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Verdugo swimming pool is on its way
Recently there have been a number of letters regarding the closure of the Verdugo Park swimming pool (“There is no bonus to bonus payouts,” July 6). I thought it might be helpful to clarify the reason for this temporary closure. In recent...Tags: Elections, Labor Markets, Public Officials, Lifestyle and Leisure, Local Elections
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Approved union contract suspends bonus pay, keeps crossing guards
The City Council on Tuesday signed off on a three-year contract that suspends bonus pay and increases employee pension contributions for the city’s largest union — moves that will help the city keep school crossing guards on its payroll,...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Wages and Pensions, Employees, Unions, Retirement
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Burbank suspends bonus program
The Burbank City Council this week voted to suspend bonuses for city executives and mid-level managers, but gave City Manager Mike Flad the ability to bump their paid time off by an additional 25 hours, which could be cashed out for up to $2,800. The...Tags: Human Interest, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Wages and Pensions, Employees, Interior Policy
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Pensions pinch city purse
The rising costs of employee retirement benefits will force Burbank to spend $10.7-million more next fiscal year, bringing the total to $33.5 million, according to city records. The higher contribution to the California Public Employees’ Retirement...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Wages and Pensions, Budgets and Budgeting
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From the Bullpen: The most important sport of all
Forget basketball and hockey season, for tonight marks the beginning of the only real season that Burbankers should care about: election season. Tonight, the League of Women Voters Glendale/Burbank will be holding their candidate forum in the City Council...Tags: Elections, Federal Aviation Administration, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), High School Sports, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Burbank braces for cuts
Burbank and Glendale officials on Friday said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest proposals for closing a $19.1-billion state budget deficit could weigh down on the region and affect local residents. The governor proposed closing the gap with $12.4...Tags: State Budgets, Medical Services, Society, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), California
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Liu welcomes ideas at town hall
Community solutions posed Saturday to state Sen. Carol Liu about the state's budget crisis ranged from streamlining school administrators to allowing the production of hemp. The suggestions came during a town hall meeting at the Glendale Central Library...Tags: Laws, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Glendale (Los Angeles, California), California, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Unions fight movie piracy
Concern about movie piracy is shifting from black-market DVD copies made overseas to Internet users at home, and unions representing thousands of studio workers are pushing federal regulators to take a stronger stand.
Last week, attorneys for the...Tags: Kevin Costner, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Theft, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Piracy
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Corbett's public welfare chief disputes financial gains of Medicaid expansion
HARRISBURG — The Legislature's Independent Fiscal Office has been praised for its thorough, fair number-crunching and for being as nonpartisan as its name suggests since opening last year. But that pristine image may be tarnished now that the...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Interior Policy, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Health Insurance
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KidsPeace files for bankruptcy
Carrying $240 million in debt, Orefield-based KidsPeace filed for bankruptcy Tuesday. The move comes after years of struggles in which the organization that gives treatment to troubled and autistic children laid off workers and missed debt payments....
Tags: Job Layoffs, Economy, Business and Finance, Bethlehem Steel, Interior Policy, Bankruptcy
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Mayo: Would you be a contract prima donna or a pro?
Sun Sentinel ColumnistIf you had a contract that would pay you nine months salary if you left your job, and you were entering the final year of that contract and it was apparent your bosses wouldn't be giving you a new one, what would you do? 1. Cop a bad attitude, bolt...Tags: Interior Policy, Casino and Gambling, Coconut Creek, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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Editorial: Pass the Illinois House pension bill, not the weaker Senate bill
Dear John, We hope this note finds you and your Illinois Senate well. How fortunate that we can write a postscript to our "Dear President Cullerton," letter published Tuesday: We were relieved later in the day to finally see actuarial math attached to...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Interior Policy, Employees, Illinois General Assembly, Career and Workplace
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