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Faulconer Wants to Hasten Downtown Projects
Ill second SDParrotheads motion.— January 28, 2011 6:23 p.m.
Imprudence Not Unconstitutional, Says Appeals Court
Your claims of lack of tax revenue are not a legit reason to raise taxes. Furtheremore-even cities with HUGE tax revenue coming in are in the exact same position as San Diego-so although it might help in a minor way, it would by no means cure the problem. What you and the rest of your buddies in "public safety" positions need to understand is very simple, you cannot retire from 6 figure salary jobs that give 6 figure pensions at age 50, when the average mortality rate is age 80-86. That is simply not sustainable, and no amount of taxes will fix that-even if taxes were at 90%.— January 28, 2011 12:35 p.m.
Imprudence Not Unconstitutional, Says Appeals Court
The court ruled the arbitrator overstepped his authority and the legislators should have approved the settlement with the necessary declarations. =============== Actually that is not what the court ruled, the court ruled that retroactive pension increases are NOT valid, unless they are specifically say so in the contract. If the contract is silent then retroactive pension increases are not valid or legit. It had nothing to do with "necessary declarations" or "approval of a settlement". The only issue is were the retroactive portions IN THE CONTRACT-if not, they do not apply and cannot be gifted out.— January 28, 2011 12:30 p.m.
Imprudence Not Unconstitutional, Says Appeals Court
This was posted yesterday-another court of appeals case ruled that retroactive pension increases are NOT valid, unless it is specifically stated, if the retroactive portion is silent in the contract then NO GO on retroactive increases. This issue has now created a split in the court of appeals, which will need to be decided by the CA Supreme Court; "The dispute wound up before an arbitrator, who found that the state had negotiated an agreement for retroactive benefits. On Wednesday, however, the state's Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento said the 2002 legislation that put the deal into effect did not include either a statement of retroactivity or its costs, which both sides have estimated at nearly $40 million." . http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/… .— January 28, 2011 10:04 a.m.
Imprudence Not Unconstitutional, Says Appeals Court
My original point is the OC case is a collective bargaining issue, San Diego is a legal settlement for acts or omission by the City and SDCERS. === And my point is the same whether it was part of Corbett or not-the officials disd not have the authority to give the retroactive pension boost. If I sold YOUR car to my neighbor, would that be legal? of course not, I don't own your car-and th eofficials did not have the authority to give away the farm for prior work.— January 28, 2011 8 a.m.
Imprudence Not Unconstitutional, Says Appeals Court
It was in the settlement-fine. But the legal question remains the same as the OC case, did the officials have the LEGAL AUTHORITY to give the pension increases retroactively. If the answer to that is NO, then the settlement is void-or at least the 3%@50 portion. The legal authority question IS the key- I don't think your claim that the 3%@50 being a part of the Corbett settlement makes it immune from a collateral attack like OC is doing.— January 27, 2011 6:47 p.m.
Jerry Brown Wants to Rein in Redevelopment Scams
I lived with people who prepared for declaring bankruptcy by spending as much as they could and as fast as they could. Even went around town to all of the quickie loan joints. Court voided every debt. ================= When you say "voided' do you mean the court did, or did not, allow these people to discharge the debts? What you have described is against the BK rules and courts usually do not allow such abuses. The fact is the vast majority of BK's-80% last I checked- were the result of job loss or medical bills, not abuses.— January 27, 2011 5:48 p.m.
Imprudence Not Unconstitutional, Says Appeals Court
LOL...we have been going back and forth on this the last 24 hours over at the Orange County Regoster....... Like I have said, this is a 3 round fight, and the only round that counts is round 3. . It has nothing to do with Public Safety here. The POA received 3% at 50 as part of a legal settlement to the Corbett litigation, whereas the OC Deputies negotiated for 3 at 50 as part of collective bargaining agreement. ================ Can you cite a source for this comment? NO you cannot. Corbett had nothing to do with 3%@50-it was ALL about underfunding. Get a clue justclueless.— January 27, 2011 4:44 p.m.
New York State Takes Over Finances of Wealthy Nassau County
The state does not have the power to veto the counties contracts-so I don't know what they are going to do except manage it differently.— January 27, 2011 1:52 p.m.
Farewell, Facebook Friend
The only way I know how to say goodbye, to accept his loss, let go and move on, is to click the link on his page that reads, “Unfriend.” ==== Hmmm...for the record you can simply program FB to not notify you of any activity on any "friends" profile. No more notifications, tagged or not.— January 26, 2011 5:04 p.m.