The state is going to slash and burn jobs over the next two years, under legislation to be considered next week. State government would be cut by $125 million over the next two years, but highway workers would be exempted from threats to their jobs, as would those with public safety gigs, such as cops or firefighters.
Oh, yeah. The first $300 million in federal stimulus money would go to highway projects.
So still no way to connect jobs to workers without cars, but plenty of cops to roust and bust them if they become homeless.
Or are they all supposed to find jobs as road builders?
Tags: Freeways, legislature, state budget
Not a whole lot of state firefighters (Zero), but it does give the Gov a warm fuzzy to say that. What he didn’t tell you was how much they’re going to have to cut shared revenue over the next two years which will force the elimination of local Firefighters and probably leave on the street Police positions unfilled. I do think the first $300M going to pavement is ridiculous. I would think staffing our Fire departments, funding transit, and maintaining libraries, instead of cutting them, would be considered more “shovel ready”.
I’m sure there are no state firefighters in Milwaukee, but up north it’s a different story. The DNR Forestry program is responsible for controlling wildfires in a large portion of Wisconsin.