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• Mayor Sanders is Gunning for our Libraries – Again!

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 134
  Yes- it is “déjà vu all over again.” This time last year Mayor Sanders proposed closing 7 branch libraries, including Ocean Beach. Ocean Beach responded immediately. Ocean Beach responded unequivocally- DO NOT CLOSE OUR LIBRARY! A number of you were even willing to participate in non-violent civil disobedience ...
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• [Hoard! Hoard!] Gold Coin Shortage

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The United States Mint has a gold problem. As demand for precious metal in the futures indexes and in physical gold bullion coins increases as the dollar weakens, theres been a run on the Mint. Dont worry, theres no shortage of gold. Its just that the Mint doesnt have the resources to make it into coins due to ...
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• Third Strike and We’re Out: The Aftermath

  
  The Daily Clog — Authority: 507
  We promise this is the last post about last week’s strike, but it’s official: the strike has struck. Though not everyone just put down their picket sign and updated their Twitter after Friday’s events: *Forty-one students were arrested for trespassing. [ LA Times ] *Two students had a few fingers broken by a ...
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• New York Teacher

  
  Edwize — Authority: 422
  Highlights from the Nov. 26 issue of New York Teacher : At a time when workers’ benefits are eroding and becoming more costly nationwide, the UFT is enhancing the package of benefits offered by its Welfare Fund, UFT President Michael Mulgrew announced at the Nov. 18 Delegate Assembly. With state midyear ...
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• Kruger Slammed By City Papers

  
  Sheepshead Bites — Authority: 140
  In the 18th Century, Samuel Johnson said, “If you are idle, be not solitary” – and with those words, as if by magic, the New York State Senate was established; and a whole lot of otherwise idle men were grouped together, to be idle, but not solitary.With the state facing a $3.2 billion budget gap, [...]
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• Washington Post to close N.Y., L.A. and Chicago bureaus

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 800
  Filed under: Company News It is worth remembering that there was a time not too long ago when most large newspapers and news services got their stories about the federal government directly from their own Washington, D.C., bureaus. Some had bureaus in New York, London and elsewhere. But the era of the foreign ...
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• Medicaid: Struggling States Need More Help From the Feds

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 807
  Filed under: Health Care Tucked away in an inner passage of the 1,990-page health care bill passed by the House is a $23.5 billion holiday season gift to states to help them meet the growing costs of Medicaid, which provides medical coverage for the poor. This little-noticed provision is in reality a hidden federal ...
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• Washington Post Closing New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles Bureaus

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 799
  Wow. This is what budget cuts look like in the extreme. The Washington Post has just announced that it will be closing its news bureaus in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, to save costs. Yes, you read that right. Here is the memo sent out to staff ( via the Washington City Paper ): To the Staff: ...
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• With school budget cuts looming, a call for likely casualties

  
  GothamSchools Newsroom — Authority: 604
  City schools are staring down their fifth round of budget cuts in the last two years, and we want to know what’s on the line. Mayor Bloomberg has ordered the Department of Education to cut its budget by 1.5 percent for the current fiscal year and to schedule another 2.5 percent cut for the fiscal year that begins ...
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• Cancellation of Christmas not an option

  
  Home & living - home-living.marc8.com — Authority: 149
  Whats Christmas without a little fun, and whats Christmas without Santa Claus? Budget cuts in the city have caused downsizing, but the city is not canceling Christmas, thanks to downtown merchants and area businesses.
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• Social Security Agency To Investigate If California Is Illegally Denying Social Security Disability and SSI Claims

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 124
  California Disability Action Community Network,  November 23, 2009 Social Security Agency To Investigate If California Is Illegally Denying Social Security Disability and SSI Claims Social Security Commissioner Says Furloughs of Federally Funded State Employees In Dept. of Social Services Who Help In ...
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• U.S. Income Inequality Is Frightening–And Much Worse Than We Thought

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 124
  The Business Insider, September 30, 2009 U.S. Income Inequality Is Frightening–And Much Worse Than We Thought Posted using ShareThis The newest economic inequality numbers, which ran counter to the expectations of almost  all experts , are frightening. The Associated Press released an article titled,  US ...
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• Open Letter to Mayor Sanders from Friends of the OB Library

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 134
  The Honorable Mayor Jerry Sanders:The Friends of the Ocean Beach Library recently met and it was decided to write you about the impending budget situation, particularly as it might apply to our own Ocean Beach Library. We want to be involved in bringing possible ideas forward to you and the City. We wanted to share ...
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• City cuts encourage layoffs

  
  Queens Crap — Authority: 597
  From the NY Times : Even as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg says that he is trying to avert laying off city workers, his aides have quietly encouraged such job cuts through an internal budget maneuver, according to city documents and interviews with those who have viewed them. But the administration, which prides ...
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• Protests continue at UC campuses against higher costs

  
  Xatal — Authority: 119
  In light of the 32% increase in UC student fees , protests have erupted on at least four of the UC campuses. While these protests have been peaceful, they haven’t been without incident, and many students have been arrested for occupying buildings. Personally, I stand for those who protest, and I really hope all of ...
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• Why Are You Protesting? UCLA

  
  Chris's Blog Archives — Authority: 529
  View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video .
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• Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 177
  AP – At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter’s administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees. View original here:  (AP)"> ...
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• Up to the minute info on UC protests, facts and figures.

  
  Fred Klonsky's blog — Authority: 475
  If you are on Twitter (and if not, why not?), I find this to be a good source .
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• How big budget cuts screwed over the California university system

  
  ShortFormBlog — Authority: 570
  “Dismantling this institution, which is a huge economic driver for the state, is a stupendously stupid thing to do, but that’s the path the Legislature has embarked on. When you pull resources from an institution like this, faculty leave, the best grad students don’t come, and the discoveries go down.” ...
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• Reuters: State, local budget cuts a "time bomb" for U.S. jobs

  
  The Contemporary Conservative — Authority: 447
  From Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of U.S. jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spending on contracts and other business services, a think tank said on Thursday....State and local governments will have to raise ...
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