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UCSD Chancellor Joins Bridgepoint Board of Directors
She has already resigned from UCSD, and is a lame duck. The announcement was last July and will be effective this coming June (2012). She was under heat a few years back for spending an inordinate amount of time serving on something like 12 BODs while president of UCSD. She also received an enormous relocation allowance ($248K) and living stipend (since they have semi-permanently closed the chancellor's residence in La Jolla Farms). She was getting about $83K per year for rent and $15K a year for utilities. Her base salary started at $350K All that for a president that stayed for 6 years.— November 21, 2011 4:45 p.m.
A Response to the Grand Jury Report on New City Hall
Heck, most city employees live out of the city anyway, and a ton live in Chula Vista. Why not move the city offices into the $1.00 space in Chula Vista? That would save money and improve the quality of downtown SD in one move. It might destroy Chula Vista, but that is a short trip.— September 12, 2011 8:29 p.m.
Indian Casino Adds Electric Car Chargers
$4/hr????? Those are 3.3 kwh chargers. An hour at normal low tier EV rates would cost the casino about 35 cents.— September 10, 2011 3:45 p.m.
Power Outage Cost Local Economy $100 Million
I went to the store last night naively thinking I could get some milk. Most of the refrigerator shelves were bare, the food all thrown away. I wonder if the food losses include stores, because I have a hard time believing the loss is only $8.50 per customer ($12 million / 1.4 million SDG&E customers). We were well over that just in our house, even before you take into account what the stores lost.— September 10, 2011 8:58 a.m.
Power Outage Cost Local Economy $100 Million
Your restitution will be small, the lawyers will get the lions share of it, and you will pay for the settlement through a rate increase. What is the point?— September 10, 2011 8:49 a.m.
Romney Extends Public Review Process for Mansion Expansion
I don't disagree that he won't be president, but what is it about his architect filing an extension that extends the deadline for public comment by 3 weeks that demonstrates a boneheaded decision by Romney that shows he is braindead?— September 9, 2011 8:21 a.m.
Former USD Players, Assistant Coach Indicted for Point Shaving
I would imagine it is a lot cheaper to buy a college kid then a well paid pro. A player of Johnson's relative impact in the pros is making multiple millions even on the worst team. Officials are good targets for fixers as well.— April 12, 2011 11:45 a.m.
Lerach: Don't Blame Public Union Members. Blame Wall Street
Absolutely. SP quoted me saying "Muni employees cannot retire at 50.". He failed to include my next sentence which was "You are thinking of safety workers." SP then said I was "wrong" by citing safety workers, which makes no sense and doesn't follow. Muni workers are primarily non-safety workers in the MEA union. Their retirement is 5 years later than safety workers, just as I stated. I'll give SP the benefit of the doubt and assume he just didn't read very far, rather than assume he deliberately chopped my quote to change it's meaning. Either way I stand by my statement that the pension age for both safety and non-safety should be immediately raised by 5 years and the multipliers should be dropped by .5%. Their are two other ways to solve the pension mess: 1) Freeze or cut salaries until you can afford the higher pension because the retirement salaries are lower by the same percent the multiplier was raised, or 2) fire everybody and rehire them under a new deal. The city has been pursuing #1 because salaries have been held in check for many years now.— March 5, 2011 11:52 p.m.
Lerach: Don't Blame Public Union Members. Blame Wall Street
FYI: I just did a quick rough calculation. Starting salary $17K, work for 30 years and retire at $80K, with roughly even raises through that time. SS will start paying you $1971.00 at 66. The pension for a municpal worker would pay you $5,000 a month starting at 60. I'm sorry your SS was stolen from you. I'd like to give it back. Note to SP: Muni employees cannot retire at 50. You are thinking of safety workers. Muni employees can retire at 55 with 20 years experience and 60 with more than 10 years experience. That is still 5 years too low. I believe there is also a 90% cap— March 3, 2011 9:35 a.m.
Lerach: Don't Blame Public Union Members. Blame Wall Street
Similar to Surf Pup: I would tell each and every worker that they can accept a reduced pension from this point forward (not retroactive) and a higher retirement age, or (at their option) the city will match what SS would have paid them dollar for dollar. Which would you choose? Are you really upset that you are not in SS?— March 3, 2011 9:25 a.m.