Short on Funds, but Long on Pink Slips By JENNIFER MEDINA COSTA MESA, Calif. ? To solve a looming pension crisis and budget gap, city officials here said, they needed to take drastic action. And everyone agrees on one thing: they did.
Nearly half of this city?s workers were told late last week that, come September, they would probably be out of a job. Nearly every city department will be eliminated. More than a dozen tasks will be outsourced, including graffiti removal, firefighting, building maintenance and street cleaning. ^^^^^ CB: Given that private companies take a profit that isn't there with public services, does privatization save money for cities and states ? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
