunate to become victims of her holocaust are held in contempt and considered guilty until proven innocent. Some are sentenced to house arrest known as Administrative Leave that may go on for days or several months, with or without pay. Verdicts may lead to the firing squad with personal escorts out the door, or others must endure harsh working conditions that lead them into early retirements. All while our Board sleeps and the casualties continue to mount.<BR/><BR/>It appears the entire Board has chosen to ignore our cries for help in what constitutes a hostile work environment, with employee safety concerns. This attitude and lack of concern leads to no other choice than pursuing a recall of each member of the Board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-73092745671234400482007-06-19T11:40:00.000-07:002007-06-19T11:40:00.000-07:00Just a Thought...could it be possible all this spe...Just a Thought...<BR/>could it be possible all this spending might be a prelude to privatization? <BR/>Bloat management to increase spending.<BR/>Private co. comes in cuts spending. yay!heroes<BR/>Long gone managers are somewhere else with a big kickback!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148514016546362551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-75228106911482274062007-06-16T00:07:00.000-07:002007-06-16T00:07:00.000-07:00Using ratepayer and PERS funding to subsidize wast...Using ratepayer and PERS funding to subsidize wasteful spending and personal gain is illegal like spiking salaries to increase PERS retirement checks and having private partys using overtime staff and district vehicle to transport and take home party goers. And it's illegal for a manager to try to persuade employees to vote a certain way, like against Director Frasier the last time he was elected? Someone said the GM had employees clean her house during company time before a party and wasn't a manager fired for using district resources-employees, vehicles, equipment on company time to build a walkway or something like that at his home? Remember when Director Norris paid back money for something in an El Dorado Hills election the Board approved. It flopped and was shaky and a bad Board decision to start with. There's got to be more...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-24767484255566716322007-06-15T15:33:00.000-07:002007-06-15T15:33:00.000-07:00I see that there are many facts in this blog that ...I see that there are many facts in this blog that shows what Ane is doing is illegal or unethical!<BR/>If you read the last blog put out about her awards, most of those are illegal!<BR/>You don't think that hiring employees to clean your house and park cars for a party and paying them on District time isn't illegal?<BR/>What about about the 60 violations she just did for the IT Department?<BR/>Hiring a personal driver to drive her around when she broke her leg? <BR/>Her hiring ex-cons is definitely unethical! We all know she knew about their backgrounds! <BR/>Her firing practices have a lot to be disired too! Her fireing practices have a lot to do with personal vendetta, not work ethics!<BR/>What about her promotions to people just about ready to retire? That's illegal!<BR/>Believe me, there is a lot more out there and it WILL come out! Be patient!<BR/>Ane still continues to break MOU policy almost daily!<BR/>EID is in the worst shape ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-37798995442395266122007-06-15T08:21:00.000-07:002007-06-15T08:21:00.000-07:00You know all I see here is a bunch of complaining....You know all I see here is a bunch of complaining. How about some facts that can make a difference. How about doing something that can change the situation, complaining about how shady Ane is and how she puts incompetent people in high positions won't do it! What is she doing that is illegal or unethical? That can make a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-20078064628110754952007-06-14T09:10:00.000-07:002007-06-14T09:10:00.000-07:00If I remember correctly, some time back, didn't An...If I remember correctly, some time back, didn't Ane charge alcohol on the District's credit card at a dinner event?<BR/>Granted, she paid it back, but not until she was caught!<BR/>If Ane is intelligent as she thinks she is, she knew quite well that she was not allowed to charged alcohol on a Distric's credit card!<BR/>Isn't it amazing how much Ane is getting away with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-37603811428628028972007-06-14T07:38:00.000-07:002007-06-14T07:38:00.000-07:00Oh..You can believe that Ane is intelligent! How e...Oh..You can believe that Ane is intelligent! How else do you think she can put incompetent people in higer management. By doing this, they can take the downfalls for her!<BR/>She tells them to do something which can be a bit shady, but then if the supervisor/manager implements it and gets in trouble for it, she claims she didn't tell them to do it that way! And of course, it's your word against hers!<BR/>What I don't understand is how people can get so money hungry that they will allow a dictator like Ane to control them and make them her little puppets! Unbelievable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-12355188558938727352007-06-13T12:48:00.000-07:002007-06-13T12:48:00.000-07:00In Ane's mind, she believes she is the most intell...In Ane's mind, she believes she is the most intelligent human on earth; is never at fault; is untouchable; is the most connected; and the most powerful. We have all heard stories of certain famous people that have gone down in history as being notorious. When comparing these individuals’ arrogant and tyrannical personalities to our GM, the characteristic similarities are astounding.<BR/><BR/>Too bad the EID Board could not foretell the future a little over five years ago before the Ane regime. At that time, EID constantly appeared in the Mountain Democrat as being run by a bunch of imbeciles. Now the paper pendulum has swung the opposite direction with very little to no public comment. This lack of publishing by the Demo continues to support Ane's knowledge and background of playing the news media, while helping her lead the Board members and their constituents on a personal guided tour through LALA Land at EID.<BR/><BR/>As long as the Board continues to support the GM situation, the EID core foundation will continue to crumble. What’s it going to take to bring the Board to its senses? Let’s get real! If the District ever gets the chance to reinstate itself as a real life organization run by real caring and dedicated people, the credibility cleanup will take years. Maybe this is what the Board is afraid of, or they just don’t want to take the time and deal with it during their terms. This would mean they’d have to get their hands dirty.<BR/><BR/>To the person that mentioned Ane's puppets, yes, she is a master at entertaining and performing, an expert in dog and pony shows, and using the magic of smoke and mirrors. Maybe she should apply as Ringmaster at Barnum & Bailey’s circus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-69820778889234891962007-06-13T11:14:00.000-07:002007-06-13T11:14:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148514016546362551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-90074010677697587152007-06-12T11:15:00.000-07:002007-06-12T11:15:00.000-07:00Remember our ex-Board members, Al Vargas and Dick ...Remember our ex-Board members, Al Vargas and Dick Akin? <BR/>Maybe we should elect them back into office? <BR/>At least they kept a watchful eye on Ane's wasted spending sprees!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-87098314246201310432007-06-12T10:59:00.000-07:002007-06-12T10:59:00.000-07:00The more I read this blog site, the more upset I g...The more I read this blog site, the more upset I get. How can the Board continue to allow such kaos to continue at EID?<BR/>I would assume the Board feels that this blog site is just a "few" disgrunteled employees venting thier frustrations...but..it's not! Take a honest look at what is happening at the District!<BR/>If any employee had done any of the top 10 reasons why Ane should get an award, they would have been either put on leave, or fired!<BR/>This behavior is unacceptable any longer!<BR/>Have you, the Board, even bothered to note just how many lawsuits the District has had between the employees and the District since Ane has been manager?<BR/>Just how much money (public funds) are you going to allow Ane to waste before anything is done to control her out of control kaos?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31030909.post-2280046548351873442007-06-12T10:27:00.000-07:002007-06-12T10:27:00.000-07:00Well, I for one will take your advice and begin to...Well, I for one will take your advice and begin to take more action!This is my first time posting but will not be my last.<BR/>Does anyone know if its true that they have paid substantial contracts with $49,999 checks to avoid revealing them to the board?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148514016546362551noreply@blogger.com