Knock knock.  Who’s there?  Nobody.  Nobody who?  Nobody who works for the state.

Such is the case for state government.  Since the budget was not passed last night, today will be our last day.  I know that the news says that we have until midnight Sunday but that is not true.  Civil Service says that we have to be given four working hours notice before we can be laid off.  So, they will they will notify us at noon.

I dare say that there won’t be much happening at work today.  In fact, I would be surprised if most people even show up today.  And, I suspect that once the notice has been given, most people will just leave.

I feel especially sorry for the union folks.  Their contracts said that they had to be given 30 days notice before any layoffs.  But, the state renegotiated their contracts with the unions last week and now they only have to give 4 hours notice.  Not only did they get screwed, they paid union dues for it.

Just how long we will be off work remains to be seen.  So, we have to plan for the worst.  After 2 weeks, we can draw unemployment.

Well, at least I won’t have to get up early on Monday.