Dec. 24, 2012 By Chris Reed The city of San Bernardino’s defiance of CalPERS’ demands for payment will be remembered as the first in a very long line of defiant acts from local governments in California as budgets that don’t add up force local officials to make tough and often unpreceden...
Posts Tagged ‘Santa Ana’You and what army are going to make me pay?Monday, December 24th, 2012Tax collectors bite taco trucksMonday, July 16th, 2012 July 16, 2012 By Steven Greenhut SACRAMENTO -- We all would laugh at a man who, sinking in millions of dollars in house payments, car loans and credit card bills, decided to fix his cash-flow problem by looking for nickels, dimes and quarters lurking underneath the sofa cushions. Likewise, ... City Workers Gorge on Special PayTuesday, December 6th, 2011DEC. 6, 2011 By BRIAN CALLE It's great being a city worker in California. The pay. The pensions. The benefits. Then there are copious overtime packages. Public workers in local municipalities collect additional union-negotiated special pay bonuses that are staggering city budgets. A rece... Govt. Unions Enter The MatrixWednesday, October 12th, 2011 John Seiler: California's government unions must be tipsy from all the celebratory champagne they've been drinking the past week. As John Hrabe reports today, they're intimidating signature gatherers for initiatives that would reduce union power. Meanwhile, the California Legislature, which they ... |