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Program lends hand in sump pump work
Aberdeen residents who need to install or improve a sump pump system have a choice of two programs -- one of them a grant, the other a loan -- to help pay for them. The sump pump work could be covered under a home rehab grant program offered by Homes...Tags: Employees, Career and Workplace, Politics, Government
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LETTER: Public Employee Bonuses Suspect
Regarding "Hartford City Council Votes To End Bonus Program" [April 23, CTNow]: No public employee should receive a bonus for doing the job expected of thim or her. Yes, I know the reason they are awarded is always for "exemplary" service, but has anybody...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Government, Politics
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...Tags: Andrew P Harris, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama
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Villaraigosa says city workers should pay more toward retirement
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that city employees should pay considerably more for their healthcare and retirement benefits to avoid “giant balloon payments” in coming years. Appearing on KTTV’s “Good...
Tags: Employees, Eric Garcetti, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Wendy Greuel
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Government workers should stop whining
As talk of the sequester ratchets upward in the ranks of government employees who might be affected ("Sequester furloughs begin for U.S. public defenders," April 4), here's a quick word of advice: Keep the whining to yourselves! While readers generally do...Tags: Civil and Public Service, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Politics
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Time for public employee unions to pick up the tab
For more than half of my 38 years in the news business, I've been a member of a union, though I'm not currently. And my late father was a proud Teamster for decades. So I appreciate the goods that unions deliver to nearly 15 million members in the...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Layoffs and Downsizing, Government, Politics
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Voice of the People, Apr. 28
Pension plan The Chicago Tribune was incorrect when it wrote that the pension plan proposed by state Reps. Tom Morrison, R-Palatine, and Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, lacked the support of a third lawmaker ("On the road to nowhere; Lawmakers, it's all about...Tags: Political Corruption, Pension and Welfare, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Chicago Tribune, Sports
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Even Steve Lopez wants unions to make concessions. You agree?
In his Wednesday column, Steve Lopez said it's time for public employee unions to make concessions. Lopez said he believes strongly in unions but the times require compromise: For more than half of my 38 years in the news business, I've been a member of...
Tags: Labor Markets, Government, Politics
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In final budget, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa calls for reversing cuts to city services
Ten weeks before he leaves office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday offered a $7.7-billion budget that would begin reversing years of cuts to basic city services such as tree trimming and sidewalk repairs while avoiding employee layoffs...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Villaraigosa seeks to restore services, kill raise for city workers
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled a $7.7-billion budget Monday that begins to restore funding for tree trimming, sidewalk repairs and other services, offering the most positive financial news for residents since the city was engulfed in a...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Garcetti opens 10-point lead over Greuel in L.A. mayoral race
Eric Garcetti has opened a commanding 10-point lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race over rival Wendy Greuel, whose dogged fight to win the backing of public employee unions appears to be undercutting her on her home turf in the San Fernando Valley,...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Maloy Moore, Voting, Polls
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Wendy Greuel's support of insiders runs counter to her outsider message
Since retooling her campaign message last month, mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel has gone on the offensive against City Hall, telling audiences that the place is mired in mediocrity and needs to "return to a time of strong leadership." "We must change...
Tags: Kevin James, Political Fundraising, Elections, Paul Koretz, Local Government
Apr 26, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 10, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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