"Officials fret that taxpayers will look askance on any giveaways to business that don’t yield a clear benefit, at a time when governments are paring services to save money. ‘We want to challenge this stuff before the public does. The political environment now is that you have to,’ says John Garcia, director of economic development in Albuquerque, N.M."
VSEA Retiree Chapter member Ruth Leithead has compiled VSEA member/staff recipes into a handsome book! Proceeds from each cookbook’s sale will benefit the union’s Member Support Fund.
84 pages of mouthwatering goodness!
To order, contact Ruthie at rleithead@comcast.net, or by phone at 635-9282.
“It’s been so bad the last 12 to 15 weeks,” [VSEA Member Kris] Martin said in an interview this month. “Morale is so low right now.”
Worst governor in terms of treatment of public employees.
"The minimum wage in Maine is $7.50 an hour, and there is no training or subminimum wage for students. But under a new piece of legislation introduced in the state’s House of Representatives, employers would be able to pay anyone under the age of 20 as little as $5.25 an hour for their first 180 days on the job."
Sadly, it’s not just in Maine. Race to the bottom continues…