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New London Mayor Wants $10.10 Minimum Wage for City Workers [Connecticut Town w/SCOTUS Case]
NBC Connecticut ^ | 1/31/14

Posted on 02/05/2014 2:17:41 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

During the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced an executive order for federal contractors to pay employees at least $10.10 an hour. He also urged mayors, governors and state legislators to raise wages as well.

On Friday, New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio announced that he has proposed a minimum wage ordinance. He wants to raise the city’s minimum wage for municipal employees and contractors to $10.10.   “I believe New London should answer President Obama’s call to action,” Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said in a statement. 

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcconnecticut.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: development; incomeinequality; jobs; justinfinizio; liberalagenda; minimumwage; newlondon; obama; stupidity
You may remember New London as the winning party in the TERRIBLE Supreme Court decision known as "Kelo".

The Weekly Standard just published an article detailing how the city is STILL in a depression even after the city seized private property to give to the Big Pharma company Pfizer....which has since FLED the city.

Now the Rat mayor wants to increase costs to the decreasing tax base by raising wages....these people are economic ignoramuses.

1 posted on 02/05/2014 2:17:42 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Ironic that the mayor’s name is “Finizio”; sounds a lot like “finito”, the Italian word for “finished”.


2 posted on 02/05/2014 2:21:20 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: SoFloFreeper
“I believe New London should answer President Obama’s call to action,” Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said"

How generous he's offering to pay all those wages out of his own pocket. Wait, what ?

3 posted on 02/05/2014 2:37:32 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: SoFloFreeper

This is coming from the Mayor who can even afford to keep an adequate number of police officers on the city’s payroll.


4 posted on 02/05/2014 2:52:24 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: SoFloFreeper
“I believe New London should answer President Obama’s call to action,” Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said in a statement.

I believe the mayor is an idiot.

Now which of us is right?

5 posted on 02/05/2014 2:54:34 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: castlegreyskull

cannot afford**


6 posted on 02/05/2014 2:54:52 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: SoFloFreeper
On Friday, New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio announced that he has proposed a minimum wage ordinance. He wants to raise the city’s minimum wage for municipal employees and contractors to $10.10.

Wait ... the mayor wants to pass a law that requires the city to pay municipal employees $10.10 -- why doesn't the city just pay all municipal employees at least $10.10??? (In any case, $10.10 seems awfully low for a civil service employee in the northeast.)

7 posted on 02/05/2014 2:55:42 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: SoFloFreeper
The Kelo case didn't work out so well for New London:

‘Kelo’ Revisited

8 posted on 02/05/2014 3:34:46 AM PST by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Timber Rattler

Don’t worry, this time it’s different.


9 posted on 02/05/2014 3:41:07 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (In the long run, we are all dead.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

One of the wealthiest states in the Country (in fact number 1 a lot of years) and they only want to raise the minimum wage to 10.10…..greedy jerks. /sarc.


10 posted on 02/05/2014 4:06:55 AM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s easy to look good spending other people’s money.


11 posted on 02/05/2014 4:47:27 AM PST by Daveinyork (IER)
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To: SoFloFreeper

No use trying to reason with a democrat. Their “minds” don’t work like normal peoples minds.


12 posted on 02/05/2014 5:25:36 AM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: Olog-hai

Zippys call to action has prompted the mindless to respond in a positive way


13 posted on 02/05/2014 5:49:56 AM PST by ronnie raygun (zippy the a##clown sez..............................)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Earth to New London Mayor Daryl Finizio: The City of New London is BROKE! What good does raising the minimum wage for city workers do, dummy? You don't have the money for raises!!
14 posted on 02/05/2014 6:38:00 AM PST by MasterGunner01
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