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Palm Beach County budget meeting fails to solve shortfall
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsMonday night???s kick-off to Palm Beach County???s summer-long budget fight failed to produce any solutions to the looming $45 million shortfall. County commissioners at their first budget public hearing balked at some of the proposed cuts, such as laying...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Property Tax, Job Layoffs, Rape, Career and Workplace
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Hyundai Job Loss-Protection Will Be No More
KickingTiresAs the economy has steadily improved, Hyundai no longer sees a need for its complementary job-insurance program, which is a part of the company???s Hyundai Assurance customer care. The program was launched in January 2009 when the recession started to.......Tags: Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance, Vehicles, Insurance
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Palm Beach County employee perks questioned
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners need to cut some of their employee perks to ease the looming budget crunch, according to county Clerk & Comptroller Sharon Bock. County commissioners are considering raising property tax rates for the third year in a......Tags: Property Tax, Employees, Chicago Hotels, Career and Workplace
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Palm Beach County government layoffs could be cut in half
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County may avoid nearly half of the 70 layoffs once proposed in a budget-cutting plan to head off a $40 million shortfall. The county???s budget plan previously called for laying off 70 people. All of those employees have......Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Employees, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace, Unemployment
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Dead animals a dead end for proposed Palm Beach County budget cut
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsKilling more dogs and cats turns out to be a conversation stopper for the Palm Beach County Commission. When county commissioners at Tuesday???s budget meeting were looking for ways to cut costs, one option included closing the county???s animal shelter.....Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Dog (animal), Cat (animal), Marathon, Palm Beach County Commission
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Palm Beach County trashes Solid Waste Authority salary increases
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsWorkers who toil atop Palm Beach County???s Trash Mountain can???t have a raise if most other county employees are going without a salary bump, county commissioners decided Wednesday. The Solid Waste Authority proposed a 3 percent salary increase for its....Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Employees, Labor Legislation, Wages and Pensions
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Palm Beach County clerk identifies $820,000 owed to county amid budget crunch
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsFinding $820,000 doesn???t hurt while trying to prove your financial worth to budget-cutting Florida lawmakers. Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller Sharon Bock on Thursday announced that her auditors identified more than $820,000 in assessments and...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Florida, Job Layoffs, Crime, Law and Justice
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Broward teachers brace for layoffs (again)
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs National Teacher Appreciation Week came to a close last Friday, rumors swirled through Broward schools that all first and second year teachers would soon be laid off. Turned out to be a premature alarm, but not necessarily a false......Tags: Job Layoffs, School Examinations, Education, Collective Contract, Interior Policy
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Where does Florida Lottery money go? A breakdown
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsWhere does Florida lottery education money go? That's the question I've heard most often in nine years as a news columnist ??? other than "do you miss sports?" Variations include: "How come schools are always crying about their budgets......Tags: Florida, Financial Aid, The Seminole Tribe, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Colleges and Universities
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Boca Raton activist Jack Furnari sees change in media affecting political campaigns
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe dramatic changes in the news media are having an effect on the way politics is practiced. It???s a profound change, said Jack Furnari of Boca Raton, a conservative activist who???s active in the Republican Party, serves as a political......Tags: Demonstration, Activism, Republican Party, Politics, Elections
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Broward budget cuts: Getting less for more
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsWith another round of budget cuts coming to Broward for the new fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, maybe it's time to come up with a new slogan for the county. Some suggestions: --Doing less, charging more. --The city never......Tags: Society, Human Interest, Government Debt
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Palm Beach County ponders another $6 million in last-minute budget cuts
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County budget planners on Thursday highlighted options for nearly $6 million in additional budget cuts, but recommended that the County Commission instead stick with plans to boost property tax rates 9 percent. The commission on Tuesday is...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Property Tax, State Budgets, Politics, Ric Bradshaw
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