More News From The Man

Y'all Hear That Giant Sucking Sound??

First of all, a big THANK YOU to the citizens of Houston for actually paying your property taxes.

The budget deficit, projected at 130 million bucks has been reduced, largely due to the fact that the expected defaults on property taxes haven't been happening.

So, instead of 130M, now we've only got an 80M dollar shortfall.

The good news is that the various departments will have to redo their layoff plans, and the overall carnage will be lessened. Instead of 2300+ pink slips, we may only be looking at 1500 or so.

The bad news is that the various departments will have to redo their layoff plans, and they'll all have to be re-approved, checked, double-checked, signed, sealed and delivered,and it all has to be done before May 1.

Oh, well. That'll keep me occupied for the next few weeks...