Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty cut everyone's pay -- including his own -- on Friday, saying the state's sixth-largest city is broke because the City Council blocked his proposed tax increase. Doherty, a Democrat, warned nearly 400 police officers, firefighters and public works employees about his doomsday plan, prompting a Lackawanna County judge to order the city to pay full wages to all employees, citing that it is a violation of their contracts. Hours later, the payday envelopes went out, and, despite the judge's order, they were light.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Another One Bites the Dust: Scranton, PA -- Absolutely Nothing To Do With The Bakken -- Absolutely Nothing
I'm posting this story only because the article uses a word that I use as one of my headings.
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