Wellington has improved things since then. We now have a specialist on in the evening but we still don't have one at night [overnight].

The whole day and evening at juvenile hall mimics what daily life is like in a normal family, what life should be like. Every one of these kids can be successful if the expectations are clear and they know you mean what you say. They need consistency and boundaries.

We are short-staffed now so any increase in load will make it worse.

Almost all of the city employees received a 1.5 percent increase this year, and to give any more to the appointees would be a slap in the face to the 6,000 employees.

We're kind of floating along, waiting to find out what happens next.

I think that what Capital and Coast is relying on is probably having someone on call rather than on duty. Unfortunately on call doesn't do the trick.