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SDCERS Board Member Who Spoke Up, Pressed for Full Disclosure, Jettisoned by Mayor
It wasn't so much that we "took the deal". We proposed the deal. The negotiators agreed to it. Then the mayor turned it down so he could say he went to impasse. Later he agreed to it. I'm not sure what, if any, changes were made. Oh, and who said I called Johnny a priest? I was speaking generally. I suppose I could switch the conversation to a discussion on the morality of priests....— April 15, 2009 10:45 a.m.
City's Pension Fund Returns Compare Poorly with Those of Peers
Huh... what are the chances that the city posted mis-information on the city site to stir folks up? About the same that our union had an agreement with the city last week only to have the mayor nix it the next AM and then agree to it this week? That way he could claim that he went to impasse with all five unions. Johnny, just read the archives here. I've posted what I feel we need to do and the cuts I'm personally willing to take. The board seems to agree with me. That's not to say that I influenced them, simply that we as a union see that we can help the city. Note that the firefighters were the first to come to an agreement...— April 15, 2009 7:54 a.m.
SDCERS Board Member Who Spoke Up, Pressed for Full Disclosure, Jettisoned by Mayor
You lost me at "welfare queen", Johnny. Note that I didn't say fraudulent retirements are the same, I said fraudulent claims. Why don't you look up rates of disability retirements for other government agencies, Johnny? You'll find that our rate is nowhere near that of the CHP. Don, it would seem that I haven't missed anything. No one here has changed their stance or rhetoric a bit. I've had better things to do than try to convert a priest to Buddhism.— April 15, 2009 7:47 a.m.
City's Pension Fund Returns Compare Poorly with Those of Peers
I've heard nothing of a raise, Don. Indeed the last and final presented by the mayor included a 6.2% pay cut for firefighters. My understanding is that the mayor and union have come to a tentative agreement. However, that was the case before and the mayor renegged. I do agree with some of the changes in the mayor's proposal. We'll see what the final proposal turns out to be. A lot of the rumors I'm hearing are fairly close to ideas I proposed to the union board. Hopefully, we can reach a good middle ground.— April 14, 2009 7:02 p.m.
SDCERS Board Member Who Spoke Up, Pressed for Full Disclosure, Jettisoned by Mayor
In this particular case, it was won by a fellow who was -- you guessed it -- either a firefighter or policeman who had retired on disability. ==================== So what. Perhaps the individual was a cop who lost his shooting hand after 9/11. Again, you're painting with a wide brush and providing no facts to back up your claims. How about posting a link so we know at least some of the facts? Fraudulent claims exist in the private sector just as much or more than in the public sector. I recall bringing an individual to the hospital for a work comp injury. There was a bit of a ruckus as there was already another individual in the same ER with the same name and SSN. Weird.— April 14, 2009 6:56 p.m.
Michael Ellis As Angel
= stop with the gimmick account/s nonsense. ================== How ironic...— March 13, 2009 8:14 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Will begin? More like have begun. Three SDFD employees (15%) out of the last academy have already left -- a whole month into the job. Yep, another hundred grand worth of training down the drain. Johnny will suggest that we force folks to sign a commitment agreement. Well, we already have less applicants due to the low pay scale.. think they'll want to be forced to stay? I don't. Johnny will claim that "thousands" will do the work for 1/4 the pay. Okay, so why are so few applying? That's right... competition from other agencies.— March 9, 2009 6:17 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Volunteer YOURSELF to work for no pay for the city ============ I have and do. I've worked for free for this city at least a few hours per week for 27 years now. I still average a minimum of 4-5 hours per week. I've mowed the lawns at our training center for free on my day off when the city couldn't afford to pay someone to mow it. I've worked thousands of hours on other projects for the city. Those projects simply wouldn't have been done if firefighters had not done them for free. I'm not asking you to sweep floors. Different areas of the city have a specific need for people with computer skills, as noted in the website I linked. That would absolutely save the city money. Ask yourself this, "Am I doing something to make a concrete impact on the city budget, or am I just whining about it online?"— March 1, 2009 8:13 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Did you know that when the firestorms came, CERT volunteers were NEVER CALLED UP. ================ Where's you hear that lie? Richard Rider? Members of CERT organizations from across San Diego showed up to help. Even before the fires hit we were utilizing them in several different areas of the department to free up line firefighters. You are NOT trained to fight wildland fires. Sorry, but you're not. You were trained to fight small shipboard fires. You know, the ones contained in a sealed metal box already.— March 1, 2009 7:51 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Here we go!— February 28, 2009 1:55 p.m.