Well it seems like once again our mayor has decided that Duluth does not need something. This time it is public safety. As he looks at laying off a whole shift of police and five fire fighters.
Here is part of the story from the Duluth News Tribune,http://duluthnews.com.
Nearly an entire shift of Duluth police officers and five firefighters could be out of jobs after Mayor Herb Bergson told his department leaders the city was laying off its probationary employees as a cost-saving measure.
Duluth Police Chief Roger Waller called the potential cutbacks "a devastating blow to public safety."
Bergson said the cutbacks would come from all city departments and could involve 25 to 30 employees. He said it's too early to calculate the savings of his plan to the city.
"I can say it's significant," he said. "I can say it's in the millions of dollars. The biggest savings, of course, is the commitment to retiree health care. The ironic thing is that it doesn't save anything today, but 30 years from now a mayor can look back and say, 'I'm glad that they did that' and be thankful."
This mayor is a joke, he does not seem to understand that Duluth has major crime problems that need to get worked out, before be come a St. Paul or Minneapolis. Duluth has the highest rate of crimes in city's or close to the same size. Yet the mayor is going to lay off police officers. It makes perfect sense does it not? Yeah right.
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