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Palm Beach County trashes Solid Waste Authority salary increases
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsWorkers who toil atop Palm Beach County???s Trash Mountain can???t have a raise if most other county employees are going without a salary bump, county commissioners decided Wednesday. The Solid Waste Authority proposed a 3 percent salary increase for its....Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Legislation, Local Government, Employees
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Ted Deutch 'sounds alarm' over Social Security part of Obama tax deal with Republicans
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsU.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, is concerned about the provision of the deal President Barack Obama worked out with Republican congressional leaders that would temporarily cut Social Security taxes. In a statement Wednesday, Deutch said he is sounding...Tags: State Budgets, Health, Career and Workplace, Government Debt, Social Security
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Social Security payroll tax cut sends wrong message
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs President Obama said the other day, there's something for everyone to dislike in the tax/unemployment compromise that's been hashed out in Washington. That's usually the sign of a good compromise. But in this case, there are a number of......Tags: State Budgets, Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Social Security, Washington (U.S. state)
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More thoughts on Marlins finances
The Business of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsDocuments detailing the finances of the Florida Marlins??? and a handful of other Major League Baseball teams (reported by Deadspin.com), of course, reveal details we???ve never seen, but the team???s reaction to them is perhaps most surprising. Of...Tags: Television, Jeffrey Loria, Major League Baseball, Career and Workplace, Radio
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Miami-Dade County Mayor: Marlins ballpark contract won't be reopened
The Business of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsIt didn???t take long for Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez to respond to County Commissioner Rebeca Sosa???s request to see if the agreement to finance the Florida Marlins' new ballpark could be altered. On Friday, Alvarez issued a carefully worded....Tags: Career and Workplace, Finance, Contracts, Miami-Dade County, David Samson
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Miami Dolphins: NFL's biggest loser, Forbes says
The Business of Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsThe value of the Miami Dolphins has remained a steady $1 billion, but the team jumped up to 16th from 18th last year, according to Forbes??? annual list of NFL team values. The Dallas Cowboys and their grand new football......Tags: Career and Workplace, Football, Dallas Cowboys, National Football League, Detroit Lions
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On defense, Dems push Social Security
The Swampby Mike Memoli The first television ad of the cycle from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee signaled what the party hopes can be a life-preserver of an issue this year: Social Security. It's an offensive that President Obama himself led......Tags: Elections, Health, Career and Workplace, Paul Ryan, Social Security
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Sheriff Lamberti on jail deputy demotions: A job is better than no job
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsThe worst thing that a worker could hear is: You're fired. I imagine the second-worst thing is what 247 Broward Sheriff's jail deputies have been told: Take a 25 percent pay cut or you're fired. "It bothers me -- nobody......Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Collective Contract, Crime, Law and Justice, Ken Jenne
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Seniors, teachers -- No raise for you!
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsBroward County teachers and the nation's Social Security recipients have something unhappy in common -- no raises for the upcoming year. To which I say: Welcome to my world. Those of us in the private sector -- especially the wheezing......Tags: Elections, Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Health, Social Security
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Considering Nissan Leaf or Chevy Volt? Leasing May Make More Sense
KickingTiresIn the next two months the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt will officially go on sale, both with $7,500 in federal tax credits that have been heavily advertised and marketed to potential buyers. However, that $7,500 isn???t going to be......Tags: State Budgets, Internal Revenue Service, Career and Workplace, Passenger Cars, Credit and Debt
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Police pensions strike a nerve
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHell hath no fury like a police union scorned. Just ask Hollywood commissioner Beam Furr. Or Fort Lauderdale city manager George Gretsas. Both have been in the hot seat after angering police in contract negotiations. Both have tried to take......Tags: Pembroke Pines, Public Employees, Career and Workplace, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama gets economic tour underway
The Swampby John McCormick RALEIGH, N.C. - The general election presidential campaign debate over pocketbook issues got underway in earnest today, as Sen. Barack Obama's economic policy team teed-up a speech he is about to give here. (The speech, as prepared......Tags: Career and Workplace, Government, Indiana, Crime, Law and Justice, North Carolina
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