[Jim from C-Town]

If It was $3.25 an hour: the tax payers would finally get their monies worth!

[BobL]

Don’t know, but it sounds like a stunt. Once the tax money comes in, they’ll pay them back.

[Jim from C-Town]

If It was $3.25 an hour: the tax payers would finally get their monies worth!

[Vigilanteman]

IF Pennsylvania was a person, Philadelphia would be the anal orifice and Scranton would be the armpit. This is the hometown of Bob Casey, Jr., BO's very own rubber stamp.

Allentown, located in the same general region of the state, and hometown of our other U.S. Senator, Pat Toomey, has a similar industrial history to Scranton but does not elect many Democrat politicians.

I suppose it is just a coincidence that Allentown is a well-governed and fiscally sound community.

[SueRae]

Interesting...moreso because he’s a Democrat. And Scranton is Casey Country. I wonder if Tom Smith (R candidate for Senate) will pay a visit..

[Oldeconomybuyer]

You can’t get blood out of a turnip. Without a court injunction.

[camle]

when re they gonna cut their welfare benefits?

[Repeal The 17th]

A quick internet search shows that Christopher Doherty is a democrat who loves trees and hates babies.

[bill1952]

Basically, they will never get it until they are strung up and hanged.
The city is out of MONEY. What is a judge going to do?
Conjure it up?
Raising taxes won’t increase revenue for more than a nanosecond.

[who knows what evil?]

"Don't know how I'm going to pay bills at home. I may be able to stave it off for a little while," Judge says. "[The] kids aren't going to be able to do certain activities this summer — maybe we're not going to be able to go on vacation."

Join the club, you whining son of a...

[SandRat]

Hey! Scranton public employees!

Deal with it!

The City is broke!

Any Union contract is worth nothing more used toilet paper.

Be happy you're getting the money you are and even the mayor is getting the same amount.

[Popman]

I wonder how many public union employee were laid off to try meet the budget shortfall.....my guess none...

[gusopol3]

They should jump over into the privare sector, it’s doing fine, according to Joe Weisenrthal as well as BO.

[RC2]

Los Angeles and San Francisco should do the same thing.

[mrsmith]

Columnist with a little more about the city’s current budget plans:
http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/editorials-columns/christopher-j-kelly/kelly-column-stay-tuned-for-absurdity-disaster-in-scranton-1.1340584
“... the city doesn’t own its stormwater management system and never did. This matters because selling it to the Scranton Sewer Authority for $5 million was a central component of Mayor Chris Doherty’s financial recovery plan. He apparently did not know that the SSA owns the system, making it a tough sell, even for a salesman as slick as Mr. Doherty.

The city council “supermajority” led by President Janet Evans was apparently as clueless as the administration. The impossible sale of an asset the city doesn’t own was the lone element of Mr. Doherty’s plan that Mrs. Evans and Co. supported.”

[wideminded]

Maybe Scranton would do better if they changed the name of the city.

[tbd108]

You are far too generous. If you were the mayor I recommend that you were fired! $3.25 per hour? How about they start paying back years of bloodsucking the taxpayers (as in negative pay)?

[nascarnation]

Well I’ve predicted that CA, IL, and NY will get federally guaranteed state bonds courtesy of Baraq.

Maybe need to add PA to the list?

[peggybac]

Hope Dunder Mifflin doesn't go under!!

[Delta 21]

Why should any public employee outside of the Dept of Defense get anything more? Its just the government.