On June 4th, 2008 at 10:07 pm, mistressjustice said:

I don’t know if you appreciate the magnitude of what the reduction of State jobs means. It’s also not so easy to figure out a brand new skill or profession after what sometimes amounts to a decade or more on the state roll.

I do appreciate it. Hence my saying that I gleefully welcome the day it happens. As to your second point, boo freaking hoo. I work with a lot of state employees and they are about as useful, skillful, and intelligent as a hemorrhoid, which is what they are.

Exactly how many jobs are there in the private sector that can play a living wage in line to the accustomed standards of living?

More boo freaking hoo class warfare garbage. Some times people have to tighten their belt and adjust their “accustomed standards of living” to reflect their actual income and their new circumstances. It’s called welcome to grown ups.

More on point, the reduction of state jobs in Florida is going to hit the court system. If you think I’m lying pick up some copies of the past dozen or so Florida Bar News. The reduction of court staff and clerk staff will have a direct effect on our criminal justice system here. Already, funds are drying up for paid court experts which will undoubtably cause cases to get reversed on appeal if they proceed forward without them. Less courtroom and clerk staff means judges are streamlining there dockets and “moving cases along” with extremely favorable plea offers. That’s fine with me in some instances, but probably not too cool for some of the law and order minded folks out there. I don’t have to tell you how more criminals on the streets will affect people. I can only speak from the legal perspective, and I’m sure others can speak of how it the Florida budget crisis affects what they deal with. Again, if you don’t believe me look it all up.
It’s not so cut and dry as to say, yeah go ahead eliminate the jobs. There is a cause and effect relationship going on here.

Did I mention “gleeful”?