Howard Skilnik

Rather than accept a plan to help balance the state budget by cutting a pay bump for his swing shift workers, Corrections Director Howard Skolnik was able to save the money instead by freezing vacant positions.

The extra pay will probably be cut out in the next session anyway, but we wish we could get the same kind of outside-the-box thinking from the Gov. Gibbons (R-Sparks) as we're seeing from the bureaucrats. But beggars can't be choosers. We'll take it where we can get it.