This is exactly how we'd expect Rahm to operate:
- Given the dire budget situation the city faces, it will be somewhat of a miracle if there are no layoffs. I am surprised they even hired anyone for the new academy class about to start.
I wonder if they are being hired only to be laid off down the road as some kind of sacrifice. Do not underestimate their level of desperation. They know the gig is up and really bad times are coming for city workers.
maybe the thinking is if they layoff 50 cops to prove their new found financial prudence they can scam the public into some kind of tax increase.
Rahm is always thinking further down the road than most people give him credit for. It's what makes him overly dangerous to a short-sighted plan. The only thing that trips him up on occasion is his own short fuse. Whoever put this up in the comments section would be an equally dangerous foe to Rahm.
So is it possible? Some of our more senior readers will remember Harold Washington had layoff notices sent to an entire class of recruits - we have foggy memories of a graduation ceremony delayed for a short period of time before the Council forced the issue? Someone can refresh it for us. It isn't out of the realm of though.
So is it possible? Some of our more senior readers will remember Harold Washington had layoff notices sent to an entire class of recruits - we have foggy memories of a graduation ceremony delayed for a short period of time before the Council forced the issue? Someone can refresh it for us. It isn't out of the realm of though.