Letter Writer Questions Need For State Employee Wage Cuts If New Money Was Found For State Colleges

"What in the world were the budget writers thinking of? They were certainly not thinking about the dedicated employees of the state of Vermont. The union’s agreement to the reduction in pay came only after a great deal of arm twisting. Come to find out it was actually nothing but a shake down of the Vermont State Employees by the Douglas/Dubie administration with the approval of the Legislature to obtain money they did not need."