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State layoffs are expected, said Robert Vassar, deputy secretary of the Health and Human Resources Department.
“It’s going to be difficult to reach the kind of numbers we’re looking at without layoffs,” said Vassar.
Wilder met with cabinet members and state agency heads Aug. 4 to discuss the budget crisis and will hold a statewide telecast, Thursday, Aug. 16, outlining his plans to balance the budget. He maintains that he has no plans to raise taxes.
The governor will also address the state money committees on Friday, Aug. 17, detailing his intentions.
The report came just a day before the latest Mason-Dixon Opinion Poll showed Wilder trailing in popularity behind Virginia’s senators, Charles S. Robb and John W. Warner and Virginia Attorney General Mary Sue Terry.
A total of 48 percent of Virginia voters interviewed rated Wilder’s performance “excellent” or “good.” Wilder rated higher in Northern Virginias, where 54 percent gave him a positive job evalation.
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