Calif: Contractors Hired On State Furlough Days? (state doesn't know how many or at what cost)

Kadie

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Tue Jul-21-09 03:38 PM
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Calif: Contractors Hired On State Furlough Days? (state doesn't know how many or at what cost)

Edited on Tue Jul-21-09 03:39 PM by Kadie

Contractors are not to be brought in to cover furloughed workers, but....

Contractors Hired On State Furlough Days?

Some engineers are claiming the state of California has been bringing in contract employees to backfill on days when regular workers are furloughed to save money.

news video... (about 2 minutes)
http://www.kcra.com/video/20130955/index.html

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rucky

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Tue Jul-21-09 03:41 PM
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1. bathtub

Grover Norquist is reeling right now.

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supernova

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Tue Jul-21-09 03:43 PM
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2. Funny how no matter

how many people you lay off, there's still the same work to be done.

Crazy.

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Kadie

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Tue Jul-21-09 05:55 PM
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3. I'm sure that someday we will find out that those contract workers

cost the state more money than the furloughed workers would have.

Yep, the work still needs to be done.

**shakes head**

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