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| Judge Says Schwarzenegger Can Furlough 200,000 Workers |
| 2009-01-29 |
| A judge has sided with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his bid to save money by forcing state workers to take days off without pay. The furloughs; two days a month; are scheduled to start next week. Two state employee unions had challenged Schwarzenegger's executive order, saying he did not have authority to order furloughs. A Sacramento County Superior Court judge disagreed. He also cited the state's financial condition. California will be forced to make billions of dollars in cuts to close a deficit projected to hit $42 billion through June 2010. In his temporary order Thursday, Judge Patrick Marlette said: "The current circumstances constitute an emergency." |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 Here's an idea... Require proof of citizenship or legal residency to attend school or get all-but-critical medical care? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-01-29 22:10 |
| #4 CHINESE MIL FORUM > MEXICO DERAILING INTO ETERNAL CHAOS: THE PARAMILITARY GROUP ZETAS [ex-Mahican ABN, other Mil Elites turned TECHY Drug Criminals + Guns-for-Hire] LOCKING IN THE US BORDER PATROL, DHS!? Mexi Gang ZETAS + armed aligned are giving MEXICO a run for its running, and may yet succeed in rendering the USBorderPat + USDHS, ETC. WHOLLY INEFFECTIVE OR INCOMPETENT IN STOPPING CROSS-BORDER CRIME OPS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, AND MILITANCIES FROM ENTERING THE USA. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-29 21:55 |
| #3 It's kind of like saving paper by printing on both sides of the sheet. I kept a souvenir when the Army was doing that in 1976. One the second printing was the schedule for the July 4th activities, on the original side was the final determination and signature by the Commanding General of some poor troop's Courts Martial. I called the distribution center about it who tried desperately to police up the copies they'd already sent out. :) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-29 17:22 |
| #2 Well, no one will cut any of their precious programs, so they gotta start somewhere. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-01-29 17:16 |
| #1 Your talking less than 6% of the state's deficit will be 'recovered' by this method (basing on about $65/hr employee cost - seems high, but figuring govt. pensions and such). It's kind of like saving paper by printing on both sides of the sheet. It looks like you're actually doing something to save money without really solving the true problem (like printing way too much unnecessary reports, memos and such). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2009-01-29 17:08 |