The Times Herald-Record has the scoop on the first wave of DEC layoffs: 140 workers at the agency got their pink slips today.
Local residents and environment groups are watching closely to see how many layoffs hit the division of mining, which is the branch that monitors gas drilling.
“There’s a lot that’s still murky about this, other than that it stinks all around,” said Steve Madarasz, spokesman for the Civil Service Employee Association.
One pol quoted in the article says the DEC is being "decimated," but actually, it's worse than that. Decimation, a punishment the Roman Army used for deserters and cowards, killed off one out of every ten soldiers in a mutinous unit. The story notes that the DEC is losing 21 percent of its workforce, compared to 2008.
