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McKinstry: Latest missile in Rob Astorino's jobs for savings campaign

November 19, 2012 8:49 AM By GERALD MCKINSTRY

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino releases the 2013

Photo credit: Faye Murman | Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino releases the 2013 budget during a news conference in White Plains. (Nov. 14, 2012)

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For three years, we've been hearing County Executive Rob Astorino's "jobs for savings" pitch.

If you'd just put a buck in the kitty every time he uttered those words, Westchester might not have a budget gap at all.

It's been Astorino's plea to union leaders since he took office in 2010: Offer up concessions, like kicking in for health care, in contract talks, and I won't cut your jobs.

This...

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