By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--November 10, 2010
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“If they go on strike, we want to make sure we have service,” he said. “The union will not put the government out of business.”AFSCME union members recently rejected the County’s contract offer of a three-year contract. Naturally, the reason these greedy union thugs wanted to strike is because the county offered a smaller package rather than all the perks and raises the unionistas wanted.
She said the contract offer was rejected because it only offers employees $1 an hour raises while increasing health insurance costs from $20 a month to $220 a month for family benefits.In the age of Obama when everyone else is losing jobs by the millions, it is galling that these union toughs want to force the taxpayers to award them ever higher and extravagant benefits and salaries. I like what Clausi said in reply to the attempted extortion by greedy union “negotiators.”
“The past board of commissioners gave away the kitchen sink to the unions,” Clausi said. “I prefer to lose an election before I give in to them.”Now, THAT is a county chief I could get behind.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.