Sacramento County’s elected officials laid off 300 employees Tuesday, which brings the total number of layoffs to more than 700 since July, according to county spokesman Zeke Holst. Susan Peters, chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors, said at the Tuesday board meeting that the layoffs were needed in response to the ailing economy. In her comments, she foreshadowed possible upcoming layoffs to address the county’s $76 million shortfall. “I honestly don’t think that this is the last time you’l... KathleenHaley bbbbmer comment-14294 2009-09-24T22:51:09Z 2009-09-24T22:51:09Z The voters should lay Susan Peters off... bbbbmer 2009-09-24T22:51:09Z dahogre comment-14239 2009-09-24T02:53:45Z 2009-09-24T02:53:45Z Very good point and it saddens me. dahogre 2009-09-24T02:53:45Z waldorfandstatler comment-14234 2009-09-23T22:11:27Z 2009-09-23T22:11:27Z Public employees feel the sting of economic downturn, just like their fellow citizens in the private sector. Their worldview has been shattered. News at 11. waldorfandstatler 2009-09-23T22:11:27Z Davi Rodrigues comment-14219 2009-09-23T15:12:15Z 2009-09-23T15:12:15Z That area, and others have deteriorated because the focus of Sacramento's government is not quality of citizens' lives, but economic and population growth Davi Rodrigues 2009-09-23T15:12:15Z dahogre comment-14207 2009-09-23T03:46:36Z 2009-09-23T03:46:36Z This situation is definitely going to get worse before it gets better. The losses amongst the Sacramento Sheriffs, it is horrible. I watch a hand-to-hand drug deal on Watt and Auburn Blvd, last Tuesday, while pumping gas. I have not seen that kind of activity in that area ever, I have been in Sacramento for 13 years now. dahogre 2009-09-23T03:46:36Z