Blue Byline » Tacoma police guild http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Raises amidst layoffs leave a sour taste http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/11/02/raises-amidst-layoffs-leave-a-sour-taste/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/11/02/raises-amidst-layoffs-leave-a-sour-taste/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:57:06 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=1040 By the end of 2008 most Americans recognized that our country was in real financial trouble. In the ensuing months we watched as the politics and corporate greed led to runaway unemployment, a huge bank bailout and a growing unrest culminating in the current Occupy Wall Street movement.

Meanwhile, back in Tacoma, we should all be pleased to hear that the implosion of our national and state economy over the last three years has yet to trickle down to the coffers of the City of Destiny.

As crazy and sarcastic as that sounds, that seems to represent the reality for …

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