The town of Darien on Georgia’s Atlantic coast is one of the first in the state to go over to a four-day work week, due to rising fuel prices.
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City Manager Brett Cook says the town's 2,400 residents has been hammered with a 48-percent increase in gas prices since 2006:
“Finances are a lot more difficult with the smaller budget, and we’re not a large city by any means, so a small increase in fuel on us would affect us a little bit more than a large city.”Darien runs a fleet of almost 30 vehicles, including heavy trucks and machinery that run on diesel fuel.
Cook says he hopes the shorter work week will also benefit the city’s employees, many of whom live far from town.
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