Saturday, August 21, 2010
Layoffs Of Political Appointees Begins
KENTUCKY...
Gov. Steve Beshear's administration has started laying off political appointees as part of a budget-balancing plan for Kentucky's government.
Beshear said Friday that the plan is to reduce non-merit personnel costs by $5 million.
The governor's spokesperson, Kerri Richardson, said layoff notices started going out Friday, but she did not know how many were delivered. She said the various state agencies were given targeted amounts in non-merit personnel reductions, and the agency heads were given the flexibility to decide how to make the cutbacks.
Beshear said in a statement that the cuts were unfortunate and were caused by the weak economy.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 5:56 PM 
