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Sanders Wants City To Pay Union President's Salary During Bargaining; Aguirre Says It's Against the Charter
Richar Ryder has the info on the car allowances, and I am using his statements for sopurce. I have never known him to be off on those types of issues. I have never stated that OT was used to calculate pension payments. If you are making over $150K per year you're in the 95th percentile for income earners in the nation. FF, on average, are compensated $175K per year when **including benefits. So I think the 97th precentile is about accurate for their full compensaton; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Income_groups.… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:United_States_…— April 16, 2008 1:09 p.m.
Sanders Wants City To Pay Union President's Salary During Bargaining; Aguirre Says It's Against the Charter
1.) In the past, when calculating the councilmember pensions was their "car allowance payment of $9600 used to calculate their highest one year? If so, why as this is not salary but a reimbursement of costs? YES, it was part of their pension calulations. 2.) Now that they want to incorporate the car allowance of $9600 as part of their salary compensation will their pension will be boosted for the rest of their lives? Does this become a gift of public funds rather than a legitimate reimbursement? YES, as part of their new salary the new pay scale will all go towards increaseing their pension payments-but it was the exact same with the car allowance-the car allowance was also used to increase pension payments (don't ask me how they pulled that one off). 3.) Under the IRS rules of mileage compensation if a councilmember maintains a log for a business expenses and claims mileage, would this be a double payment? They did not get the milage payment under the car allowance, but under the new rules they will get the old car allowance in their new salary AND they can seek milage expenses. Good deal if you can get it (and have the taxpayers pick up the tab).— April 16, 2008 8:10 a.m.
Sanders Wants City To Pay Union President's Salary During Bargaining; Aguirre Says It's Against the Charter
Wow Johnny, forget to go to your anger management class? First off, yes, that 15% was over five years. ================== No it was not for 5 years- it was a 2 year contract at 9% and then it was a 1 year contract at 6%. Why do you keep lying JF and say it was 5 years, you know that is a falsehood and so does anyone who has followed it.Here you go JF-read it and please try o come up with a better lie to counter with (from this month); "On Thursday, San Diego police officers approved a 6 percent pay raise. The City Council is expected to vote on final approval of that contract tomorrow. Most officers received a ******9 percent raise the year before". http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080413… MORE (from 2007); "SAN DIEGO – An overwhelming number of San Diego police officers voted in favor of a new ***one-year contract yesterday that gives most of them a **9 percent raise". http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070411… So I guess it was 15% OVER TWO YEARS, not three. My bad. And last JF, if you only have a truck and 1100 Sq Ft home, good for you, the City, the taxpayers, no one OWES you a home, a trcuk or anything else, no one. In fact the majority of San Diego residents do NOT even own a home. JF-If you want a better home, a better truck, whatever, go back to school and get a better education, one that will get you a better job, or get a job that pays more, or get a second or third job, do whatever you want to but no one owes you a home, a truck or anything else. In fact a bag boy at the local grocery store could make the same claim you are now, they don't make enough money to buy everything they want-too bad-that is not the taxpayers problem. The world does not owe you everything you want. FF are already making more money than 97,98% of the population. They make more than lawyers, CPA's and even doctors. And yes, I am angry because you are on easy street compared to 99% of the population and you still whine and gripe and want more. As for taxes-you want to charge taxes on everyone, not just corporate tax loop holes, including the poor to fund your top 3% in the nation compensation. I have seen you post that garbage tax nonsense hundreds of times. In any event, my anger is only partly aimed at you/your attitude- the majority of it is aimed at the ones that allow you and other gov workers to have gotten away with so much graft.— April 16, 2008 8:03 a.m.
Three Former City Officials Charged by SEC with Fraud Are Receiving Generous City Pensions
Patricia Frazier, former deputy city manager with 35.80 years of service, is enjoying pension benefits of $13,685.66 a month. ================= $165K per year in A GOVERNMENT PENSION. I get so PO'd and bent out of shape when I read this kind of garbage that it makes my blood boil. Why on earth are government employes getting that kind of money in retirement??? If Frazier started at age 22, she retired at age 57, so if she lives to age 79 she is going to get (without counting the COLA'S these pensions give) $3,365,000.00. That will be MORE than what she made while working. Maybe even twice as much. I am so mad at this I am seeing red right now. Don, if you can, find out how much McGrory is pulling down in pension pay.— April 15, 2008 6:54 p.m.
Sanders Wants City To Pay Union President's Salary During Bargaining; Aguirre Says It's Against the Charter
The PD went for 3 years without a contract or raises -- instead they had pay cuts then. They then went 1 year with a 9% raise and will go 1 year with a 6% raise. That's a total of 5 years, with a total of 15%. That's less than 3% per year, when compounded. You're acting like the PD is getting a huge raise, when in fact, they are still behind where they were 5 years ago. ======== 15% IS A HUGE RAISE-no not huge GIGANTIC, ENORMOUS, TITANTIN EVEN. That is not what you said-and there is no "compounding" in % raises-don’t know where you came up with that nonsense. A 15% raise over 3 years is pretty damn good-no one in the private sector even got a 1% raise over the last 8 years, so in my book maybe you welfare queens should stop your whining. There is a major problem with gov when over compensated gov. workers, HS educated blue-collar workers at the PD and FD no less, are making more than doctors, lawyers, CPA's and other professionals. Professionals who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition and living expenses over 7, 8, 10 years in higher education. When that happens then it is time to fix the government welfare system. The pay has nothing to do with the PD retention problem. The problem is the idiots running SDPD have not put an employment contract in place to prevent low life, unethical dirty cops from having the City spend thousands training them so they can jump ship-also shows that SDPD is NOT hiring ethical applicants-sort of shoots down that "best and brightest" claim you make every other day. I guess that should be expected when you have idiots running the PD, because they hire other idiots/unethical cops. You ever notice that, stupid people hire other stupid people. There is NO SHORATGE of well-qualified HS/GED educated applicants for jobs that start at over $100K in full compensation.— April 15, 2008 4:47 p.m.
Sanders Wants City To Pay Union President's Salary During Bargaining; Aguirre Says It's Against the Charter
Given that the CPI has risen by an average of 3.2% per year over the past 20 years and that the PD had money taken away from them during that time, they still are not where they were five years ago. By JF 9:16 a.m., Apr 15, 2008 ======= Yes, and the AVERAGE American worker has not seen ANY RAISE SINCE 2000, so what is your point JF-that PD and FD should get CPI raise each and every year while the rest of America does not, and loses ground????????? Gov workers already are paid MORE than the private sector, have BETTER benefits and pensions, and have the best JOB SECIRUTY there is, they basically CANNOT BE FIRED OR LAID OFF while that is happens to every private sector business in America..... Stop your whining. We need to FREEZE FD and PD pay, terminate the scam pension plans and put these whiners into Social Security.— April 15, 2008 11:55 a.m.
Sanders Wants City To Pay Union President's Salary During Bargaining; Aguirre Says It's Against the Charter
Actually, Johnny, the PD raise covered five years, for an average of 3% per year. ================ errr...no it did not cover 5 years JF. The first 9% contract covered 2 years ONLY, and this latest 5-6% increase is for 1 year-this current year. Now, lets add that up, in my book 2+1 = 3. In your book 2+1 = 5, which is typical math for City workers.— April 15, 2008 11:50 a.m.
City Chastened: New Proposed 2009 Budget Warns Investors Not To Use It in Making Decisions
I don't think the City can "disclaimer" their way to immunity from liability for future frauds or negligent errors, even unintenional, by using that notice. It is a CYA, but it is not a valid get out of jail free card San Diego style for doing business as usual.— April 15, 2008 11:47 a.m.
California Is in Such a Financial Quagmire That There Could Be Municipal Bankruptcies
It also shows the unions have California in a strangehold. By Justice4all 2:29 p.m., Apr 10, 2008 ============== Only the PUBLIC unions are the problem, not private sector unions. In CA there are 2.5 million union members-1.5 million government union members, or 60%-that is where the problem is.— April 14, 2008 3:40 p.m.
California Is in Such a Financial Quagmire That There Could Be Municipal Bankruptcies
The problem is when citizens want to see the Yankees play, but only want to pay Padre prices. ======================== The problem is when you are paying Yankee ticket prices and getting 8 year old T-Ball/Little Leaguer players.— April 14, 2008 3:38 p.m.