When is a hiring freeze not an issue...
When your related to someone in Cook County government.
For the last 18 months, do to extreme budget constrants, Cook County has been under a hiring freeze. Even with this drastic measure the county is looking into raising property taxes, hotel and taxi taxes and a variety of other fees to keep the wheels of government moving.
But yet it come as no suprise that over 2,700 new people have been added to the county payroll. It comes as even less of a suprise that so many of these people are connected in the great Chicago tradition. Click here for story.
For the last 18 months, do to extreme budget constrants, Cook County has been under a hiring freeze. Even with this drastic measure the county is looking into raising property taxes, hotel and taxi taxes and a variety of other fees to keep the wheels of government moving.
But yet it come as no suprise that over 2,700 new people have been added to the county payroll. It comes as even less of a suprise that so many of these people are connected in the great Chicago tradition. Click here for story.
posted by Peter Young @ 1:30 PM
2 Comments:
At 5:13 PM,
Philip Young said…
This is perfect, Pete. You just need to get a job on the cook county payroll. Then you get get me a really nice cushy high-paying job where I can sit around all day and do nothing for lots of money. Perfect plan.
At 9:39 AM,
Peter Young said…
It would be better if I became the President of Cicero. He now has twenty relatives working in city government.
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