Today’s
Citizens Voice:
The
mayor said his staff continued "crunching numbers" throughout
Thursday to determine how many furloughs were necessary to plug a budget
shortfall. He would not provide an estimate of how many jobs are in jeopardy or
what departments would be affected.
"Right
now, there's not much to tell you," Leighton said outside City Hall on
Thursday. "We have an idea, but I don't have a number."
- Basically what the mayor is saying here is, we squandered the money on free gas, free security systems, $300 per hour do nothings, and now the employees who voted for him need to pay up.
"There's
no enjoyment out of this," Leighton said. "I've worked nine years
trying to avoid this."
- If that were even remotely true, your lordship, then why in those nine years would you fill your tank FREE, in your undershirt?
The
alternative to layoffs, Leighton said, was a 30-mill tax increase he included
in his proposed 2013 budget, a spending plan he said council is unlikely to
approve.
- So then this is all just a ruse to sell your tax hike?
Wake Up
Wilkes Barre
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