Posted on 05/09/2020 10:28:32 PM PDT by fluorescence
About 500 Dallas employees have been furloughed as the city continues to fight its coronavirus budget crunch, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and City Manager TC Broadnax announced Friday. The furloughs have been handed out across 10 departments, according to a letter from Broadnax to city employees.
"The city manager notified the City Council of his decision on the furloughs this morning. Although I knew such measures were likely, my heart continues to break at the news of more economic pain for people in our city," Johnson said in a statement Friday afternoon. "Further difficulties may still be ahead as we face historic budget shortfalls caused by COVID-19. But I want to assure City of Dallas employees and the people of Dallas that I will continue to advocate for equity and fairness as we seek federal assistance and work to reduce our expenses while maintaining as many key services as possible."
Broadnax expects a budget shortfall of $25 million during the current fiscal year, he said in the letter. Next year, the city manager expects a shortfall of between $73 and $134 million.
"This furlough does not impact essential workers or our ability to deliver core services to the residents of Dallas. Employees deemed non-essential currently approved for Telework will continue in that status until further notice. I know it is challenging and sincerely thank you for your continued professional and important work providing excellent service to Dallas residents," Broadnax wrote.
Affected employees will be furloughed from May 12 through July 31. They will remain on the city's health insurance plan.
The furloughs could be extended beyond July 31, according to a separate memo from Broadnax.
All furloughed employees will be eligible to receive federal unemployment benefits.
that’s nothing!
I had to stop buying potato chips!!
Well moron. Open up the economy. Demoncats are morons
Amazing the public service unions will allow politicians to lay off union members.
In my state/county, not a solitary public service employee is going without a paycheck due to Chinese virus shutdown.
One life is too much to lose. that’s what they say.
They MUST say that because theirs is an unrealistic and silly and dangerous way of thinking.
NO ONE should ever have to suffer or die or do without. Except conservatives.
And when those are you standards, you will fail every time.
Their ruling class card expired.
Might be the only fed/state/city employees laid off anywhere in the nation. It’s about time gubmint employees have some skin in the game. Plus, if they are “non-essential”, why are they here to start with? Why does the American taxpayer have to pay for “non-essential” employees anyhow? Don’t lay them off...fire their asses! And ever other “non-essential” leach on the dole!
Please tell me what government actually has done during this to make anything better? We can go local and national.
Here’s an easy solution to your problem.
Step 1: Ride the rails hobo-style to California.
Step 2: Steal $900 worth of potato chips. Remember, it’s California. You won’t be arrested.
Step 3: With your loot in hand, ride the rails back to New York.
Here I am, on the way home with $900 worth of California truffles.
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lol
What a coincidence.
For the first time in decades I watched a “little house on the prairie” episode and it was the one where 3 kids and charles ride the railroad hobo style so the dying kid can see the ocean.
But I just want the potato chips :)
Hey, if I still worked for Dallas PD I could still work from home! “Hey, all you lawbreakers!” I’d shout from my roof. “Stay six feet apart! And put on a damn mask!”
Are these people eventually going to be paid, or are they the first government “workers” who are without pay in the entire US?
ML/NJ
More and more people are noticing the truth that many government “workers” mainly collect a check and spend their time at work hassling taxpaying citizens one way or another (that is when they aren’t playing games or watching porn on the internet at “work”).
A good start.
The diversity bureaucracy should be purged from colleges, school districts and governments at all levels.
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