100 state employees losing take-home vehicles
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 28, 2008
BOSTON—More than 100 state employees will be stripped of their state-owned, take-home vehicles under a cost-cutting plan proposed by Gov. Deval Patrick.
Administration and Finance Secretary Leslie Kirwan told the Boston Herald that 107 state workers will lose their take-home vehicles under new rules that take effect Jan. 1.
In addition, the take-home use of about 150 state Highway Department seasonal vehicles, including plows, will be restricted to between mid-December to mid-March.
About 500 workers are allowed to drive state vehicles home.
The state is facing a $1 billion budget shortfall, but Kirwan did not say how much the new policy would save.
Michael Widmer, executive director of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, praised the administration’s plan
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