https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2015/12/16/19709/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:43:55 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2015/12/16/19709/#comment-3227 Timothy Bianco Thu, 17 Dec 2015 22:34:51 +0000 http://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=19709#comment-3227 I'm not a fan of Phil cox and hope he loses or a fan of Amy Shuklian's but as a former part-time city employee with the Recreation Dept. the city of Visalia is wrong when it says they didn't lay people off during the recession. What about the cooks and help at the senior center and other part-time workers in the city? Don't they count too? I know one who lost his job cleaning buildings including the police station and than died at the age of 50 and he worked for the city for over 25yrs. They said he had a bad heart but you can't tell me him losing his job and becoming homeless didn't maybe play a little role? Now, why couldn't the full time employees take a pay cut or forgo a bigger raise or cut there big pensions to save others jobs? I think that is more christian than going to some prayer breakfast every year. I’m not a fan of Phil cox and hope he loses or a fan of Amy Shuklian’s but as a former part-time city employee with the Recreation Dept. the city of Visalia is wrong when it says they didn’t lay people off during the recession. What about the cooks and help at the senior center and other part-time workers in the city? Don’t they count too? I know one who lost his job cleaning buildings including the police station and than died at the age of 50 and he worked for the city for over 25yrs. They said he had a bad heart but you can’t tell me him losing his job and becoming homeless didn’t maybe play a little role? Now, why couldn’t the full time employees take a pay cut or forgo a bigger raise or cut there big pensions to save others jobs? I think that is more christian than going to some prayer breakfast every year.

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