Selectmen Candidates Q&A: The Firefighters Contract Dispute

Selectmen Candidates Q&A: The Firefighters Contract Dispute
Mary Ellen Fernald. The question I have if we are talking about the extensive use of overtime, then why are we not looking at the cost to benefit ratio for hiring more base firefighters versus the expenditure of the vast amount of overtime monies that … Read more on Patch.com

Welfare drug-testing bill headed to Gov. Brownback's desk
Lawmakers changed the bill so that if federal Medicaid and welfare funds don't cover the cost of treatment, the state would pick up the cost. But that idea was later removed. “You can't just have somebody go test, take away their … Common testing … Read more on Kansas City Star

Central View: Control towers: Sequestration strikes
According to a recent study by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the annual operating cost of a FAA "contract" tower is $ 1.5 million dollars less than the annual operating cost of a tower staffed with unionized government employees. For the most … Read more on Sky Hi Daily News