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COUNTY TELLS WORKERS TO TAKE 10 DAYS UNPAID LEAVE

ON YESTERDAY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE JACK B. JOHNSON AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL STOOD BEFORE A ROOM OF PG COUNTY WORKERS AND ANNOUNCED THAT THEY MUST  TAKE 10 DAYS OF UNPAID LEAVE OVER THE NEXT NINE MONTHS IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THE $57 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT.

THE PLAN, APPROVED BY COUNTY COUNCIL, CALLS FOR ABOUT 5,900 WORKERS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, MAINTENANCE WORKERS, CLERKS, ETC., TO TAKE 80 HOURS OF UNPAID LEAVE.

THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED 9-0 ON THE PROPOSAL, WITH NO DEBATE, WHICH GOES AGAINST THEIR NORMAL RULES TO PASS A RESOLUTION. AS A RESULT, MORE THAN 200 COUNTY EMPLOYEES FILLED THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO PROTEST THE NEW RULE TUESDAY. 

"ALTHOUGH WE HAVE TAKEN AGGRESSIVE STEPS TO ADDRESS OUR BUDGET DEFICIT, IN ORDER TO CLOSE THIS GAP WE MUST INITIATE AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD FURLOUGH PLAN," SAID JOHNSON.

ACCORDING TO REPORTS, OFFICIALS HAVE ENCOURAGED WORKERS TO TAKE TIME OFF DURING "NON-PEAK" DAYS, SUCH AS HOLIDAYS. HOWEVER, THE END RESULT WILL CAUSE EMPLOYEES TO LOSE ABOUT ONE PAYCHECK'S WORTH OF SALARY THIS YEAR.

"THEY HAVE LIED TO US. THEY HAVE LIED TO US ABOUT THIS BUDGET," SAID GLENARD S. MIDDLETON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES UNION.

"ITS MISMANAGEMENT, AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE JACK JOHNSON AND THIS BUDGET," MIDDLETON SAID.

Source: PG County Gazzette

OVERNIGHT SHOOTING IN PG CAUSES DEADLY ACCIDENT

EARLY THIS MORNING, ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND A SECOND INJURED IN AN ALLEGED GUN BATTLE BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES DRIVING ON BRANCH AVE, ACCORDING TO POLICE. 

AS OF 9:30 THIS MORNING, SEVERAL BLOCKS OF NORTHBOUND BRANCH AVENUE WERE STILL CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS WANTED TO WAIT FOR DAYLIGHT TO EXAMINE THE SCENE AND SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE. 

ONE VEHICLE INVOLVED WAS DESCRIBED AS A GRAY HONDA, AND THE OTHER WAS ONLY DESCRIBED AS BLACK. ACCORDING TO PG COUNTY POLICE SPOKESMAN, HENRY TIPPET, THE VEHICLES WERE TRAVELING NORTH IN THE 4100 BLOCK OF BRANCH AVENUE WHEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN AROUND 2 A.M.

THE HONDA, THE ONLY CAR STILL ON THE SCENE, FLIPPED OVER AFTER THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE STRUCK BY BULLETS. ONE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. ONE MAN, AGE 25, WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD A SHORT TIME AFTERWARDS. POLICE WILL NOT RELEASE HIS NAME UNTIL AFTER NOTIFICATION OF HIS FAMILY. THE OTHER, WAS PINNED BY THE OVERTURNED HONDA AND AFTER BEING CUT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION. 

THE OTHER VEHICLE INVOLVED FLED THE SCENE, AND POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THAT VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. 

THE LANES CLOSED WERE BETWEEN ST. BARNABAS AND IVERSON STREET, ACCORDING TO TIPPET.

SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST