http://www.memphisflyer.com/NewsBlog/archives/2011/06/30/city-to-layoff-125-employees-on-friday Comments On: City to Layoff 125 Employees on Friday by Bianca Phillips en-us Copyright 2013 Memphis Flyer. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Memphis Flyer readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Memphis Flyer. wil@desert.net (Memphis Flyer Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by JB]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:37:31 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Marty, you know very well that the reason you are asked to pay such "onerous" taxes is that the lily livered, chicken shits that ran away from Memphis have been pulling the puppet strings of city government from afar to make you and I subsidize their flight to browner fields elsewhere.
Posted by sbanbury]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:50:21 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Brad, that's why I run around speaking in rhythmic streams of consciousness ;-)

Posted by sbanbury]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:47:44 -0500 Memphis Flyer Tho...i do not trust or like how the administration handled those terminations either...I never said that we can't let anyone go.
Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:53:58 -0500 Memphis Flyer I don't want my taxes to go up either. I just refuse accept that the quality services that are crucial to my city, and the jobs of my friends, are going to be thrown away because big business wants even more profits.
Posted by Jeffrey Lichtenstein]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:47:57 -0500 Memphis Flyer
"As we all know, patronage runs rampant in this city and manifests itself in the employment and appointment of friends, relatives and other cronies of the people in power to occasionally cushy city positions. There's a lot of featherbedding going on here, and a lot of folks who think their city jobs are a sinecure."

Do you honestly think those are the folks being fired?
Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:29:44 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Spending always out-paces inflation in a recession (and yes, with nearly 10% unemployment nationally, we are still in recession). Housing and manufactured goods prices are down (so core inflation is too), while the number of people requiring services is way up.
Posted by Jeffrey Lichtenstein]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:27:36 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by M_Awesomeberg]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:18:06 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:01:12 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Posted by Anonymous123]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:45:49 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:02:46 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:51:13 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by sbanbury]]> Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:19:24 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:52:16 -0500 Memphis Flyer Get a job...
Posted by barf]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:12:00 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:54:37 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by LeftWingCracker]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:46:48 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:30:52 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by M_Awesomeberg]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:03:56 -0500 Memphis Flyer
Last night, Memphis Mayor AC Wharton expressed that he felt the pain of the many lower paid city workers who are NOW being asked to accept a 4.6% cut in their salaries in the coming year.

The Mayor explains that these cuts will be done in lieu of the 12 holiday furlough passed by the Memphis City Council as a sort of humanitarian gesture to avoid hurting worker families during the holiday season.


http://www.wreg.com/news/wreg-salary-cuts-…

There's just one problem with this story.....it's all spin. Here is the truth...
Back on Jun 21st, the Mayor presented his revised budget to the Members of the Memphis City Council...among other things was a vote to furlough 12 holidays.
Posted by Brad Watkins]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:32:19 -0500 Memphis Flyer