ORANGE - Attorney Kevin McGovern and firefighter Elvin Padilla decried furloughs and short staffing March 2 before the City of Orange Township Council and administrators.
McGovern, representing the Orange Municipal Employee Bargaining Association, charged that the city could have used $200,000 in intended 2009 salary raises to meet the current budget gap, and eliminate eight of the 12 furloughs scheduled from Feb. 19 to June 30.

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