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Jeff Moorad, Former Players' Agent, Says He Has Reached Agreement in Principle to Purchase Padres
The New York Yankees are asking outrageous prices in their new subsidized stadium, too. =================================== As stated above, David Cay Johnston has written extensively about stadium scams, and the Yankee scam he goes into great detail about. The land where the new Yankee stadium is being built was on public park land where kids and the rest of the city played and relaxed. It was donated to the city 100 plus years ago, for a dedicated park-but the politicians abrogated their duty to the people and were bribed by Steinbriener - and now there is another taxpayer paid for stadium. I will find the David Cay Johnston book where he goes over this stadium nonsense and post it up later today when I have some time.— January 6, 2009 8:24 a.m.
Jeff Moorad, Former Players' Agent, Says He Has Reached Agreement in Principle to Purchase Padres
then the taxpayers will find out what happened in Arlington, the new Cowboy stadium. The Cowboys demand a "license" fee of $10,000 just to buy a seat. Now how many normal taxpayers are going to come up with ten grand for the right to buy a seat and then to purchase tickets? The Cowboys even paid for 1/2 of their stadium, the city came up with the rest of the money. Gene ================== Gene is correct. BTW Gene , dou you know how the Texas Rangers paid for their stadium??? Our illustrious president got a 1/2 cent sales tax passed in the Arlinghton county where it was built, so Bushie and his lackeys could reap $150 Million windfall off the backs of the poor, who as you point out are priced out of these events today. David Cay Johnston has a large chapter devote to this in one of his books, "Free Lunch" or one of the others. Tax the many for the benefit of the few. Sort of like what our gov is doing to us wit public employees.— January 6, 2009 8:20 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
The other point is that every SD firefighter has a continuing education requirement. We're all keeping up with the latest in firefighting all the time... a minimum of two hours per shift of training. That's one important way in which we can never be replaced by community volunteers. They simply don't have the time to train. ========================= Your limited continuing education is employer paid on employer time, the notion that volunteers would be unable to do this PAID TRAINING is preposterous.— January 6, 2009 8:12 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Don, ALL San Diego firefighters have at least some college. Half the members are paramedics. Paramedic school takes about a year and a half of college. ======================== All cops have at least some college because the academy is equal to one semester of community college credit. It does not change the fact that they are hired with GED's and HS diploma's. One course at a community college does not make a college graduate, or even a college education.— January 6, 2009 8:10 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Here's another fact. The final hiring stages are done by city personnel... not members of the PD or FD. We don't have a choice in who gets hired. I know, shocking. How does that help your argument? ==================== That is the biggest BS lie you have ever posted JF.....that applicants for the PD or FD are actually hired by personnel.... BALONEY!— January 6, 2009 8:08 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
As I said, much of your hyperbole is driven by your past rejection. Many PD officers earn JD degrees while employed. ================================== LOL..another JF WHOPPER. NO cop has a JD at HIRE, and I doubt thre are even 5 who have earned a JD while employed as a cop. BTW-it is very easy to go to school when it is being paid for by the taxpayers and you're earning $200K per year.— January 6, 2009 8:06 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
San Diego was under a consent decree 30 years ago. Since then the fire chiefs have included 2 black males, 1 white female and 1 white male. San Diego also has the highest percentage of female firefighters of any major department in the country. Sound like a racist organization? I believe your perception is tilted due to your failure to get hired by the PD. ==================================== Almost every major PD and FD have dramatically increased the % of minorities, in many lagrer departments minorities are the majorities in hiring. But that does not change the fact that these jobs were closed to the outside until the last 20,30, 35 years in virtually all major muni's........ I could never be hired at PD, I am too smart- and I also do not fit into the Family, Friends, Military and lawsuit consent decree hiring program. If you don't match in one of those 4 you're out of luck. If the gov hired on an objective basis, instead of a subjective basis, I would be in the top 1%. How else do you account for the GED educated Mark Furman's getting hired (he fit into the Military workfare hiring program-see above- and he was a HS drop out).— January 4, 2009 10:15 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
How many SD FFs have college degrees? =========================== The question is not how many have college degrees, it is how many have college degrees at time of hire....... at PD it is 15-20%. I would think FD would be even less.— January 4, 2009 10:06 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
I'm a little curious about these "exclusionary policies" you speak of. Pretty much every minority group has representatives within the FD who conduct community outreach and recruiting -- for free, on their day off. The pool of candidates has shrunk drastically lately. =================================== JF, the reason you ANY have minorities is because SDFD (and every other major PD and FD in this state) was sued for cronyism and nepotism hiring. That is very common all throughout government employment, with the higher the compensation the more cronyism. You in fact have defended this nepotism hiring on seveal occassions online. I know the pool of FF applicants must have shrunk because there are so many other places that pay $200K per year to the GED educated in a depression. I don't know how an employer can keep staffed in this robust economic environment. Seriously, there are 1,000 applicants for every 1 open FF job. The notion that there is a lack of applicants is beyond perposterous.— January 4, 2009 5:06 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
firefighters in this town have an approval rating in the mid-90th percentile. Firefighters are at the top of the most trusted profession polls. And for good measure, we're (present company excluded) always voted the "sexiest profession". ====================================== Oh brother..............................— January 4, 2009 5 p.m.