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Award-winner milks Big Bear resort
I keep hearing he is going to Italy but can't confirm it. By dbauder 8:55 p.m., Apr 4, 2008 ====== Italy would probably not be the best place to run a scam, it is home to the Mafioso, and the Mafioso are not going to take you to court-because they make their own "out of court settlements"....lol.— April 5, 2008 8:43 a.m.
Award-winner milks Big Bear resort
Me thinks; 86521=Richard La China— April 5, 2008 8:38 a.m.
California Is in Such a Financial Quagmire That There Could Be Municipal Bankruptcies
JF, you are cracking me up with your "The Sky Is Falling" Chicken Little routine! I cannot go into all of your bogus points, but suffice it to say I think I could right this sinking ship, and if it makes some FF unhappy, well cry me a crocodile tear...... Oh, BTW, FF is an **entry level job*** (or close to it) with no prior education or skills, so it is indeed a job that requires no skills to get hired. Now, can you be called skilled AFTER you have gone thru training, sure, but you can say that about ANY unskilled job that has ON THE JOB TRAINING. You better hope it is too late for me to run JF! I would like to run in Scott Peter's district, which one is it???— April 5, 2008 8:37 a.m.
Another La Jolla Ponzi Scheme: This One Engineered by an Attorney Now Headed to Prison
What a waste. 63 months will be 54 months with good behavior. Looks to be about 47 years old. Be out at age 52-with no job skills. Crime does not pay. He will never practice law again, Disciplinary and Related Actions 7/21/2007 Resignation with charges pending 07-Q-11613 Resigned 4/25/2007 Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 07-Q-11613 Not Eligible To Practice Law 4/25/2007 Interim suspension after conviction 06-C-12275 Not Eligible To Practice Law 5/26/2005 Public reproval with/duties 03-O-946 http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail…— April 4, 2008 8:33 p.m.
San Diego plays big role in Field of schemes
Then it screwed a little town whose name I have forgotten that was dumb enough to pay the Raiders money to consider coming there. The Raiders took the money and never showed up. The team went back to Oakland and demanded more money from this city with high poverty, rundown schools, deteriorating infrastructure. Yes, Al Davis knows how the game is played, because he drew up some of the rules. Best, Don Bauder By dbauder 12:49 p.m., Apr 4, 2008 ================================== Beautiful Irwindale, off the 10 freeway 25 miles east of LA.... that was in 1988/89 believe it or not, almost 20 years ago. Al Davis has lost some money, or maybe a better term is Al has not made as much as he penciled out, upon his return to Oakland in 95. He has been in a huge lawsuit with the City and County that as far as I know is still going on. Al is on his death bed, so it will be interesting to see what happens when he dies. I imagine his son will take over. It is truly amazing how much money football owners have made from franchise appreciation. When Ken Behring bought the Seahawks he paid $25 million (ok, it was in the early 80s and they were the perininal door mat). When Spanos bought the Chargers it was for I think $35 million. When Jerry Jones bought the Cowgirls it was for $100 million and everyone thought he was nuts paying that price. Snyder paid $850 million for the Redskins a few/4-5 years back (but somehow the deal included a brand new stadium...lol). Biggest scams around.— April 4, 2008 8:28 p.m.
California Is in Such a Financial Quagmire That There Could Be Municipal Bankruptcies
In fact, that might be a good story for Don -- how much does the city pay outside law firms to negotiate with employee? By JF 1:50 p.m., Apr 4, 2008 =========================== I'll do it pro bono, but you won't like my negotiations. I would offer NO wage increases to any employee with a base salary over $60K for non skilled work, make all new hires agree to either a 401K, or a DB that is 2% at age 60, with a cap at 65% (32.5 years of service, no more increases, tapped out). No DROP. No POSYC. No car allownaces. No cell phones. I would also offer the option of allowing the City employee to enter social security and skip the muni pension plan all together. Employees choice. Since the City can force such a contract, I would force it on the PD and FD. In addition, I would institute employment contracts of 6 years for all PD and FD employees who receive City paid academy training. If the employe paid for their own training no employment contract, but if the City pays to send the employee through the academy then it is a 6 year pro rated empolyment contract with employee paying back any training costs, pro rated, if they quit within 6 years. That's my plan, someone show me a better one. What District should I run in??? Is it too late to file the papers???? Who can back me?????— April 4, 2008 8:13 p.m.
California Is in Such a Financial Quagmire That There Could Be Municipal Bankruptcies
I am no fan of AB Laffer, but he is on the money with the Muni BK's. Vallejo, as we all know, will be filing BK April 22, 2008 (wow, just 2 weeks away). The notion that a large % of people move from state to state based on tax rates is nonsense. If that were true NY (and CA.) would be a wasteland. San Diego will BK too, just a matter of time. We could not make it in the biggest boom of the last 80 years, and now the bust to the boom has arrived-and we still have gold plated Cadillac pensions andother abuses. Time to pay the piper. Sanders said he was going to "shore up" the pension hole with $600 MILLION big ones, he said that 18 months ago-guess how much he has plugged of the $600 MILLION?????? Just $100 Mllion-all of it from the tobacco settlement money-money that should have benefited every taxpayer in this City. The funny thing is Colonel KFC Sanders made the City employees absorb $6 Million in benefit cuts, in exchange for the $600 Million plug to the pension system-or a 100 to 1 ration in favor of the employees. Just yesterday the Clowncil and KFC Sanders tried to pass a sub prime "bond" issuance where the interest rate could ballon to over 16%, and people wonder why San Diego is going BK. Thank god it did not pass. Of course this bond measure was put on the calander so they could pay more general fund money into the pesnion black hole. Like I said last year-Sanders is history-he will not be re elected, and if he is re elected I am moving to Hong Kong, or some other responsible and booming City that has their act together. Chula Vista will be filing BK also.— April 4, 2008 7:45 a.m.
Award-winner milks Big Bear resort
#42. Response to post #41: They always end up with a trophy girlfriend. ========== I want a "Trophy GF"......lol....starting with Spitzer's babe!— April 3, 2008 2:12 p.m.
San Diego plays big role in Field of schemes
The court could be 100% better with Clearance Thomas kicked off of it. Worst justice of the last 100 years, he has absolutely NO BUSINESS sitting on the SCOTUS. I disagree strongly with some of the justices, Scalia for one, but the rest of the justices have serious brain power, even Scalia, not so with Thomas. The New York Times Magazine, do they still charge for online viewing??? I would like to read the article.— April 3, 2008 2:08 p.m.
San Diego plays big role in Field of schemes
Pro sports mogul Jerry Reinsdorf, negotiating on behalf of all the owners, made this classic comment: “Two-thirds/one-third is fine. But three-thirds/no-thirds is more what we had in mind.” ====== hahahah..what a scam. They should have hired Bruce Henderson to do their negotiating, but then again, the bought and paid for polititicans know that with a top negotiator their scams of ripping off the poor and middle class won't fly. Someone should invent a time machine and go back to 1980 and take out Al Davis, the one that started this scam.— April 2, 2008 12:53 p.m.