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For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry
My paw hurts.............from spanking Ms Grant :)— March 30, 2010 8:02 a.m.
Despite Alleged Conflicts, Bersin Gets Border Post on Interim Basis
Bersin = well connected clown. Nothing more to say-well, except what I have always said, he is the most well connected trust funder I have ever seen-ever. No one has been gifted more gov workfare than good old Alan Bersin. He is the poster child for nepotism/cronyism that runs so rampant in gov empoyment.— March 29, 2010 11:29 p.m.
Dubious Accounting Hides Greater Pension Woes
Can ANYBODY set things right in California? ============= Don't know if anyone can fix things-we may have to default before things get fixed. I do know this-if Whitman, Poinzer or Brown flop like Arnold did-and they all have the potential to, bigtime- our goose is cooked. This state will not make it through another 4 years of Arnold type gridlock.— March 29, 2010 11:24 p.m.
Dubious Accounting Hides Greater Pension Woes
As for Arnold-he has been a total, compelte, 100% failure as gov. He got spanked very hard on the four 2005 ballot initatives-but instead of getting back up and fighting the good fight he tucked his tail between his skinny little legs and ran for the hills. That is NOT the conduct I had hoped he would exhibit. All four of those ballot initatives would PASS today-and with flying colors. But Arnold is a wimp. He got beat down by hundreds of millions of $$ in public union money and instead of getting back up and fighting for the people, the poor and the middle class, he folded faster than the local laundry. I have no respect for the job Arnold has done as gov-none, zero nada.— March 29, 2010 8:10 p.m.
Dubious Accounting Hides Greater Pension Woes
I was not referring to the pensions per se, I was referring to the ACCONTING rules that govern muni pensions and other post employment benefits, such as healthcare. The rules were/are different for private sector and public sector pensions and budgets. As I stated, muni's were allowed to leave future debts OFF the books until recently. In the case of leaving retiree healthcare costs off the books-that has never been allowed in a public company. The same was true of pension costs-muni's were allowed to leave future pensions costs OFF the books until a couple of years ago.— March 29, 2010 8:05 p.m.
Dubious Accounting Hides Greater Pension Woes
They should make gov pensions, and budgets play under the exact same rules as the private sector. It was only last year that future gov healtcare costs had to be put on the books.— March 29, 2010 6:34 p.m.
San Diego Unified charges all kinds of illegal fees
I think the part saying donations were not illegal was the part that bothered me a bit......donations can certainly be strong armed and that would be illegal. The couts give schools wide latitude to do their job, I will certainly agree with that.— March 29, 2010 4:30 p.m.
Despite Alleged Conflicts, Bersin Gets Border Post on Interim Basis
Don't forget that Bersin's wife is a Superior Court judge, so they really have all the bases covered in this. ================= LOL....it never stops. Like I said, the judges will be the FIRST ones to talk through their hat, usually with some speech from the bench about how our; "judicial system is the best in the wprld" while denying basic constitutional rights to favor the side they like........ have seen it time and time again-usually favoring gov or money at the expense of the poor and middle class.— March 29, 2010 4:25 p.m.
Despite Alleged Conflicts, Bersin Gets Border Post on Interim Basis
I read Bush II made 170 and Clinton 140. Just hearsay from the papers.— March 29, 2010 10:50 a.m.
Despite Alleged Conflicts, Bersin Gets Border Post on Interim Basis
It's pretty easy to remember. Members of the House are elected to 2yr terms. So each January following the November midterms, Congress is reseated. So the first session of the 112th Congress will begin in January of 2011. ================== Thanks, now I have it down. I wasn't sure how the recess appointments actually worked.— March 29, 2010 10:50 a.m.