Steven Greenhut: Union officials continue to peddle their nonsense alleging that the public sector is somehow underpaid based on a level of gyrations that can be downright embarrassing. Here's an example from the pro-labor, taxpayer-supported institute at the University of California Berkeley. Here ...
Pension ReformYes, Santa, Gov’t Workers Get MoreWednesday, September 14th, 2011Hoffa Declares War on TaxpayersTuesday, September 6th, 2011 John Seiler: Teamsters labor union boss Jimmy Hoffa Jr. just said: We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a... Fresno School Chief Gets Unwarranted KudosTuesday, August 30th, 2011Steven Greenhut: Fresno School Superintendent Larry Powell has been getting the hero treatment in the national media for his reportedly selfless decision to give up his annual salary/benefits of $290,000 a year and instead take $31,000 in salary only. He's doing it for the kids, he said, to save the... CalPERS Reveals Its Double StandardMonday, August 22nd, 2011Steven Greenhut: When the taxpayer is picking up the entire liability for the massive pensions received by public employees who are part of the California Public Employees Retirement System, then CalPERS officials are extremely optimistic about the stock market. They insist that a predicted rate of ... Going gets tough, so go on disabilityFriday, August 12th, 2011Steven Greenhut: Fullerton Police Chief Michael Sellers has been under fire for his handling of a brutal beating death of a homeless man by as many as six of his men. Rather than answer the tough questions or face possible firing, Chief Sellers took the common course taken by chiefs -- he went out o... L.A. Times Catches Up With UsWednesday, August 10th, 2011 John Seiler: You read it here first. My CalWatchDog.com article yesterday, "Market Crash Slams State Pension Funds," compared the bragging of the high returns last fiscal year of the CalPERS state pension funds with the market crash of recent weeks. The L.A. Times caught up with us a day later. I... Will unions now thank Wall Street?Tuesday, July 19th, 2011Steven Greenhut: Last week, I was a witness on a mock trial at Freedom Fest, in which public employee unions were in the dock over the detrimental effect of their pensions on the public treasury. It was a fun event, designed to debate and discuss the role of public employee unions in the current fis... Fletcher’s Union, Big-Gov’t RecordTuesday, June 7th, 2011Steven Greenhut: Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher has announced that he is running for mayor of San Diego, an announcement trumpeted by many Republicans, but Fletcher's rhetoric and record should be disturbing to anyone who actually believes in limited government. He is an ally of public sector unions... Govt. Worker Suicide Was CokeheadMonday, May 30th, 2011 John Seiler: Remember the government worker, Huy Pham, who jumped from a government building in Costa Mesa after he was laid off? Pro-government unions and politicians still are blaming his death on the mean City Council of Costa Mesa that fired him amid budget cuts. As I reported here last we... Sentinel’s Impressive Pension SeriesTuesday, May 24th, 2011Steven Greenhut: The Santa Cruz Sentinel has produced an impressive series on the state of that community's pension system and finds what other communities across the state are finding -- soaring pensions costs, especially for police and firefighters and resulting in cuts in other services: "For th... |