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Thom Reilly

Published January 26, 2010 at 5:00 AM PST

Former Clark County Manager Thom Reilly joins us to talk about the challenges local governments are facing in the recession. We discuss how the cost of wages, benefits and union contracts are affecting services on the county and city level and how local governments are tackling these problems as tax revenues continue to decline.

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  • LVRJ: Firefighters oppose report calling for cuts
  • LV Sun: Thom Reilly: With less growth, decisions must be more selective, efficient
  • Pew: Layoffs, Furloughs and union concessions: The Prolonged and Painful Process of Balancing City Budgets (pdf)

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