SEANC is targeting state Rep. Margaret Dickson.
The State Employees Association of North Carolina will run a radio ad in the Fayetteville Democrat's district, criticizing her for a bill that would allow furloughs of state workers.
Dickson is one of three primary co-sponsors of House Bill 708, which would allow the governor to order mandatory furloughs to keep the budget balanced.
The ad argues that Dickson "wants to force state workers like probation officers" to take unpaid leave, then notes the problems with the state's probation system.
"The fact is our state's probation officers are underpaid and overworked, with caseloads that are out of control," it says. "Forcing them to take time off will just make matters worse."
The ad also criticizes Dickson for voting for the short-term fix to the State Health Plan.
Script after the jump.
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Representative Margaret Dixon is just full of bad ideas. She wants to force state workers like probation officers to take unpaid leave. Since 2000, almost 600 criminals who were already on probation murdered someone in North Carolina.
The fact is our state's probation officers are underpaid and overworked, with caseloads that are out of control. Forcing them to take time off will just make matters worse.
But it's not just probation officers Rep. Dickson would lay off. It's health care workers, correctional officers and DMV employees-people who provide vital services to our state.
And while health care costs skyrocket and more people become uninsured, Margaret Dixon supports cutting benefits and raising premiums for the State Health Plan.
It's time for Rep. Margaret Dixon to get a few new ideas.
Paid for by the working families of SEANC.
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