Tuesday, June 26, 2012
"Judge Halts Union Release Time"
In a private equity company it's probably a business expense.
In the public arena, the taxpayer pays...
In Arizona, the Goldwater Institute seems to have discovered something and a judge agrees:
"A 2011 Goldwater Institute exposé discovered that Phoenix spends nearly $4 million dollars annually to pay for 73,000 hours of release time for city workers to conduct union business at taxpayers’ expense. These union payments are standard in the city’s contracts. The Goldwater Institute’s legal challenge contends that release time violates the gift clause of the Arizona state constitution. The gift clause prohibits gifts of public money to private individuals or corporations, requiring the government to prove it receives direct, tangible benefits from a subsidy it gives to a private entity."
