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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Just askin'
One wonders what tonight's Wisconsin, San Diego, and San Jose election results mean for Encinitas' union-backed, pension-crisis-denying mayor, Jerome Stocks.
It puts added pressure on Mayor Stock, something he doesn't need this year. It's another issue where he finds himself to be on the wrong side. It will be fun to watch him squirm. He can't risk losing support of any more of his traditional supporters.
He is campaign manager for Steve Danon's run for county supervisor. Danon only beat Dave Roberts by around 1.3 percentage points for the runoff in November. Is another setback looming for Stocks? The votes in Wisconsin, San Diego, and San Jose don't bode well for Stocks.
Regardless of the outcome of last nights election, the city,ie Stocks and company will sign new working contracts for the staff and fire fighters which will include increased pensions and salaries. They will claim this is necessary to maintain or continue to hire the best. What nonsense.
Here is the contract I propose for the staff and firefighters: 50% reduction in salaries and pensions. Give them 24 hours to sign the contract, every day they fail to sign the contract is an additional 1% reduction in pay and benefits. After 50m days if they haven't signed the contract they are fired and hire new staff and firefighters at the before mentioned cuts.
So someone making less than $60.000 must now live on half of that income in this city according to your philosophy. You are painting with that broad brush again anon. How am I to take care of my family of four on less than 30 grand? My rent is $30,000 a year. How do I feed my kids or send them to college?
Blue collar workers are not fleecing cities anon. The corruption and mismanagement has always been at the top but the middle class will pay for it because of uniformed or in your case misinformed citizens with knee jerk reactions.
Don't you get it? You are being suckered by the old divide and conquer technique. This pits neighbor against neighbor and distracts us from the real issues and the top 1% just gets richer because now they have even more cheap labor to maximize profits for them. I understand your anger at policy makers anon but the vast majority of the employees are blue collar, work hard and are not getting rich off the taxpayers tit.
I'm not a firefighter. You said all staff. I'm defined as staff. I still make less than 60K and will never have 30@55. I already contribute 5% to my pension and will be asked to contribute 3% more in the next 1-3 years. That will be a paycut for me as I do not see a salary offset comming anytime soon.
I do think most firefighters are paid what they desrve and those making $100K are getting alot of overtime most likely.
I do agree that no one should be making more in retirement than they did while working.
Brass are far game if they are the highest paid in the city. They should be held to a higher standard of accountability for sure.
I also feel that pension spiking is unethical and should be eliminated. Only a select few seem to get away with it.
While Parks & Rec did the work at the intersection of Leucadia Blvd I don't believe they are responsible for the rail corridor. The railroad and NCTD have control of the easement along the rail corridor.
I too want something done about the thorn and blight issue along the corridor. My kid gets a flat every week while riding to or from school on that pathetic blighted bike path.
Go to the community center and Moonlight beach this summer or maybe walk one of the many great trails we have in this city if you want to know what P&R does all day.
Encinitas desperately needs pension reform. Perhaps specify that salaries over a certain amount contribute more - a sliding scale formula. Muir pulls down $178K/year - more than Governor Brown makes as leader of the State! This gross inequity needs to be controlled soon, or else all Encinitas might be able to do financially is pay off these retired Fat Cats. $tock$ campaign will be heavily funded by his special interest handlers - they assume the electorate is uninformed, apathetic and non-involved. He needs to go, as does Muir. They've done enough damage..
Regarding the firefighters - they are overpaid. Offer these jobs at $50,000/year and they'd still line up around the block to get them. This bloated salary structure is strictly pandering to the union.
Those of us in private enterprise contribute 100% to our pensions and 100% to our health care. Now explain to me why someone contributing FIVE fucking percent to their pension is complaining???? Oh but wait...it's going up 1% per year for the next 3 years...........LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLOOOOOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLOOOOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! I feel so sad for the staff.(sniff, sniff).
It puts added pressure on Mayor Stock, something he doesn't need this year. It's another issue where he finds himself to be on the wrong side. It will be fun to watch him squirm. He can't risk losing support of any more of his traditional supporters.
ReplyDeleteHe is campaign manager for Steve Danon's run for county supervisor. Danon only beat Dave Roberts by around 1.3 percentage points for the runoff in November. Is another setback looming for Stocks? The votes in Wisconsin, San Diego, and San Jose don't bode well for Stocks.
Regardless of the outcome of last nights election, the city,ie Stocks and company will sign new working contracts for the staff and fire fighters which will include increased pensions and salaries. They will claim this is necessary to maintain or continue to hire the best. What nonsense.
ReplyDeleteHere is the contract I propose for the staff and firefighters: 50% reduction in salaries and pensions. Give them 24 hours to sign the contract, every day they fail to sign the contract is an additional 1% reduction in pay and benefits. After 50m days if they haven't signed the contract they are fired and hire new staff and firefighters at the before mentioned cuts.
Vote OUT all incumbents!!
So someone making less than $60.000 must now live on half of that income in this city according to your philosophy. You are painting with that broad brush again anon. How am I to take care of my family of four on less than 30 grand? My rent is $30,000 a year. How do I feed my kids or send them to college?
ReplyDeleteBlue collar workers are not fleecing cities anon. The corruption and mismanagement has always been at the top but the middle class will pay for it because of uniformed or in your case misinformed citizens with knee jerk reactions.
Don't you get it? You are being suckered by the old divide and conquer technique. This pits neighbor against neighbor and distracts us from the real issues and the top 1% just gets richer because now they have even more cheap labor to maximize profits for them. I understand your anger at policy makers anon but the vast majority of the employees are blue collar, work hard and are not getting rich off the taxpayers tit.
Loser, there isn't one Enc Firefighter earning less than $100K in salary and benefits. Now present your argument again.
DeleteI'm not a firefighter. You said all staff. I'm defined as staff. I still make less than 60K and will never have 30@55.
ReplyDeleteI already contribute 5% to my pension and will be asked to contribute 3% more in the next 1-3 years. That will be a paycut for me as I do not see a salary offset comming anytime soon.
I do think most firefighters are paid what they desrve and those making $100K are getting alot of overtime most likely.
I do agree that no one should be making more in retirement than they did while working.
Brass are far game if they are the highest paid in the city. They should be held to a higher standard of accountability for sure.
I also feel that pension spiking is unethical and should be eliminated. Only a select few seem to get away with it.
LL,
DeleteWould you talk to someone in Parks & Rec about clearing the goat head thorn weeds from the Vulcan Puncture Path?
WTF do those people do all day?
While Parks & Rec did the work at the intersection of Leucadia Blvd I don't believe they are responsible for the rail corridor. The railroad and NCTD have control of the easement along the rail corridor.
ReplyDeleteI too want something done about the thorn and blight issue along the corridor. My kid gets a flat every week while riding to or from school on that pathetic blighted bike path.
Go to the community center and Moonlight beach this summer or maybe walk one of the many great trails we have in this city if you want to know what P&R does all day.
Encinitas desperately needs pension reform. Perhaps specify that salaries over a certain amount contribute more - a sliding scale formula. Muir pulls down $178K/year - more than Governor Brown makes as leader of the State! This gross inequity needs to be controlled soon, or else all Encinitas might be able to do financially is pay off these retired Fat Cats.
ReplyDelete$tock$ campaign will be heavily funded by his special interest handlers - they assume the electorate is uninformed, apathetic and non-involved. He needs to go, as does Muir. They've done enough damage..
Regarding the firefighters - they are overpaid. Offer these jobs at $50,000/year and they'd still line up around the block to get them. This bloated salary structure is strictly pandering to the union.
Those of us in private enterprise contribute 100% to our pensions and 100% to our health care. Now explain to me why someone contributing FIVE fucking percent to their pension is complaining???? Oh but wait...it's going up 1% per year for the next 3 years...........LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLOOOOOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLOOOOLOLOLOLOL!!!!! I feel so sad for the staff.(sniff, sniff).
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