Police, fire recruits are on hold. Budget squeeze delays training.

Busy doing WHAT! If the class was scheduled to start in a couple of weeks, all that work was LONG done for the basic classes. What new classes do they have on the table - if they don't have any money what kind of changes are they trying to make.

Rumor, or truth? Should be easy enough to discover - are they putting people through the hiring process? If true, someone call the frigging CJ and set the story straight. Don't let the Mayor get away with his smoke 'n mirrors.