[roadcat]

The union that represents public sector workers will stress that without more funding, its members will be laid off or furloughed and

That's not a bad thing! It's a plus. Get rid of excess useless public sector workers, and trim budgets. Why are they still being paid?

[Keyhopper]

I worked for a city for 15 years and can tell you there are people on the payroll that we didn’t know what they did. The administrator that oversaw my guys had a degree in hospitality and did know anything about water distribution.