http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2010/12/02/camden-city-council-approves-massive-police-and-fire-layoffs/
So how is your city doing?
Choices are going to have to be made people.
Get informed on the specifics of your city or county budget.
It would seem to me, that somewhere, something less dire than your police or fire department budgets could be cut.
Camden City Council, as expected, voted Thursday to lay off almost 400 workers, half of them police officers and firefighters, to bridge a $26.5 million deficit.
That’s about a quarter of the city’s entire work force.
Five members of City Council voted unanimously to approve the layoff plan — two other members were absent. The cuts take effect in mid-January.
Exactly how many city workers will be affected is still an open question, although nearly half the city’s police and a third of the firefighters are slated to go.
Karl Walco (right) is with the union that represents non-uniformed Camden city workers.
“If we agreed to everything that the city proposed in concessions, it would only have a minor impact on the number of layoffs
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Camden Closing Library System
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/local_news/new_jersey/camden-closing-library-system-20100806-apx
This is just plain wrong and needs to be addressed.
Do you think Bill Gates or Warren Buffet might consider this to be a worthy charity to give to? Or does their idea of giving to charity only have to do with 3rd world countries?
- New Jersey's most impoverished city will close all three branches of its public library at year's end unless a rescue can be pulled off,
Camden's library board says the libraries won't be able to afford to stay open past Dec. 31 because of budget cuts from the city government. The city had its subsidy from the state cut.
The library board president says the library system, which opened in 1904, is preparing to donate, sell or destroy its collections, including 187,000 books.
Board president Martin McKernan says keeping the books around would pose a fire hazard.
Camden's library system is not the only one having financial problems. Fourteen libraries in Queens cut weekend services earlier this year.
This is just plain wrong and needs to be addressed.
Do you think Bill Gates or Warren Buffet might consider this to be a worthy charity to give to? Or does their idea of giving to charity only have to do with 3rd world countries?
- New Jersey's most impoverished city will close all three branches of its public library at year's end unless a rescue can be pulled off,
Camden's library board says the libraries won't be able to afford to stay open past Dec. 31 because of budget cuts from the city government. The city had its subsidy from the state cut.
The library board president says the library system, which opened in 1904, is preparing to donate, sell or destroy its collections, including 187,000 books.
Board president Martin McKernan says keeping the books around would pose a fire hazard.
Camden's library system is not the only one having financial problems. Fourteen libraries in Queens cut weekend services earlier this year.
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