From the South King County Journal:http://www.southcountyjournal.com/Homepagedocs/topnews/jls5594 7.html

RENTON -- Employees at the King County health clinic here were told last week that their clinic could be closed if the health department has to cut $4.1 million next year. The Southeast Public Health Center, which logged more than 22,000 patient visits last year, provides basic health care for low-income residents in the Renton area.

illion and received $10.5 million annually from the state Motor Vehicle Excise Tax. That state money is expected to disappear, since passage of I-695 reduced the vehicle tax to $30. Now department officials are compiling a budget cut plan that will be submitted to the King County Council by Jan. 15. The first cut, effective Jan. 1, is $1.2 million, achieved by eliminating 12 administrative positions, Uhlorn said. If the state doesn't come up with money to cover revenue losses from I-695, the additional $4.1 million cut may be necessary, she said.

[I AM forced to note that if they saved $1.2 million by eliminating 12 administrative positions, those are REAL good paying administrative positions though]

-- Craig Carson (craigcar@crosswinds.net), December 16, 1999

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$100 grand per position? Easy to see why the bureaucracy keeps growing.

-- (zowie@hotmail.com), December 30, 1999.