Monroe County legislators have sure taken a pounding over the school nurse fiasco, and they probably deserve it. But those who accuse them of politicizing the problem miss the fact that it was — at birth — a political issue. When then-County Executive Jack Doyle announced late last year that he was slashing the […]
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Shut up and do something
Everybody is disgusted, outraged, disillusioned, and disappointed. Yet, funding for city school nurses still hasn’t been restored. Last week there were: two press conferences, an ugly Ways and Means committee meeting, a lawsuit, and a phone-a-thon — all about the nurses. Leaving city kids without school health care would be a travesty, everyone said. […]
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Seventy-seven pink slips
Feeling like a political pawn: Cris Zaffuto, acting president of CSEA Local 828, which represents all city school nurses and nurses’ aides. Christine Carrie Fien Seventy-seven pink slips by Christine Carrie Fien It’s about borrowing at a lower versus higher interest rate. It’s about pushing expenses into the future. It’s about 77 pink slips. […]
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Table scraps: odds and ends from the Monroe County budget talks
The 2004 Monroe County budget may or may not include big social service cuts. It may also include putting welfare on a charge-back system. Safety Net is a state program for people not eligible for the federal welfare program. The cost is split between the state and the county. One proposal floating around in the […]
