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City's pension liability zooms up by $937 million
The only way the "pension crisis" can be solved is to end defined-benefit pensions, or at least the taxpayer backstop for them. They're mathematically unsustainable. All the emotional, hand-wringing arguments about "Retirees aren't the problem, they paid in, they did their jobs, their pensions aren't excessive, they were promised, they are owed!" doesn't change the basic fact that the whole idea is, essentially, a Ponzi scheme. Politicians today will always promise more to be paid out tomorrow and then pay in less today. They get votes and salaries and their own pensions and benefits, then stroll away whistling and leave the problem for someone else. The ONLY possible answer is a defined-contribution system, where what's there is what's there. No magic, no hocus-pocus, no promises... only dollars and cents. And if what's there isn't "enough", that's reality, the same reality we all have to live in.— December 22, 2016 9:25 a.m.
Even drought-tolerant trees die in San Diego
We need to accept that everyone who wants to live in San Diego cannot. We need to stop trying to build, build, build. We need to say, "Enough is enough, we have far too much land paved over, we're going to save what's left." That means that housing will get really expensive and some people will need to leave. Some cry, "But you need dishwashers and gardeners and other 'low-income' people!" What that means is, wages for those jobs will rise until "enough" dishwashers and gardeners can afford to live here. So long as too many people believe we need to build and provide a house for everyone who wants to live at the beach, we'll continue to see overcrowding and pollution and traffic and delays and shortages. We have to accept reality.— December 22, 2016 9:18 a.m.
Gates behind the gates in Poway
Am I really here before all the moaning about "gated communities" and what awful people must live there???— December 21, 2016 9:16 a.m.
Not just a gas station under the flight path
I know what my solution to that particular problem is!— December 21, 2016 9:13 a.m.
Not just a gas station under the flight path
I'll never understand the people who weep and wring their hands about "Oh, no, another store will sell beer, it's the end of the world!" Like someone's going to be walking by and say, "Oh, hey, wow, a new place to buy booze, I should go in and get absolutely obliterated!" And even if they did... so what? News flash, pansies: someone who wants to drink is already doing it.— December 21, 2016 9:13 a.m.
Suspected mail thief's escape thwarted
Someone please try to tell me why this turd shouldn't be locked up for life. Multiple repeat thief. Let him out, he'll do it again. We need a REAL Three Strikes law.— December 19, 2016 1:15 p.m.
Auditor finds water workers' ethics in the toilet
Unionized government employees did bad things, and instead of firing them, we blame the Republican mayor???— December 19, 2016 1:09 p.m.
Civic San Diego commits foul, says group
Yeah, damn anyone who wants to retain any sort of standard of living! We need to pack as many people into San Diego as possible! So long as one slob is crying that they cannot afford to live at the beach, there is a social injustice that must be rectified! We keep hearing that we're in a drought. How and why are we supposed to be packing tens of thousands of more people in to the city and county if there isn't enough water? Most of the rest of the country is much more affordable and has water... it's time for those who cannot afford to live here to go there.— December 14, 2016 9:23 a.m.
The perfect Christmas present for the avid film goer
Because old-fashioned theaters where everyone is crammed in to sit in an airplane seat SUCK! I only go to Cinépolis Luxury Theaters now... I cheerfully pay more to pick my seat online, buy my ticket, show up to no lines, relax, and watch a movie with a cocktail and a nice snack. Bad for business? It's GOOD for business! You will never have to worry about me standing in a line ahead of you ;-)— December 14, 2016 9:19 a.m.
Willie's Shoe Shine must move
Hooray for government paperwork! Don't worry, they'll do better with our health care. Just trust them!— December 6, 2016 1:24 p.m.