Tuesday, March 17, 2009
News Lawmakers: More state furloughs, possibly layoffs in 2010 budget
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 3:57 PM
The AJC's James Salzer reports:
State agencies can expect more furloughs and possibly layoffs into the upcoming fiscal year, legislative leaders said Monday.House members will work this week to wrap up work on the spending plan for the year that starts July 1. The budget, which is expected to pass the Georgia House on Thursday, will continue major cutbacks for state agencies.
Lawmakers vowed that the budget would not contain the usual millions of dollars for local community assistance grants, commonly called “pork” at the Capitol.
“It would be irresponsible of us to put local assistance grants in when we’re asking people to make all these cuts,” said House Appropriations Chairman Ben Harbin (R-Evans). “In this kind of economic climate, it’s just not a high priority.”
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This is a travesty. The chronic corruption and mismanagement of State Govt has caused these massive cutbacks, layoffs, and furloughs! Of course, I'm just kidding. I just find it funny how people scrutinize their local politicians to a higher standard than state and federal
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The difference between these guys and Atlanta? State officials ass up more peoples lives and they do it with a bigger checkbook.
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