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Minkow Scores Again; CEO of MGM Mirage Resigns over MBA Questions
LOL! Actually it would have been BILLIONs lost!— November 15, 2008 12:27 p.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
In other words, it doesn't matter what *you* want to call it. I'm required to be away from home and available to respond. By law, I'm required to be compensated for that, ... ========================================= Of course when you are away from your home and family you should be compensated-no argument there. BUT, many of the duties of a FF who is "working" a 24 hour shift include numerous duties that 99% of Americans would not define as "work", bona fide "work".— November 15, 2008 7:47 a.m.
Minkow Scores Again; CEO of MGM Mirage Resigns over MBA Questions
I saw this is the news yesterday. The guy got caught "puffing" his resume. In all fairness to him though he is 65 years old and if he were younger I highly doubt he wouldhave resogned. He should have done this (or at least I would have): "Hey, OK, you guys caught me, I was "puffing" my resume, no harm no foul". It is very common and the American public is very forgiving as long as you come clean.— November 15, 2008 7:42 a.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
Two of those three categories works a 40 hour week. The other third works a 56 hour week. ============================ JF, are you still claiming that "on call" is "working"?— November 14, 2008 7:02 p.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
Since the contracts are required to be cost neutral, should the city refund money to firefighters? ============================= First off, let me state that PSC's are a total scam. It should be MANDATORY that you work the years you are being given pension credit for. As for the ones that lost money/were purchased far short of their value-we should cancel them and refund the money paid or have the mloyee make up the difference. As for anyone that paid MORE, then yes, there should be a refund (if that is indeed true- JF is not a certifiable source to me).— November 14, 2008 10:59 a.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
Given your track record of non-payment of other bets, no, I'm not interested in betting with you. =============================================== I have never lost a bet, therefor I could have never welched. You need to stop listening to RW's welfare queen sermons of baloney.— November 14, 2008 10:55 a.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
Well that begs the question....why? Johnny, if what you say is true... "This is very common procedure, in fact the exact same thing happened to me back in January." Then why did our City Attorney file this appeal now? =========================================== The answer to that is because, I am told anyway, Mike believed the ongoing harm under the pension scams were causing irreversible and severe damage to the penion system and City finances. That is a guess by a person who does not knwo the facts of the case. Now, I am not on the inside nd I don't even know what issue Mike appealed, so I am NOT the one to really answer this question. But that is how an interlocutory appeal works-you do them when there is immediate harm happening. Send Mike an email and ask him-he is the one that knows the answer-not me.— November 14, 2008 10:53 a.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
The City purports to appeal the September 17, 2007, judgment of dismissal of the City's sixth amended cross-complaint, which is a nonappealable interlocutory judgment. =========================================== OK, the appeal can and will be heard (unless Goldsmith caves in). What the 4th District Court of Appeals said was they want to hear ALL the appeals issues TOGETHER, not piece meal. The UT made it sound (like they did in the past with the trial court) like this was the end of the case-like it is over. 100% completely false. Mike filed this appeal interlocutory-which basically means in the middle of the case, not at the end. Appeals courts do not like hearing interlocutory appeals unless there is immediate harm that could happen without the interlocutory appeal. They like to hear all the appealable issues at one time-which is at the end of a case. So, the 4th dismissed the appealed issue/s WITHOUT prejudice. When the case comes to a final conclusion ALL the issues, including the ones raised here interlocutory, can be refiled on appeal. This is very common procedure, in fact the exact same thing happened to me back in January.— November 13, 2008 2:51 p.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
Make up your mind, JV.You're starting to sound more and more like fumber every day. ===================================== I have never wavered, I said BK is coming and it is-just read my posts. It should be filed yesterday-but Sanders is more than likely just going to keep his head stuck in the sand until his term ends. No way out of it.— November 13, 2008 2:43 p.m.
City Pension Fund Is Only 58 Percent Funded, Council Will Learn Tomorrow. Will It and Mayor Listen?
Under the state constitution cities like San Diego cannot default on bonds. =============================================== Federal BK law (Title 11 of the United States Code) pre-empts state law-so virtually any muni in any state can file Chapter 9 BK, irrespective of state law or state constitution, . What Vallejo did, or I should say the BK judge did, was put bond holders in the lead/front positions and Vallejo has not defaulted on any bonds. So you are corect in that the bonds will have priority over PD and FD obligations-their contracts. Retirees may be a different ball game though-they **may** jump in front of bond holders-we will have to wait and see what happens in the Vallejo case and how that number plays out. Retirees have their own lawyers in the Vallejo case and are litigating seperate from the PD/FD/other unions.— November 12, 2008 8:52 p.m.