So far, they've not docked anything.
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>Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 06:26:41 -0400
>From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: A Small Update
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Your legislators are getting raises? Man, if they tried to ram that one
>through here right now, we'd have rioting in the streets. Our governor has
>just mandated a decrease in all state employees' pay.
>
>Mike is in a better position than I to tell about services here in NC.
>
>Kat
>
>On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Kat, as you may be aware, Calif is facing major budget woes. our gov'nor
>> had said that if we got the 10 billion from the feds, that he wouldn't cut
>> us back so much. But, I think the fed is giving our state the money, but not
>> all at once. so, if our special election this month does not help, here is
>> what happens; already in the month of may, SSI got cut by $35.00. Medi-cal
>> (medicaid) stops paying for nearly everything! dental, podiatry, hearing
>> aids, OT PT.
>>
>> The State will cut back what it contributes to our in-home services, and
>> pay 8.00 per hour, the counties will be deciding if they can even afford it,
>> but in any case, their health insurance benies will probably go. There are
>> many disabled who simply may end up in nursing homes...
>> IHSS will be trying to cut stuff like meal prep, meal clean up, and god
>> knows what else.
>>
>> the regional centers are being asked to cut administrative cost 3 percent,
>> as well as 3 percent cut back on what they pay supported living /
>> independent living agencies like the one that supports me. so my agency is
>> doing all it can to avoid big cuts, but not sure how they can avoid it. For
>> instance, no more raises, no more reimbursement for eating out with the
>> consumers, the directors are taking pay cuts.......... it's bad, but will
>> get worse if the economy doesn't get better soon. What really gets me is
>> our legislators and all their aides are getting a 5 percent RAISE! So,
>> Some of us are looking at doing civil disobediance in SACTO, to bring
>> attention to the very real issues that will happen if all these cuts go into
>> effect!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tamar
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Tamar Mag Raine, Commissioner,
>>
>> Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with Disabilities
>>
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.zazzle.com/TamarMag*
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>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Monday, May 4, 2009 6:46:10 PM
>> Subject: A Small Update
>>
>> I've been awfully quiet - my apologies. The main reason is obviously it's
>> not election time and we don't have much spark for debate right now.
>>
>> But seriously, I have been in a transition - I have been working through
>> two
>> layoffs this past year - one of 600 people locally and the latest 500
>> people
>> locally, big numbers for a city of the size of 130,000. These were a major
>> part of our global restructuring plan and unfortunately a big effect has
>> been that it's impacted many people I've come to know over the past 20-plus
>> years. It's all been very sad. Also, this has meant that I have been
>> working in helping update our HR database and taking over someone else's
>> job
>> (she was laid off 3 weeks ago). It's no comfort to know that our
>> coworkers
>> in other countries are going through the same things we are.
>>
>> How am I coping? Reading and music and just sleepng on weekends when I
>> can. Indian movies are the perfect escape, with the music and dancing, as
>> Beth knows. ;)
>>
>> So hopefully the worse is behind us and maybe I'll have more time for
>> discussions, eh?
>>
>> One thing I've been thinking of is how have you who deal with social
>> service
>> agencies been faring? Are you having to deal with cutbacks in services,
>> poor customer relations, etc?
>>
>> Kat
>>
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