The Gov and his budget director announced some more details this morning about how they want to go about covering the looming budget gap. The short story: a 7 percent cut in agency funding on top of the 3+ percent cut already ordered. Also: a "hard hiring freeze" on state employees -- but no mention of job cuts. CapCon has more details.
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If you know you aren't getting the money in your accounts that you normally receive, you don't hand out more money! The Governor passes out 1/2 billion in grants since he was installed, and the recipients--who I'm SURE, all are VERY properly deserving recipients, but the State workers, who by the way, pay taxes too, have to suffer? How about eliminating some positions in our top heavy agencies and with the Governor's advisors? Most of the lower grade state workers are doing the bulk of the work (and still suffer from previous years "attrition elimination" doing more than one persons job, and also many make $45,000 or less. Morale hits bottom when they still expect everything to get done with even less people. Say it takes 10 people to do the job, that unit was already short 3 people (so you're working with only 7 instead of ten) they wouldn't let you have back for the last 5-10 years,but maybe the cuts mean you now do it with 4 people??????? Lets hit the one's at the top of the agencies, rather than the bottom! I don't think agencies need 2-4 deputy commissioners at $90,000 or more! It's not the services the State needs to cut back on, but the "oh you poor dear----here's 50 million" or whatever that needs to stop. Or the here you go here's a job for you ole' pal, bene's, special parking, special severance package, etc. Let's use a bit of integrity, hey what? (integrity--doing what's right-- not what will benefit only one person or interest group)
... said Working State on Jul 30, 2008 at 2:05 PM | link