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Unemployment rate down, so are jobs
Don, what do you consider an excessive salary? Most government workers don't make what private sector workers do for the same jobs. Government accountants make a lot less than their counterparts in the private sector. Government health care workers make far less than private which makes it difficult to hire nurses for public health needs. The Washington Post says that Federal employees make about 35% less than private for comparable jobs. The CAO at the County of SD makes under $300K while being in charge of a $5 billion + organization with over 15K employees, find me a private sector CAO making that little for a comparable company.— October 18, 2014 4:14 p.m.
Unemployment rate down, so are jobs
Where do people go when they "leave the labor force"? I've always been of the opinion that they find "off the books" work. It's not reasonable to assume that they have just quit looking for work and decided to sit around the house doing nothing all day. It requires some income just to have a place to live. I would think that construction workers for example become handymen doing small jobs for cash, others may work in the underground market doing various jobs.— October 18, 2014 12:53 p.m.
Power demand record set
SDGE refuses to admit that rooftop solar plays an important part in keeping the lights on. In a UT article about the heat wave a spokesman " downplayed the supportive role of rooftop solar. By 4 p.m. on Tuesday, at the top of the electrical crescendo, local solar output had fallen with the angle of the sun and incoming cloud cover, he reasoned." Note that this is just his reasoning, not based on any factual evidence. Most rooftop solar installs are south facing to gain the most benefit from the sun and there sure wasn't much cloud cover in my area.— September 21, 2014 1:33 p.m.
Chastened yet, Public Utilities Commission?
Danfogel, What's happening in AZ is my real concern.— September 18, 2014 9:47 a.m.
Chastened yet, Public Utilities Commission?
Dan Fogel, I have had solar on my roof for over 8 years and have had an excess generation each year. I'm still stuck with a connection fee of $5/month but now SDGE wants to double the charge for the connection fee. This does have an effect on my ROI. If I am generating an excess I should be able to get my annual fee to zero.— September 17, 2014 3:22 p.m.
Pretty slick, City
I think the TOT increase was voted down mainly due to where the money was going. It was initially touted as being for police/fire but was mostly going to the hotel industry. Hotel owners can increase their profits anytime they like by just increasing their rates but they prefer to be able to blame the city for the increase.— August 28, 2014 12:52 p.m.
Putting the "Public" back into the CPUC
How do we get a petition together in support of this bill?— August 26, 2014 4:08 p.m.
San Diego reservoirs at record lows
Yet the city says we have enough water.— August 23, 2014 2:54 p.m.
How can convention centers be so dumb?
MSNBC's Lawrence O Donnell had a nice segment on corporate welfare in Kentucky where the state is financing a Noah's Ark replica for a religious group, he also mentions public financing of sports stadiums. http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word-with-lawrence-…— July 30, 2014 1:12 p.m.
Property-tax hikes ahead, San Diego
I have no sympathy for these folks, they knew what the tax rate was when they bought the property and have paid a reduced rate for years, now they gripe because their assessment is returning to what it should have been all along. Many of the components of Prop 13 & 8 should be repealed.— July 28, 2014 2:19 p.m.