Comments on: Health department to close for 13 days for furloughs http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/05/health-department-to-close-for-13-days-for-furloughs/ Talking WA politics. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Sapphragette http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/05/health-department-to-close-for-13-days-for-furloughs/#comment-1661 Sapphragette Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:04:57 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=1374#comment-1661 And funnily enough Chen makes no mention of the fact that they laid off staff AFTER they got the Union to agree to these furloughs to prevent layoffs. So much for providing the "most public services" And funnily enough Chen makes no mention of the fact that they laid off staff AFTER they got the Union to agree to these furloughs to prevent layoffs.

So much for providing the “most public services”

]]> By: beaulen1 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/05/health-department-to-close-for-13-days-for-furloughs/#comment-1173 beaulen1 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:44:52 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=1374#comment-1173 I don't think they provide doctor care so much as they regulate restaurants, dumps and things like that. Does the constitution call for taxpayer provided clean places to eat? I don’t think they provide doctor care so much as they regulate restaurants, dumps and things like that. Does the constitution call for taxpayer provided clean places to eat?

]]> By: Drek2305 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/05/health-department-to-close-for-13-days-for-furloughs/#comment-1159 Drek2305 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:19:40 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=1374#comment-1159 The state constitution might not call for care but our moral responsibilities to the society that we create certainly do. The state constitution might not call for care but our moral responsibilities to the society that we create certainly do.

]]> By: crusader http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/2009/11/05/health-department-to-close-for-13-days-for-furloughs/#comment-1151 crusader Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:40:37 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/politics/?p=1374#comment-1151 Why not close permanently? The state constitution doesn't call for taxpayer provided care. Why not close permanently? The state constitution doesn’t call for taxpayer provided care.

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