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  • Local Coast Guard families decry shutdown’s ‘slap in the face’as they borrow to pay bills

    01/01/2019 7:41:18 AM PST · by Vlad The Inhaler · 67 replies
    Tampa bay Times ^ | January 1, 2019 | Howard Altman
    With no end in sight for a 10-day-old government shutdown, Coast Guard helicopter mechanic Bradley Jones prepared for an overnight shift on New Year’s Eve worried that his family’s mounting bills won’t get paid. Like more than 1,100 other Coast Guard personnel living and working in the Tampa Bay area, Jones, 26, got a temporary reprieve when the Trump administration and the service branch came up with a reported $75 million to fund paychecks due Jan 1. But beyond that, there are no guarantees. And for a force whose motto is Semper Paratus — Latin for “always ready” — the...