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Hackensack Discussion / Re: 2009 Hackensack City Election
« on: March 31, 2009, 09:40:03 PM »
The people in office now get my vote for another 4 years.
Following these stories for some time now I think the incumbents were right to hold the line on taxes. The layoffs were hard but let's face it, times are tough. In this town, we lost 8 emergency medics and saved about $3 million over 5 years. That's huge. And when you look at the numbers below, it could have been so much worse. This is the worst economy in decades.
Citigroup - 59,000 layoffs
Bank of America - 35,000 layoffs (over 3 years - to 2011)
HP Electronic Data Systems - 24,500 layoffs (over 3 years - to 2011)
Linens 'n Things - 21,250 layoffs
General Motors - 19,000 layoffs
Lehman Brothers - 16,000 layoffs
Alcoa - 15,200 layoffs
Starbuck's - 12,000 layoffs
AT&T - 12,000 layoffs
Wachovia - 11,250 layoffs
BT (British TeleCom) - 10,000 layoffs
DHL (US Division) - 9,500 layoffs
Bennigan's Restaurants - 9,300 layoffs
JP Morgan/Washington Mutual Acquisition - 9,200 layoffs
JP Morgan/Bear Stearns Acquisition - 9,160 layoffs
Dell - 8,900 layoffs
Sony (USA) - 8,000 layoffs
Bank of America (Countrywide) - 7,500 layoffs
Circuit City - 7,305 layoffs
American Express - 7,000 layoffs
NASA - 7,000 layoffs
American Airlines - 7,000 layoffs
Google - 6,000 - 4,300 layoffs
Sun Microsystems - 6,000 layoffs
Credit Suisse - 5,300 layoffs
Merrill Lynch - 5,150 layoffs
Reliance Group - 5,000 layoffs
GMAC - 5,000 layoffs
Dow Chemical - 5,000 layoffs
Morgan Stanley - 4,100 layoffs
Fidelity Investments - 4,000 layoffs
Sprint Nextel - 4,000 layoffs
University of Texas Medical Branch - 3,800 layoffs
Siemens Enterprise Communications - 3,800 layoffs
PepesiCo - 3,300 layoffs
Goldman Sachs - 3,260 layoffs
Lehman Brothers - 2,900 layoffs
Nokia (Manufacturing division) - 2,300 layoffs
Daimler Trucks - 2,100
Nortel Networks - 2,100 layoffs
Chrysler - 1,825 layoffs
International Paper - 1,500 - 1,000 layoffs
Yahoo! - 1,500 - 1,000 layoffs
Goldman Sachs - 1,500 layoffs
HSBC North American Holdings - 1,350 layoffs
Lenovo - 1,250 layoffs
Nissan (UK) - 1,200 layoffs
HSBC - 1,100 layoffs
Hudson's Bay Company - 1,000 layoffs
Macy's - 960 layoffs
Bank of America - 928 layoffs (management)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co - 850 layoffs
Boeing - 800 layoffs
Woolworths - 700 layoffs
Nokia (US Sales) - 650 layoffs
Texas Instruments - 650 layoffs
Adobe Systems - 600 layoffs
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - 500 layoffs
Merrill Lynch (Trading division) - 500 layoffs
Level 3 Communications - 450 layoffs
Barclay's - 400 layoffs
E-Trade Financial Corp. - 278 layoffs
Palm - 200 layoffs
Akamai - 110 layoffs
As for the hospital expansion, HUMC is about the only thing expanding these days. That means more jobs and opportunities for local business. And you are right- Main Street looks better than ever.
Following these stories for some time now I think the incumbents were right to hold the line on taxes. The layoffs were hard but let's face it, times are tough. In this town, we lost 8 emergency medics and saved about $3 million over 5 years. That's huge. And when you look at the numbers below, it could have been so much worse. This is the worst economy in decades.
Citigroup - 59,000 layoffs
Bank of America - 35,000 layoffs (over 3 years - to 2011)
HP Electronic Data Systems - 24,500 layoffs (over 3 years - to 2011)
Linens 'n Things - 21,250 layoffs
General Motors - 19,000 layoffs
Lehman Brothers - 16,000 layoffs
Alcoa - 15,200 layoffs
Starbuck's - 12,000 layoffs
AT&T - 12,000 layoffs
Wachovia - 11,250 layoffs
BT (British TeleCom) - 10,000 layoffs
DHL (US Division) - 9,500 layoffs
Bennigan's Restaurants - 9,300 layoffs
JP Morgan/Washington Mutual Acquisition - 9,200 layoffs
JP Morgan/Bear Stearns Acquisition - 9,160 layoffs
Dell - 8,900 layoffs
Sony (USA) - 8,000 layoffs
Bank of America (Countrywide) - 7,500 layoffs
Circuit City - 7,305 layoffs
American Express - 7,000 layoffs
NASA - 7,000 layoffs
American Airlines - 7,000 layoffs
Google - 6,000 - 4,300 layoffs
Sun Microsystems - 6,000 layoffs
Credit Suisse - 5,300 layoffs
Merrill Lynch - 5,150 layoffs
Reliance Group - 5,000 layoffs
GMAC - 5,000 layoffs
Dow Chemical - 5,000 layoffs
Morgan Stanley - 4,100 layoffs
Fidelity Investments - 4,000 layoffs
Sprint Nextel - 4,000 layoffs
University of Texas Medical Branch - 3,800 layoffs
Siemens Enterprise Communications - 3,800 layoffs
PepesiCo - 3,300 layoffs
Goldman Sachs - 3,260 layoffs
Lehman Brothers - 2,900 layoffs
Nokia (Manufacturing division) - 2,300 layoffs
Daimler Trucks - 2,100
Nortel Networks - 2,100 layoffs
Chrysler - 1,825 layoffs
International Paper - 1,500 - 1,000 layoffs
Yahoo! - 1,500 - 1,000 layoffs
Goldman Sachs - 1,500 layoffs
HSBC North American Holdings - 1,350 layoffs
Lenovo - 1,250 layoffs
Nissan (UK) - 1,200 layoffs
HSBC - 1,100 layoffs
Hudson's Bay Company - 1,000 layoffs
Macy's - 960 layoffs
Bank of America - 928 layoffs (management)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co - 850 layoffs
Boeing - 800 layoffs
Woolworths - 700 layoffs
Nokia (US Sales) - 650 layoffs
Texas Instruments - 650 layoffs
Adobe Systems - 600 layoffs
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - 500 layoffs
Merrill Lynch (Trading division) - 500 layoffs
Level 3 Communications - 450 layoffs
Barclay's - 400 layoffs
E-Trade Financial Corp. - 278 layoffs
Palm - 200 layoffs
Akamai - 110 layoffs
As for the hospital expansion, HUMC is about the only thing expanding these days. That means more jobs and opportunities for local business. And you are right- Main Street looks better than ever.