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2009-10-20 Economy

Daley: City Managers To Take Nearly Five Weeks Off

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I note Daley's name is conspicuously absent.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2009-10-20 02:47|| 2009-10-20 02:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Round the ~~non-patronage~~ "non-union" jobless up and give them make-work gummit TSA jobs harassing travelers out at O'Hare Airport. That's what we do in Atlanta. Anyone traveling to Brazil for the Olympics could get extra harassment. It's the Chicago way!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-10-20 04:34|| 2009-10-20 04:34|| Front Page Top

#3 It's about a nine percent pay cut next year for top city officials, administrators and middle managers at City Hall -- including the mayor himself. That will cost about $8,100 for a boss who usually makes $90,000.

The mayor is taking a hit, too, Redneck Jim. But with a $550 million budget deficit, he is going to have to find more cuts than the $204 mil. listed in the article, plus cutting vacant jobs that aren't a running cost to the city at the moment anyway. Politics is suddenly becoming interesting in an entirely new way at the state and local level, witness all the unpaid leave being mandated around the country. I look forward to discovering whether things run better with less government, because that's effectively what's happening.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-10-20 14:08|| 2009-10-20 14:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's a novel idea: Cut the ~~union~~ patronage job pay and positions, too, and require them to actually WORK.

Never happen, of course. Sorry, Dr. Steve's wallet.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-10-20 21:13|| 2009-10-20 21:13|| Front Page Top

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