Posted on 06/19/2010 8:25:24 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Was this 'Furlough Friday' California's last, or will there be more?
By Jon Ortiz and Jim Wasserman
jortiz@sacbee.com
Published: Saturday, Jun. 19, 2010 - 12:00 am | Page 1A
State workers took their 46th unpaid day off on Friday. It was supposed to be their last. Now they're wondering: Will Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger order more?
Maybe.
"As long as we're in a fiscal emergency, the governor will exercise whatever authority he has to run state government and pay the bills," said Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear.
The state's budget mess clouds whether more than 200,000 state workers – nearly half of them in the Sacramento area – will work a full July schedule. Schwarzenegger has said he wants June to be the last time that government shuts down the first three Fridays of each month.
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Can someone pay me in Cali Pesos and Cali bonds? I need a new wallpaper design in my office.
‘Furlough Friday’s gonna be the new normal...
Furlough September may be coming.
Time for Fire Friday.
Too many state-drones being employed in California. Not enough worker bees. No more honey for the masses.
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