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Wichita's city council is considering laying off some employees next year and privatizing parks maintenance in the face of an $8 million budget shortfall. The moves were discussed publicly for the first time Tuesday and have sparked lots of criticism.

In essence, the city is talking about getting rid of the entire Park Maintenance division and 70 or more decent paying jobs (about $17 an hour) and turning them over over to private, basically unaccountable company which would most likely pay little more than the minimum wage--with no benefits.

Please communicate with the City Council and ask them to vote this idea down.