I'll bet the Mayor is sorry now
As news is slowly creeping out that the City has begun laying off employee's. I hear tell it's two DPW workers. I wonder if there will be any high paying employee's or any division heads who will have their salaries cut by 10 or 20 percent. Meanwhile, the highest paid employee's (cops) will continue to take every advantage of the city.
But this post is about the tax and host community revenue that we are not getting, thanks to, among others, Gov Charlie Baker, the Mayor's marijuana swat team, Dennis Giombetti's Marijuana Task Force and the gutless city council who just brushed off the entire industry coming to Framingham.
Mass Live did a comprehensive piece on how much the State and the Cities are loosing because of Baker's non-essential status pot shops fall under.
https://www.masslive.com/marijuana/2020/05/with-no-recreational-marijuana-sales-during-coronavirus-pandemic-and-thousands-more-medical-patients-state-and-municipalities-to-see-impact-on-tax-revenue.html
Mayors from Amesbury, Greenfield, Lowell, Lynn, Marlboro, Newton, and Northampton.
have signed a letter to Baker pleading to let the pot shops open. The letter urges the governor to give the adult-use marijuana industry the
opportunity to return to the fold and to contribute much needed revenue to
municipalities in the state.
https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2020/05/14/fitchburg-mayor-joins-others-in-signing-letter-calling-for-marijuana-retailers-to-open/
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Maybe he will allow them to open in the first wave he announces today. Why didn’t Framingham sign onto that letter? Has anyone asked the mayor that question?
The Mayor has been against retail pot shops (and the will of the voters) from the getgo...just look at who was on the Mayor's marijuana swat team.
Looks like retail pot shops can open on May 25th for curbside pick-up only. But that won't help Framingham revenues any time soon.
So were only 2 people laid off in the entire city?
yes two so far... but I think there will be many more this week. I wouldn't be surprised to see Loring Arena closed for the rest of this year, a bunch of teacher aids and a whole lot of capital being cut.
I read today 13 layoffs and 5 furloughs. Anyone know what the difference is?
Mayor is doing a zoom meeting st 5 today. Look forward to jims post here about what she says
furloughs would indicate it's temporary.. short period of time
layoffs are more permanent.
the meeting was just a rehash of what the Governor announced yesterday. Jim Synder from Park & Rec was there along with Adam Barnosky from the licensing board and Sam Wong.
The moderator blocked the number of people watching. I asked why the meeting was not on Gov TV or Facebook but got no answer.
The only thing I got out of it was that the recycle center will open soon.
here's the meeting
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tD36TV3aK4k
Did they talk at all about layoffs or pay cuts for the top earners? And what about not allowing overtime which could save the city millions
nothing about layoff's or reducing OT spending
Well that does not seem like a very informative meeting
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