This probably isn't huge news anywhere else in the world, but it's headline news here: Focus On the Family is about to lay off over 200 people. I heard that Focus poured a lot of money into Prop 8 in California so now they're hurting for funds. [For those of you who haven't heard about it, Proposition 8 is a controversial anti-gay marriage law that was very narrowly approved by California voters on November 4th.] Focus On the Family generally doesn't pay very much (except for the higher-level positions) but they employ a lot of people here. Losing even a low-paying job sucks.
The powers that be say the recession isn't affecting Colorado Springs, but I beg to differ.
3 comments:
Very sad to hear of job losses, especially this time of year. Congrats on your new blog!! It's about time someone had a daily photo of the Springs! :)
The Gazette reported a couple of weeks ago that FOF dumped $500,000 into Prop 8.
Oops I got it backward -- Focus on the Family wasn't opposing Prop 8, they were supporting it. They oppose gay marriage. So they won, but now they have to lay off a ton of people. Anyway, correction made.
And thanks for the comments! Tamera
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