Mayor of New Orleans Announces Layoffs (3000)

AP ^ | 10/4/2005 | AMY FORLITI

[Nice50BMG]

How many of the layoffs will have had actual people who held the jobs?

[msnimje]

[packrat35]

Robert Warner, 51, of New Orleans said he and others have struggled to get private housing set up through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"We've been mired in the bureaucratic red tape since Day One," he said.

I see they had to fit that little tidbit in at the end even though it has nothing to do with the rest of the article.

[Patrick1]

It's a shame that it took a hurricane to get New Orleans to downsize its welfare state.

[bulldog905]

I have a suggestion.

Lay off the ENTIRE affirmative-action police force, hire back the qualified, and recruit new officers.(On merit, not race).

Even before the 'cane there wasn't a more poorly trained, corrupt, incompetent police force in the United States.

It was only possible at times to distinguish between the looters and the police, because of the uniforms that the police were wearing.

[plain talk]

I'm surprised Nagin isn't asking for us to foot the bill to put all these workers up in Vegas indefinitely.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Mayor Ray will be laid off come the next election.

[RegulatorCountry]

"My guess is, they never existed."

My thoughts exactly.

Not hearing much about the known payroll fraud in the police force lately, are we?

[kinghorse]

Mine too.

[dangus]

>> How many of the layoffs will have had actual people who held the jobs? <<

:^D My first thought: Well, 7000 cops didn't exist. And how many other government workers have no intention of returning to the state. So by laying them off, they are owed continuation of benefits, unemployment compensation, and other benefits they would not receive if they simply quit because they didn't want to move back to New Orleans.

So while Nagin cries crocodile tears for his action, he is actually giving his "victims" a large benefit. And possibly corruptly so.

[prion]

Effective immediately: all nonexistent employees are terminated. Now run, before the federal probe gets here...

[Doogle]

..."yes Mrs. Nessbaum, right here in this satchel is a black and white kitty with a red bow attached....just give me a few hundred dollars so I can help the other poor homeless kitties"


(seeing the ever knowing stare at the camera look from Lou Costello as he figures out the scam)

Doogle

[crazyhorse691]

I just love government accounting principles; lay off 50% of your workforce yields savings of 25-40%. Means that the secretaries to each minor level manager will have to get their own coffee.

[JamminJAY]

My guess is, they never existed.

This is my bet also.

[Horatio Gates]

hope they lay off those cops who ran away from their duty

No, they should be outright terminated.

[JJR RNCH]

Bush's fault.

[RWCon]

**Mayor Ray will be laid off come the next election.**

Won't make any difference. They"ll just elect another
deadhead.

[Mrs. Shawnlaw]

He could just fire them and pawn them off on to the feds to pay their unemployment. He's put everything else off on the feds.