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Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
Well, your two "friends" were one in a million, both of them. And please NAME the SD TEch firm whose shares went from $3-$4 to over $400 in 36 months. There are 550K licensed RE agents and brokers in this state and 90% earn less than 5K per year. They are similar to actors, yes a few actors make $1 million per picture, but 99% earn under $75K, and 75% earn under $5K per year.— April 16, 2011 9:33 a.m.
For The Birds
I have had no better nor worse with hisapnics than anyone else. I will say this though, when I lived in San Ysidro, I was the only white guy in a 150 unit condo complex and some dorks kept making bogus complaints about me and my dogs-and I always wondered if it was b/c I was white. I just could not figure out why this kept happening, and I was just guessing it was b/c of race. Who knows though, but those thoughts went through my mind. When I taught school at National City Middle School it was 75% hispanic, 15% asian, 4% white, 3% black...I loved that school and I loved those kids! Best job I ever had.— April 15, 2011 10:27 p.m.
For The Birds
The medical personnel/firemen brusquely and rather arrogantly told us to stand back, as they had now arrived to save the day. ============== LOL..they are Hero's and deserve!— April 15, 2011 10:23 p.m.
Interview with a Bimbo Truck Driver
I would PAY to have that cute little bear on my ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— April 15, 2011 8:44 p.m.
Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
BTW-here is a REALLY good article, and short, from Vanity Fair magazine for JW and Don-and anyone else who wants to get an education on why things are so sideways in America today, and while I agree with 90% of what this guys says, I don't agree with all of it-I have to make this disclaimer b/c this guy is supposedly a socialist, but he is really on the money. I think he would add public employees to the problem of wealth inequality given that many public employees are now making so much more than the private sector; Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret. . http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/0… .— April 15, 2011 7:55 p.m.
Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
Of course no thought these were abuses during the tech bubble or housing bubble when private sector workers were earning truckloads of compensation. ================ Another public employee whopper. I bet you also had a "freind" or "neighbor" who was making $500K per year in "real estate" or "loans" or became a billionaire with "stock options"!!! The fact only 15%-20% of Americans work for public companies, few if any American workers have benefits, and have not seen their compensation go up in over 12 years. In fact it has gone down, while public saftey employees have seen their compensation go up, on average, 97% in the last decade alone in this state. I really have to laugh at the "truck loads of compensation" comment because it is one of the many whoppers floated by most public employees-while FF jobs are seeing 1k applicants for every single opening. The so caleld reforms by Brown are far too little, far too late, and only address the most outrageous abuses.— April 15, 2011 7:50 p.m.
Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
The same is true in the ongoing case in Vallejo, California. Pensions remained intact. ========== Once again, they only remain b/c they were not challenged.— April 15, 2011 6:41 p.m.
Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
In the '94 Orange County bankruptcy, the largest municipal failure ever at that time, pensions were never touch ========== Pensions were never challenged. If they had been challenged they would have taken a 50%-75% haircut, and that will happen eventually in muni BK.— April 15, 2011 6:07 p.m.
Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
The Court has a duty? Really? =========== IMO, yes, they had a duty to rule on the issue, which ever way it may go. They are the highest court in this state, it is a state issue, a state issue that is affecting every taxpayer in CA.— April 15, 2011 6:04 p.m.
Orange County Loses Fight against Deputy Sheriff Pensions
Nevertheless Moorlach and Mainero himself an attorney, pursued it spending millions of taxpayer dollars =============== The total cost was in the $2 million range, to save potentially $500 million. That is a 250 to 1 percentage. I'll take those odds 100 times out of 100, anyone would.— April 15, 2011 6:02 p.m.