Gov. Christie says N.J. to shed at least 1,200 public employees by next year

Statehouse Bureau via NJ.com ^ | 11/3/2010 | Chris Megerian

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TRENTON — State government is on track to shed at least 1,200 jobs in January, Gov. Chris Christie said today.

"Whether it will grow beyond that, I don't know," he said at a Statehouse press conference. "That's very much going to be dependent on what the revenue outlook looks like for the state."

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Christie's budget proposal, unveiled in March, called for cutting 1,300 state workers, including union and nonunion employees. He said the cuts would save $8.8 million.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

The DMV in New Jersey has been privatized. This happened years ago.

[TigersEye]

Christie still making the hard choices in NJ.

[MasterGunner01]

Not enough. Should be 120,000 NJ state employees.

[3niner]

...called for cutting 1,300 state workers, including union and nonunion employees. He said the cuts would save $8.8 million.

It should save a lot more than that. That works out to less than $7,000 per person.

[pandoraou812]

Yes he is. I think we have some workers who don’t have any real jobs to say & if he can get rid of them that would be great.