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public employee pensions Archive
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Tuesday night on Gadfly Radio w/ Montelongo & Seiler
Posted on April 22, 2011 | No CommentsGadfly Radio Tonight, at 8 PM PT To Listen Live, Click here, on Channel 2: Live Call in number: 1-818-602-4929 This weekend I saw Atlas Shrugged, and I loved it. ... -
Mission Viejo staff wages and benefits
Posted on November 23, 2010 | 16 CommentsPhoto coutesy MV Dispatch On Wednesday, October 20th about 180 people attended a Legislative Oversight Hearing in Santa Ana that addressed the topic of Transparency and Accountability. “Three of the... -
What If Your Boss Gave You a 1200% Retirement Match?
Posted on September 24, 2010 | 4 CommentsThat’s what members of Fullerton’s police and fire union get from us. Almost all of the candidates are talking about pension reform now, but they don’t quite have their figures right. According... -
California’s unfunded public employee pensions total more than $500 billion
Posted on April 8, 2010 | 7 Comments“The state of California’s real unfunded pension debt clocks in at more than $500 billion, nearly eight times greater than officially reported,” according to the L.A. Times. A new study... -
State Senator Lou Correa co-authors a bill to put limits on public employee pensions
Posted on March 14, 2010 | 6 Comments“Tapping into public resentment toward government pay perks, a state senator has introduced legislation that would put limits on the retirement benefits of government workers,” according to the Daily Democrat.... -
Did Meg Whitman kill the effort to restrain public pensions?
Posted on February 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsA lot of gnashing of teeth, anger and anguish about the extent and cost of pension benefits for government workers has been occurring the last year or so. “Excessive”, “unsustainable”... -
Most union workers now work for the government, according to B.L.S.
Posted on January 24, 2010 | 3 CommentsFor the first time in American history, a majority of union members are government workers rather than private-sector employees, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in a press release on... -
Retired Santa Ana city workers often make over six figures a year!
Posted on November 29, 2009 | 19 CommentsWho knew that working for the City of Santa Ana could make you a rich man? The O.C. Register investigated what many of our local cities are paying to their... -
Schwarzenegger nails it – the problem is public employees, not immigrants
Posted on June 6, 2009 | 15 CommentsGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is finally coming to his senses. On Friday he “disputed claims that illegal immigrants caused California’s $24.3 billion deficit, while he praised their economic contributions and said... -
CA Attorney General Jerry Brown sides with Deputies in pension dispute
Posted on September 4, 2008 | 11 CommentsI received the press release below from Wayne Quint, the President of the AOCDS (Association of O.C. Deputy Sheriffs). Apparently the O.C. Board of Supervisors attempt to “roll back” the...
