Colo. Gov. gives state workers a day off
By: John Ingold, The Denver Post12/27/2007
DENVER
It wasn't a sweater or a fruitcake or a gift card.
This year, Gov. Bill Ritter gave about 30,000 state employees the nicest holiday present of all: an extra day off.
In November, Ritter and Rich Gonzales, executive director of the state's Department of Personnel and Administration, decided to re-institute a year-end administrative-leave day for employees, or what is sometimes called the "governor's holiday." It allows state employees to take off either New Year's Eve day, Christmas Eve day, or the day after Thanksgiving.
"It's a morale-booster for the workforce," said Evan Dreyer, Ritter's spokesman.
The day had been a long-standing tradition in Colorado until Gov. Bill Owens discontinued it during his administration, said Julie Postlethwait, a spokeswoman for the Department of Personnel and Administration.
Dreyer said the day off allows state government to function more efficiently at a time that's usually pretty slow.
Both Dreyer and Postlethwait didn't call the day off a holiday, though, because state offices remain open those days.
Lets say the average State employee makes $150 /day ($39000/yr). 30,000 employees received this "present".
30000 * $150 = $4,500,000
Tax payers just got stuck for $4.5 million dollars.
2 comments:
i was listening to KOA this morning when they broke the story. you know them D's are socialist in sheeps clothes? Give them the fat of the land and they shall follow.
What is even more amazing is when you have to actually deal with these individuals they never seem to have time to answer questions.
I had placed a phone call to the secretaries office twice with a voice message to call back concerning my LLC and never did get the call. This is after I spent two days tracking down the individual who was supposedly going to answer my question.
What a crock! You know I am in favor of an Anarchist style leadership? At the very least on a "mutualism" level but prefer "individualism". But even anarchist disagree?
Mark Costello sent me the article, I must give him credit, I also heard it on KOA. To be honest with all of you I am not suprised Ritter did it, after what he pulled with the unions.
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