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Kerry Steigerwalt of Pacific Law Center says he was the “fall guy”
. http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/pacific_la… . WOW-that article is an eye opener-especially the comments. I will say this, there have been a NUMBER of lawyers disbarred within the last 12 months over "loan modification" scams, and the comments on that ABA website and from nancigorton 7:22 p.m. above is the exact same conduct of the lawyers who were disbarred. Pay them big upfront fees and no service or loan modification. The State Bar stopped the upfront fee policy because these scams were so prevalent. Kerry could be disbarred. I suggest that ALL of these people who paid fees upfront file a complaint with the State Bar; http://calbar.ca.gov/Attorneys/LawyerRegulation/C… .— August 27, 2010 9 p.m.
The Silver Strand
This is an near Stockholm. The two in the car were killed instantly along with the rider. The rider had only recently passed his test, and his body was found inside the car. The car had actually flipped over, with the intensity of the impact. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/ImgGalleryTn/59/307… .— August 27, 2010 7:28 p.m.
The Silver Strand
BTW: Riding a bicycle is much more dangerous than a motorcycle, yet everyone is urged to bicycle more! ====================== LOL...fuuny you said that-I was T-boned on a bicycle before too, I was riding very fast at night w/o a light and was coming up t a T- intersection where a Camero was making a left turn onto the street I was riding and it happened, he didn't see me and boom, T-bone city. I went flying thru the air doing somersaults-and praying I would not land on my head-I landed flat on my back, had the wind knocked out of me and was very lucky-my bike pedal went right into the Camero's plastic bumper and was stuck-that is how hard I was hit. No helmet either-could have been killed. I always try to ride on the sidewalk if possible even thought it is illegal. I hate sharing the road if the speed limt is above 25 MPH. I keep thinking of that Reader article that ran a few weeks back of the guy that went down on his skateboard and suffered severe head injuries, and think I am so lucky I never had a head injury from some of these wipeouts on bikes and motorcycles, even though they were not my fault. I never wore a helmet riding either.— August 27, 2010 7:24 p.m.
"Rolls Out, Rolls Out, Oh How the Money Rolls Out...."
Gene Gordon worked in the City Attorney's office. I believe he headed the litigation section in his last position before retiring. At least he actually worked for the city for 39 yrs and was actually of retirement age and no a 20yr perdon who "retired" at 44 or some such nonsense. By crystalcove ======================= I thought 3%@50 was the biggets scam, but I was wrong. When a 44 y/o City Attorney with only 20 years of actual service on the books can "retire" then we have most definitely jumped the shark...............this upside down ship cannot-I repeat,CANNOT- be righted with this system. It is impossible. Frankly, it upsets me more than I thought it would, and I am sure the majority of the public feels similar.— August 27, 2010 7:14 p.m.
The Silver Strand
Does not matter how cautious hubby is-it's the driver of the vehicles who are careless...... Which brings me to my motorcycle story. Early 1980's, bought a brand new, beautiful Honda 400-4 Super Sport. The very FIRST hour of the very FIRST DAY I had it I had a person pull a left turn in front of me, when they were supposed to be yeilding, and down I went. Hard for people to see motorcycles, and I loved that bike-but the fact is it is extremely dangerous.— August 27, 2010 1:58 p.m.
Deflation Could Heat Up Pension War
The United States was at the peak of its economic power during the period 1940 through 1970. For example, in 1968 U.S. factories manufactured 585 million pairs of shoes and 6 million bicycles. ======================== Wow-that pretty much says it all, and why we are really a nation in decline-through bad leadership INO. Leaders that alllowed entire industries to be hijacked and taken over by foriegn countries (TV's, by way of example, were once 100% manufactured in this country-until Japan hijacked it through unfair trade practices, and our leaders did nothing to stop it, Japan also hijacked our steek insductry by "dumping" hteir steel until our steel mills folded).— August 27, 2010 midnight
And Here Are Employees Who Bought Years They Didn't Serve
Since Gwinn did not start working for the city at age 20, you need to take out his 5 years of servie credit-which means he only worked 20 years, for 37 years of $100K pension payments. 20 years of work, and 37 yeasrs of 6 figure pensions. Where is JustCLueless at, we need him to post some of his nonsensical whoppers justifying this cities public pension system............— August 26, 2010 11:50 p.m.
And Here Are Employees Who Bought Years They Didn't Serve
CASEY G GWINN Retirement date= 12/7/2004 Branch= Legislature Service Birth= 9/1960 Monthly= 8,155.95$ service=24.28 Service credits= 5 ==================== How can Gwinn "retire" at age 44???????????????? With a pension of $8K per month??? Don, please tell me how he can do that??? How can Gwinn start collecting at age 44????????? If he lives to age 81 that will be 37 years of pension payments-on a work career of 24 years????? You need to fill in the blanks for me, I just don't get this one. As bad as the other scammers are, this one is the worst I see skimming over the list-there are several who started pulling pensions at age 50, like the former SDPD chief David Bejerano, who is now collecting a second pay check at CVPD as their chief. But Gwinn?????? How can the system allow someone to "retire" at age 44! Much less with a pension at $100K/year. The system is broken, obviously. But someone needs to tell me how a 44 year old can collect a "pension" from this moronic city.— August 26, 2010 11:48 p.m.
"Rolls Out, Rolls Out, Oh How the Money Rolls Out...."
Some Wall Street economist predicted government defaults yesterday. I meant to try to find it online but got busy with other stuff. Yes, they are possible. Best, Don Bauder ================== Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Investors face defaults on government bonds given the burden of aging populations and the difficulty of increasing tax revenue, according to a Morgan Stanley executive director. “Governments will impose a loss on some of their stakeholders,” Arnaud Mares in the firm’s London office wrote in a research report today. “The question is not whether they will renege on their promises, but rather upon which of their promises they will renege, and what form this default will take.” The sovereign-debt crisis is global “and it is not over,” he wrote.— August 26, 2010 11:33 p.m.
"Rolls Out, Rolls Out, Oh How the Money Rolls Out...."
Founder, you are going to be JW's next target if you keep rocking his boat! But the truth is these pensions are off the hook. You have MULTI million dollar gov pensions being paid to gov officials that have no where near the experience or responsibilty of the private sector. That yahoo for BP, forgot his name, he has a $15 million pension, but that is for a Fotune 50 company with billions in P&L bottom line responsibilty/liability. Then you have a CA Fire Chief (Craig Bowen-San Ramon FD) with a $10 million pension for running a 100 member fire department-I mean seriously, that is just crazy!!!! You add up some of the gov pensions on the San Diego list and I am sure there are a few that will exceed $5, maybe even $7 or $8 million-that would exceed many CEO's in Fortune 500 companies.— August 26, 2010 9:24 p.m.