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Job and we have to take care of the whole city and well get through this. >> the state judge has issued an injunction against the mayor to prevent him from paying firefighters and police less than their salary, but he did it anyway. now theyre trying to appeal to a federal court. im joined by john judge, a firefighter in scranton and president of the scranton firefighters international association of firefighters local 60. appreciate your time. tell us, what does this mean in real dollars to you...

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Government is too big and it cannot survive at this rate and you have to make cuts to unions and to firefighters. what do you say to that? >> well, this is an extraordinary thing here that you know, we got our wages cut. and i dont know if anybody understands theres a reason why this problem started. and the answer is, because were the workers. our political leaders have to talk, and right now, theyre not talking. all theyre doing is arguing. they need to sit down, figure it out. this is what th...

Of scranton as the mayor cuts the pay of city workers, including firefighters, police officers, even himself to minimum wage. >> i can go down the street and scoop ice cream that a high school kid for the summer is making $8.50 an hour doing. >> could this battle have a wider impact on the presidential election? plus, the mystery surrounding jesse jackson jr.s medical leave of absence. his colleagues want to know whats going on. ♪ [ male announcer ] we believe small things can make a big dif...

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Surrounding area. i read that scranton had just $5,000 in its coffers last week. how did this happen? >> because of the budget shortfall. we have a $16 million shortfall. as anything es, as the mayor, i not only have to provide for salaries, but health care, the gas and diesel for our trucks and landfill. our employees do an outstanding job, well get through this. but right now, there is a shortfall. we have to keep working towards it and working together as a community and well get through this...

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