by InToWishin » Fri 19 Dec 2008, 10:13:44
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Kaine proposes taking a scalpel to state budgetThe governor suggested cutting funding for schools, health care and public safety, and his plan to double the cigarette tax was questioned by some lawmakers.
By Michael Sluss and Mason Adams
The Roanoke Times
Friday, December 19, 2008
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The plan Kaine submitted Tuesday calls for the elimination of 1,500 government jobs, including 1,100 layoffs; the elimination of pay raises for state employees and public schoolteachers; cuts to the Medicaid program; and further cuts to public colleges. Kaine noted that the Virginia Department of Transportation is expected to cut about 1,000 more jobs through retirements, attrition and restructuring.
The layoffs include 570 that Kaine announced in October. Many of the additional layoffs announced Wednesday are tied to closing or restructuring of mental health facilities, including 100 from the closure of a mental health treatment center in Staunton and 28 from the closure of an adolescent unit in Marion.
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emphasis mine
When you fire 570 people that makes an organization smaller, right?
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')u][url=http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/12/22/story14.html?b=1229922000^1750323]Federal government lays off 1,500 in D.C.[/url]
Washington Business Journal - by Melissa Castro Staff Reporter
Friday, December 19, 2008
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Although not required to by law, the feds reported about 1,500 people will be laid off, including 500 from the Executive Office of the President and 456 from the House of Representatives.
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