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Permit an insolvent city to subsidize a Charger stadium?
VOSD has implemented a system that allows a user to have a screen name but also allows anyone to view their actual name. I think this tends to tone down some of the nasty comments that get thrown around. It also makes it a bit easier to determine if someone has a vested interest for or against an issue.— August 16, 2010 1:29 p.m.
Philly Child's Death Also Blamed on Brownouts
I never see anything in these discussions about where the private ambulances that operate in the city are. One of the reasons that FF have to go on all medical runs is that the private ambulances only have one paramedic per ambulance, the driver is not certified to save the contractor money. The County regulation require two paramedics to respond to medical calls. This is one of the reasons you always see a fire truck respond & then the ambulance shows up usually later. Why aren't the private ambulances required to meet the two paramedic requirement?— August 11, 2010 2:15 p.m.
Whale Bone's Connected to the...
Frye responded: "How did you determine the $3.6 million?" "It was dependent upon keeping the budget at $184.9 million," answered Greenhalgh. Ya gotta love it! It can't cost more than that, that's what the budget is! Where have I heard that before?— June 17, 2010 2:29 p.m.
County Employees Warned of Possible Security Breach
Don, the headline sounds like it was County employee data that was breached but the story indicates it was AmeriChoice employee data not County.— April 21, 2010 4:15 p.m.
Taxpayers Absorb Cost of Highly Paid Players
I always like the folks who write letters to the editor in the UT urging the city to build a new stadium & then list their address as La Mesa, El Cajon, etc. They often identify themselves as native San Diegans!— April 15, 2010 11:06 a.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
Response to #22 "Could you deduct those taxes from your federal taxes? How did the Ohio/Pa. tax work? Best, Don Bauder" I don't recall about deducting from federal tax but assume it is the same as any other state that has income taxes. These numbers may not be accurate but as an example the Ohio/Pa. tax agreement worked like this: Pa. established reciprocal taxing agreements with bordering states. Pa. had a personal income tax rate of 2.5%, Ohio's rate was 1%. The city where I lived in PA also had a 1% income tax rate, the city in Ohio where I worked did not have and income tax. My employer in Ohio deducted the 1% Ohio income tax from my wages and zero for local income tax. When filing state & local tax returns my W2 reflected the 1% paid to Ohio which I was then allowed to deduct from my Pa. tax owed. Pa. would then get 1.5% and Ohio retained their 1%. Since there was no local tax in the jurisdiction of my employment I owed the city of residence 1%. If I had lived in Ohio & worked in Pa. the opposite would occur. I would pay the 2.5% in Pa. where I worked and get a credit on filing the Ohio state tax of 1%. I don't see an issue with the lack of representation with this scenario any more than there is with the TOT. Typically you pay income taxes in the state where you work, I believe there was a discussion some time back about the state getting taxes from pro football players for games played in Ca. when they lived elsewhere.— April 15, 2010 9:02 a.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
Response to #12 "But that's taxation with the benefit of representation. Work paychecks are taxed, regardless of where the worker lives, and to tax beyond that without offering a "non-resident representative" wouldn't be constitutional." I think you may have meant "without" benefit of representation. Many other states and local governments have income taxes that are levied on the income earned within the state or municipal government boundaries. I believe San Francisco has some type of non resident tax. I used to live in Pennsylvania & worked in Ohio. My income was taxed where I worked & in the state & local govt's in Pa. which also had income taxes but allowed a credit for the amount paid in Ohio or other state/local govt's. If the tax rate collected was lower than the tax rate in your state of residence you paid the difference. I would also be in favor of an income tax for all residents including unearned income.— April 14, 2010 3:35 p.m.
San Diego’s chronic structural budget deficit affliction
I think the city should consider an income tax on non residents that work in the city. Every day thousands of non residents come into the city & use city resources (roads, sewers, police,fire etc) without paying a penny for them & complain about the quality of the resources while they are at it.— April 14, 2010 2:29 p.m.
San Diego’s best-known short seller, Barry Minkow
"They borrow a stock, sell it, and hope to replace the borrowed shares later at a lower price." What does the person from whom the stock was borrowed get out of the deal? Why would anyone loan a stock to someone with no guarantee of a positive return?— March 29, 2010 11:58 a.m.
Hush money
The County Charter includes provisions applicable to the County Board of Education and the Office of the County Superintendent of Schools. The County Board of Education and the Office of the County Superintendent of Schools historically were part of County government but, due to changes in state law, have become separate and independent of County government. Source http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/bos1/legislation/leg04…— September 29, 2009 4:36 p.m.