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- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Sep 19, 2011
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Employees group: "This Commission should not be controlled by any mayor"
Attorney for city employees group says proposed civil service rule changes are an attempt to circumvent employee rights. Civil Service Commission appoints Kevin Wildes chairman.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Oct 17, 2011
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City employees group spokesman: "Sometimes you've got to get down. It's a fight."
Spokesman, attorney for the Concerned Classified City Employees group say Civil Service Commission violated Open Meetings Law. CSC held closed executive session to discuss complaint against Commissioner Dana Douglas.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 3, 2011
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City employees group claims Rev. Wildes is forbidden by Church from serving on Civil Service Commission
Employees group cites Canon Law forbidding clerics from holding political office.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 21, 2011
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Archdiocese says Wildes can serve on commission
Archdiocese of NO says prohibition on priests serving in public office does not apply to Loyola University president and Civil Service Commission Chair Kevin Wildes.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Sep 21, 2011
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Employees group files complaint against Civil Service Commissioner Dana Douglas
Group claims it was improperly interrupted at last commission meeting.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 23, 2012
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Civil Service Commission: Still no action on OIG access to confidential records
Any vote on the matter won't come up before March.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Apr 16, 2012
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Civil Service Commission delays decisions on new meeting rules, NOPD spokesperson
Due process question derails rules changes. For PIO change, NOPD faulted for not allowing adequate time. Both are delayed until May.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, May 21, 2012
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Civil Service meeting: NOPD loses request for full-time public information officer
Notes from the monthly Civil Service Commission meeting.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 21, 2011
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Civil Service Comm. delays vote on allowing OIG access to confidential personnel records
Employees unions, OIG to meet before next commission meeting to attempt to reach a compromise.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Sep 13, 2012
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Memo: City to present civil service revamp next month (UPDATED)
City hopes to implement new rules by January.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Sep 24, 2012
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City workers group to hold meeting on proposed changes to civil service
City plans a revamp of personnel policies and procedures.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Mar 19, 2012
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Civil Service Commission: Firefighters want official ruling ending Mardi Gras barricade duty
Nick Felton says barricade duty puts city's safety at risk. Also, new meeting procedures proposed for Commission.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Sep 25, 2012
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City workers group: "We're fighting for the very existence of civil service"
Concerned Classified City Employees group holds a strategy session to fight the city's plan to remake civil service.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Apr 13, 2012
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Proposed Civil Service Commission meeting rules: Who's allowed to speak?
"Representatives" allowed extended public comment time under proposed rules. But who or what counts as a representative?
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Nov 19, 2012
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Civil Service Commission: Employee group reps blast personnel overhaul plan
PANO's Eric Hessler says commissioners have been working too closely with the administration.
