Orlando Officials Just Don't Get It

15 Orlando Police Officers To Be Laid Off

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Orlando police officers thought they were safe from city layoffs. But 15 officers out of 700 on the force will soon be out of a job. That has some residents concerned about how the city will be able to fight crime. “It doesn't sound like that many but we need them,” said one resident...

That should make the tourists coming to Orlando feel safe.

...Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's office says the layoffs announced are a result the economic crisis and voters who want lower property taxes. “More than half of our total budget is police and fire, the two largest departments had to participate in this in order to match our expenditures with our revenues, that's the challenge we have,” said Orlando Chief Administrative Officer Byron Brooks...

Gun Shy has a better idea. How about if the mayor takes a pay cut. And then after that, the people who raised the tolls while giving themselves way too much money as a salary. Maybe use some of the revenue from the increased tolls (to travel some of the worst roads I have seen) to pay for the salaries of the Police that they want to cut. I guess we need to face the fact that the Florida government is just plain corrupt. They even took money from the branch that issues concealed carry permits and transferred those funds to another branch that has nothing to do with firearms licensing. Now applicants get to wait four to six months instead of the original ninety days (maximum). You can read all about that here.