Where there’s Gilroy smoke, there’s garlic and fire
Union for the firefighters and the police officers took it on the chin in San Jose and San Diego Tuesday. Voters in both major urban centers, tired of lavish pensions enjoyed at the expense of taxpayers and other city services, voted overwhelmingly to enact significant pension reforms. Despite San Jose clearly being a Democratic stronghold, more than 70 percent of voters approved Measure B which requires employees to pay more into the current retirement plan or change to a more reasonable plan. It also limits benefits for new hires. At last a breath of common sense. The looming unfunded liabilities will eventually catch up to all California cities and, as more cash is needed to fund those luxurious pensions, the less money will be available for cities to provide services. Meanwhile, back in the real world, a city summer recreation Little Skill Builders soccer “camp” offering that runs for five days from 9:30 to 11 a.m. for 4 to 6 year olds will cost you a whopping $90. Not surprisingly, only hours after the crushing defeat in San Jose, the “new elite” – the public safety union employees – filed lawsuits to stop the reforms.
Budget Leaves Little Room for Growth
After elected officials authorized the city manager to dip into
BOXING: Shoving match breaks out at Guerrero, Aydin weigh-in
Robert Guerrero and Selcuk Aydin almost came to blows at the conclusion of Friday's official bout weigh-in in San Jose, causing a brief shoving match on stage and building that much more tension and animosity ahead of the boxers' 12-round WBC Interim welterweight world title fight Saturday night.
Capitalism, Secrecy and How This Looks in the Newspaper
Regarding our current controversy over the retirement and
‘Elephant Man’ a Well-done Exercise in Seeing What We Want to See
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Rocket didn’t have his good stuff on Capitol Hill
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Mooing washer takes on engineer husband – and wins
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