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San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Come on now, tell the truth, I know it's a difficult. You were promoted but only after repeating 1st grade.— February 5, 2009 2:03 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
I don't know Don, ya gotta admit, you get a chuckle or two out of Fumber's retorts. He certainly earns it for "phraseology". His talent in stringing together descriptive adjectives and nouns is unique.— February 5, 2009 1:43 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Johnny, I'll do my best to 'edit' my comments "down to a level you can manage". But writing to a level where first grade contributors, like you, can manage is difficult, if not completely impossible.— February 5, 2009 1:38 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Well I agree..."They're liars. That's what politicians do for a living." Now the more relevant question: Why does or would the electorate re-elect liars? Repeatedly?— February 5, 2009 1:28 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
CONTINUED... Regarding taxes and fees: First and foremost compare the City’s tax and fee structure to other large City in California. While doing that compare the services provided. Are we being honest with ourselves or just denying the facts? Impose a fee for trash collection as long as fee imposed by the 1919 People Ordinance for Trash Collection is removed. If you don't like that, the original ordinance includes language saying the cost of refuse collection should be covered by the tax, if it's not covered, raise the fee within the property tax to the appropriate level. Just don't bill me twice. Get the voters behind raising theTOT Raise the rental car tax fees. Raise the real estate transfer tax. Impose developer fees following models similar to LA and SF Work on separating long term business real estate holding from single family prop 13 tax protections. Here another idea, but I’ll admit it’s a real reach, right now. AB/InBev now owns SeaWorld. Does the world's largest producer of beer really want an entertainment unit? If not, get the city to work with Disney or another entertainment giant to purchase the park. Then sell off a couple hundred acres of greatly under utilized Fiesta Island for a new theme park. If it’s Disney, they can bring the cruise ship here as a stop, before heading to the Mexican Rivera.— February 5, 2009 10:38 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
I believe I did explain the why firefighters figure so prominently in the list. If not, the majority of it comes from contractually mutual aid obligations the City has agreed to fulfill. Which is reimbursed 100% by the feds and the state. In regards to special events, more specifically fire department staffing. It is the City that requires promoters to staff certain number and classification. As I mentioned earlier, for the most part the city gets full boat reimbursement including salary and benefits now-a-days. But only pays base overtime salary which does NOT include benefits. So in most cases the city now makes a little money on special events. As to the infamous "100K" list...."As to your points, remember that the information came not from DeMaio, but from the city." Of course it came from the city, who else would be compiling the data. It's not the data, it's how the information is spun and exploited. Funny how the Voice of SD has this PDF document linked to Mr. DeMaio. Funny how Mr. DeMaio bemoans the same points. Not so funny is purposely deciding to not tell or share the WHOLE truth about overtime reimbursements to the City. If as you and Johnny V claim the city is broke and becoming "broker" everyday. Why, as you put it, are Mayor Sanders, Jay Goldstone, Ms. Tevlin, and all of our councilmember’s denying it? Broke, in the financial sense means: to become destitute of money or possessions. The City is neither. The city pays its bills. The City has billions in assets. Anytime anyone brings up Chapter 9 bankruptcy to the Mayor, he stops that talk immediately. Is he lying to us for his own political gains? Is he not a community team player? CONTINUED.....— February 5, 2009 10:38 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
BTW...thanks to fumber...I have missed his insights. They brighten my day in oh so many ways!— February 5, 2009 7:34 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Mr. Williams you can call bullsh*t all you want. As Don mentioned in comment #638 above; "[everyone] are all encouraged to state your views here." My view is you, JohnnyV and anyone else who believes city employees are over compensated for their labors are all welcome to join and see for yourselves. As far as I can tell no one has removed any of your comments. Yet, according to you, counter points of view are not allowed. How so? For example, in comments #652, #653 above, "Johnny(I only post some of the facts that support my positions)Vegas" and you comment about on your frustration on salary compensation for public safety employees. Neither you or Johnny chose to investigate the data beyond what you were fed by a politician. A naive mistake. Mr. DeMaio's obvious attempt to further vilify city workers is it not the WHOLE truth, and worse, he knows it. His silence about the recovery of overtime costs to city speaks volumes about his personal integrity. But what’s worse, you took the bait, hook, line and sinker! You’ve been used by a politician. How’s it feel to be slimmed? But let's back to the issue, since this overtime is being spent, it seems there's a need for this staffing. Since there is a need why doesn't the City hire people to do the jobs and thus eliminate the overtime you, and Mr. DeMaio find so offensive? Why, because Carl knows it's CHEAPER to pay the overtime then to hire employees in the long run. It's been proven over and over. But Carl, our newest political hack, wants to stir the pot, for his own political gains, because patsies like you make a stink about it, doing his dirty work for him. My questions to you Fred, is it honest to omit the information about reimbursements to the City while complaining about the overtime compensation? How dishonest is it for a politician to do it, or is it something we expect or just accept now-a-days? Regarding your comment #1 My income comes from multiple sources because I choose to more simultaneously with my life than just one endeavor at a time. In fact, I practice in four distinctly different areas and receive substantial compensation for it. And, for the record, I do not appear on the list you linked into your comment. My time is better spent doing more rewarding ($$$) tasks. Regarding comment #3 well that's an opinion and no one suppressed it. So Don's correct, all encouraged to state their views here, no matter what they are.— February 5, 2009 7:29 a.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Hey Johnny, Why don't you be the first to come work for the PD or FD. Both are hiring now. Then you can choose to return 80% of your salary and benefits to city while blazing a trail, setting the bar and establishing a new baseline. What no response? What's that... no sane person would follow you down that road. Of course not, it's just crazy. Besides you forgot about the City's living wage ordinance, an 80% cut would be in violation of their own ordinance. Comments like #660 and 661 are, as Mr. Bauder so eloquently put, inflammatory or inaccurate information just go get others excited. So as you mentioned in comment #651 above: "Oh-Oh, I think I just made another "troll" post." If nothing else, you've proved over and over you have incredible expertise in the area of troll posting.— February 4, 2009 12:49 p.m.
U-T Axe Was to Fall Friday. It Didn't. Newspaper May Need Employees to Slam Together Long-Delayed Pagination System
Ahhhh finally, an explanation for the UT's editorial pages. They're coming from extra terrestrial origins... alive or dead it's getting harder to tell everyday.— February 4, 2009 12:01 p.m.