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The Essential Voice of OC- Passenger Trains on South OC’s Coastal Railway Stopped by Another Landslide
- Where in the World Are SoCal’s Air Quality Regulators?
- Who’s on the Hook for Angel Stadium Repairs?
- Irvine Considers Creating New Housing Agency, Questions if Old One Worked
- Turning The Page on Low Literacy Rates in Orange County
- Orange County Tallied 722 Total Homeless Kids Last Year, Real Number May Be 30,000
- Nearly 200,000 Orange County Residents Could Lose Public Health Coverage
- Orange County’s Hotel Workers Consider Striking Over Pay Raises
- Head of OC Animal Care Steps Down as Activists Fight for Open Shelter Policies
- Drowning Out the Noise: Orange’s Crackdown on Leaf Blowers Fizzles Out For Now
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- The Orange Lady – OC Register
- Conservative and pro-LBGTQ sides ready for Glendale school board battle
- Irvine woman killed in Tustin crash after speeding driver runs red light
- NCAA softball: Oklahoma, Florida State into WCWS championship series
- Tech-ing Over
- Michael Block falls short in bid to qualify for U.S. Open
- Second flight loaded with Texas migrants lands in Sacramento
- San Juan Hills High Graduation 2023: Our best photos of the ceremony
- Lawyer: Santos will go to jail rather than reveal donors
- Brea Olinda High Graduation 2023: Our best photos of the ceremony
OC Gallery of MAGA Goofballs and Terrorists!
- Pedroza’s New Santa Ana
- Fountain Valley police are investigating a possible suicide involving a burn victim
- OCTA unveils a $57B transportation plan for the next 20 years
- O.C. rail service in south county closed again due to a landslide in San Clemente
- A man was arrested after setting fire to a trash can at an Irvine bus stop
- Santa Ana native ordained as a priest by Cardinal Tobin
- Nonprofit offering free pet care in the O.C. to vulnerable pets
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Pension Tsunami Archive
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![. . . Sac Bee Columnist Dan Walters article in today’s Register is a red flag that we all acknowledge. “Big spending cities facing music.” He cites Vallejo, which filed for […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/empty-pockets-115x115.gif "Overview of O.C. city employee pensions")
Overview of O.C. city employee pensions
Posted on June 2, 2011 | 13 Comments. . . Sac Bee Columnist Dan Walters article in today’s Register is a red flag that we all acknowledge. “Big spending cities facing music.” He cites Vallejo, which filed for […] -
![City compensation packages are like an iceburg. What awaits us below the ocean is generally not fully exposed. As you think about giving raises […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iceberg1.jpg "Part 2 of 2 City of Mission Viejo employee benefits")
Part 2 of 2 City of Mission Viejo employee benefits
Posted on May 15, 2011 | 12 CommentsCity compensation packages are like an iceburg. What awaits us below the ocean is generally not fully exposed. As you think about giving raises […] -
![. . . . [read pt. 2 of this report here.] Clever ruse. Mission Viejo 2 tier pension reform linked to employee pay increases. Part 1 of 2 Item #21 […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iceberg.jpg "Clever ruse: Mission Viejo Tier 2 pension reform linked to employee wage increase. (pt 1 of 2-pt series)")
Clever ruse: Mission Viejo Tier 2 pension reform linked to employee wage increase. (pt 1 of 2-pt series)
Posted on May 15, 2011 | 1 Comment. . . . [read pt. 2 of this report here.] Clever ruse. Mission Viejo 2 tier pension reform linked to employee pay increases. Part 1 of 2 Item #21 […] -
![It’s time for the Orange County Board of Supervisors to face the music. Adding to our current pension woes is the Orange County Employee Retirement System (OCERS) which has an […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/pension-shortfall.jpg "How does OCERS now find itself in a $238 million shortfall?")
How does OCERS now find itself in a $238 million shortfall?
Posted on April 26, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s time for the Orange County Board of Supervisors to face the music. Adding to our current pension woes is the Orange County Employee Retirement System (OCERS) which has an […] -
![It’s been almost a year since we published the original list of retired Fullerton public employees earning over $100,000 per year in pensions. Since then we have learned that our […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Fullerton’s $100,000 Pension Club Welcomes 15 New Members")
Fullerton’s $100,000 Pension Club Welcomes 15 New Members
Posted on April 8, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s been almost a year since we published the original list of retired Fullerton public employees earning over $100,000 per year in pensions. Since then we have learned that our […] -
![Vallejo firefighters may have to get second jobs now that their pensions have been slashed While it surely is not the preferred method of dealing with financial shortfalls, the approval […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/vallejo-firefighter-clowns.jpg "Bankrupt city of Vallejo cuts firefighter pensions")
Bankrupt city of Vallejo cuts firefighter pensions
Posted on March 27, 2010 | 10 CommentsVallejo firefighters may have to get second jobs now that their pensions have been slashed While it surely is not the preferred method of dealing with financial shortfalls, the approval […] -
California’s Unconstitutional spending?
Posted on February 16, 2010 | 4 CommentsFor the past two days I have listened as El Rushbo, Rush Limbaugh, referred to state workers in New Jersey who could retire at age 49 and be entitled to […] -
Teachers’ Pension Fund Lying Low, Set to Explode
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No CommentsCertain Fullerton school board members have taken issue with our characterization of the CalSTRS teachers’ pension system as being underfunded and unsustainable. Our resident pension expert suggests that that the […] -
![Last night a group of concerned taxpayers attended former OC Register Senior Editorial Writer and Columnist Steven Greenhut’s C-SPAN Book Notes taping and book signing event held at Barnes & Noble […]](https://www.orangejuiceblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Plunder2.jpg "Book Review Steven Greenhut’s PLUNDER!")
Book Review Steven Greenhut’s PLUNDER!
Posted on December 11, 2009 | 17 CommentsLast night a group of concerned taxpayers attended former OC Register Senior Editorial Writer and Columnist Steven Greenhut’s C-SPAN Book Notes taping and book signing event held at Barnes & Noble […] -
Sat Nov 21, 2009 @ 10 AM PT: Humor cuts to the chase. Be political activists or have fun with friends? Do both! & Jack Dean on Taming the Pension Tsunami
Posted on November 21, 2009 | No CommentsJoin me on the air, Saturday at 10 AM PT on CRN Digital Talk Radio, & on CRNtalk.com CRN 1 Call in number: 1-800-336-2225 Tony Bushala is one of the […] -
The debate. What are the hourly wages of Detroit’s “big three” UAW workers?
Posted on December 11, 2008 | 25 CommentsAs we focus on the auto industry bailout and the debate as to how much money the “big three” UAW employees earn per hour I am posting a report from […] -
‘Land a State Job and Become an Instant Millionaire’
Posted on October 15, 2008 | 6 CommentsAs we read earlier this month the following story appeared: “SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, alarmed by the ongoing national financial crisis, warned Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson on […]
