Easy Come, Easy Go

Today, Clark County signed a contract with the CCFD that will save the County $4.2 million. From the LVRJ: "Clark County firefighters have voted in favor of a labor deal that would save the county $4.2 million a year.
The proposed one-year contract, which would run from July 1 to July 2012, will go before commissioners in June to ratify.
The 741 firefighters covered by the contract would take a 1.5 percent pay cut, lose a vacation and a sick day, and have longevity pay frozen at current levels. Also, the first-year wage for rookie firefighters would be lowered by 5 percent. An estimated two-thirds of firefighters who cast ballots voted for the new terms, according to union leaders." http://www.lvrj.com/news/county-firefighters-vote-to-support-wage-benefit-cuts-122700919.html
However, later in the day, Clark County lost $6.5 million when a doctor won a lawsuit against UMC and Clark County. From the Las Vegas Sun: University Medical Center in Las Vegas will pay $6.5 million to an anesthesiologist who won his federal lawsuit alleging his due process rights were violated when he was suspended from practicing there in 2005.
One of Dr. Charles Williams’ attorneys, Jacob Hafter, said Thursday a federal jury awarded $8.775 million to Williams earlier in the day after an eight-day trial.
Williams agreed to accept $6.5 million to avoid an appeal and so he can move on with his record cleared, Hafter said.
Williams’ lawsuit said he was suspended after a surgery in which the patient experienced complications, but that prior to a meeting on the situation Williams was not provided with a written notice of charges or any information to justify his suspension.
The suspension amounted to a taking of a property right — his hospital privileges — in violation of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the lawsuit said.
http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/may/26/doctor-wins-65-million-lawsuit-against-umc/
So, in 1 day Clark County mamaged to lose $2.3 million.
Easy come, easy go because after all, it's just taxpayer money.