Medical Officials Rally Against Budget Cuts
Group Says Children, Families, Elderly Will Be Affected
POSTED: 8:47 am PST December 18,
2007
UPDATED: 9:22 am PST December 18,
2007
LAS VEGAS -- Budget cut plans by Gov. Jim Gibbons are being met with more protests. Medical professionals held a rally at University Medical Center Monday to campaign against the proposed 4.5 percent cut.Some social and mental health agencies said these cuts would cripple their services, which are already stretched thin. Instead of budget cuts, the group is urging the governor to dip into the state's "rainy day fund.""The rainy day fund -- which is available for this -- the governor is only using a part of," said Terry Hickman, executive director of the state's Education Association. "There are so many options for him to use to protect the children and senior citizens here in Nevada; and, he's chosen to instead cut the programs that we believe are vital for our children as well as the mentally ill."Detractors said the cuts proposed by Gibbons will hit Nevada's children, families and communities hard.Gibbons is calling for the proposed cuts to compensate for the expected $21.5 million deficit in the current fiscal year.
Previous Stories:
- December 13, 2007: Nevada Budget Cut Process Could Mean Layoffs
- December 12, 2007: Gibbons Sued By Assembly Leaders
- December 12, 2007: Cuts May Close Douglas College Campus
- December 11, 2007: Budget Cuts May Cost Elko College $1M
- December 6, 2007: Students Protest Tuition Hike
- December 6, 2007: State Studies Privatizing Psychiatric Care
- December 6, 2007: State Colleges Don't Submit Budget Cut Plan
- December 4, 2007: Chancellor: Budget Cuts Would Cripple Universities
- October 30, 2007: Gibbons Calls Budget Cut Meeting
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