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For Cliff Sitters
Fred, Purchasing adds a percentage to the cost of everything that they put a bid out on. I think it's 20%. That's how they fund that department. Then some other department will add a percentage for designing the whole thing. Water will add a fee for ensuring that they won't be drilling into water lines. Etc., etc. It's frustrating as hell for us when we get a grant for fire equipment and other city departments sponge off half the grant money. Then they take their own sweet time going to bid on things or purchasing so that the grant expires and we're left with crap.— November 6, 2009 8:38 p.m.
SDGE Lobbyist Said to be Innocent, Reinstated
The sex angle was either acute or obtuse, well, unless it was right. ================ Maybe there was no angle at all and it was all just a line...— November 6, 2009 6:30 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Asks: Who Passed Bribe?
Johnny, Once again. Please provide the case which required the SDFD to be in a consent decree at any point in the past two decades. You can't. So once again, your claims are exaggerated. There are lots of things in society that have changed since the 1970's.— November 6, 2009 3:36 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Asks: Who Passed Bribe?
Visduh, The numbers don't particularly matter. The point is that the LSAT is a screening process, just as the FD application is a screening process. Only the top get through. This whole discussion is a red herring from the fact that neither Saathoff, nor the entirety of L145, is the uber-powerful entity that some claim. I'm well aware of that fact that we make more than the average person and more than the military. The comparison here is to other fire agencies to show that if Saathoff was as powerful as some claim, we would make more than other agencies not less.— November 6, 2009 3:31 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Asks: Who Passed Bribe?
Only if you're not connected, then it is close to impossible. But for the 90% who are hired on connectiosn it is a cake walk. ============================ Johnny, once again, I'd like to see proof of this. I'd also like to see proof of who I was "connected" to upon hiring. And... I'd like proof of the consent decree that affected hiring in the SDFD in the last 20 years. Remember? You were going to provide that? You just "forgot"...— November 6, 2009 2:06 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Asks: Who Passed Bribe?
it's not rocket science buddy ===================== Actually, it is. Just talk to the Bomb Squad or Haz Mat team. It's a long stretch from applying to actually becoming a firefighter. Every year around 150,000 people take the LSAT yet only 56,000 pass the bar. Perhaps we should lower attorney's pay since the "application rate" is 3:1. And, of course, you're exaggerating once again. There were around 2000 applicants last year for what should have been 100+ jobs. Most applications were not valid and were thrown out. Maybe higher paid jurisdictions get thousands of applicants per job. Not here. Just for once, Johnny, try having a conversation without slinging insults.— November 6, 2009 8:25 a.m.
Supreme Court Justice Asks: Who Passed Bribe?
What's scary about Saathoff is that he was probably the most powerful influence on city council during his halcyon days. ============== Maybe. But they why did the mayor's own salary survey show SDFD was underpaid compared to their peers in other cities? Wouldn't you think that the "most powerful influence on city council" would have gotten better pay raises for his members? I think Saathoff was being played by McGrory.— November 5, 2009 9:51 p.m.
Supreme Court Justice Asks: Who Passed Bribe?
Fred, I believe that the statute of limitations was expired for Golding and crew. They were the ones who engineered MP1 to fund the 1996 Republican Nat'l Convention. For the sake of memory, MP1 created DROP and allowed underfunding in 1996. Then the Corbett case came along and created the 3% at 50 (or 2.5% at 50 + 10%) in 2000. (http://www.lawconger.com/images/images/Corbett%20…) Then MP2 came along (2002) and changed the minimum funding level. I don't recall there being any significant benefit change then. MP2 is what Saathoff et al are being charged for. Incidentally, I wholeheartedly disagree with Saathoff's union salary counting towards his pension. He did a lot of good for us, but I was done with him after MP2.— November 5, 2009 5:57 p.m.
Who Killed Richard Swink?
Czech women, on average, are far better looking than average American women. =============== So the obvious question, Fred -- are you looking for a Czech mate? Sorry folks, but someone had to take the easy bait.— October 30, 2009 9:42 a.m.
Roach City
And so the mayor hires the firm why? Just to spend $400K? Oh wait... let me quote the first line from the above listed article. "On December 1st, San Diego City Councilmembers voted 6 to 1 in favor of hiring two lawyers from the law firm of Burke, Williams and Sorenson as LEAD NEGOTIATORS for fiscal year 2010 city employee labor negotiation talks." Caps mine. You're obviously wrong, Johnny and you're being a troll. Stop it.— October 29, 2009 6:44 p.m.