Statehouse: 70 jobs to be eliminated...

Kennebec Journal, March 6, 2008

(excerpts) A new round of budget cuts proposed Wednesday by Gov. John Baldacci would eliminate more than 70 state jobs, 48 of which are currently filled.
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Cuts in the state Department of Health and Human Services are to include 14 management positions in the mental health intensive case management division, two team leaders in child and family services, and one superintendent at the state's two mental health hospitals.
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When it comes to state office closures, Baldacci's proposal to close a Maine Revenue Services office in Houlton would eliminate 15 jobs.
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The third largest area of job cuts target the Department of Corrections, where staff would be reduced at two facilities that serve juvenile offenders, said Rebecca Wyke, commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

The Mountain View Youth Development Center in Charleston and Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland are not filled to capacity, so 16 positions will be eliminated at those facilities, she said.

Since Baldacci took office in 2003, his administration has cut about 660 state jobs. The number would be more than 760 if the new cuts are approved.