After months of delays and promises, mayoral candidate Bob Filner today released his long-anticipated pension plan for the City of San Diego, showing hundreds of millions of dollars in savings over the first three decades of implementation.
The document, titled the “Long and Winding Roadmap,” was immediately praised by the local Democratic Party and the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council as “the most realistic proposed pension reform plan for the future that safeguards city employee retirements, while impacting the taxes of only those with annual incomes over $75,000, unless of course they are city employees.”
The Filner plan was also praised as a “game changer in the mayor’s race” by two local political science professors who speak regularly with the media, but have never worked in politics in their lives.
Filner was pleased the report was finally made public. “If Nathan Fletcher can change his mind about being a Republican,” he said, “I can change my mind about having a plan.”
Mark this date, readers.
Now move along, there’s nothing to see here.
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More like the long and winding April Fools joke… *hearty laugh*
Since Fletcher already has Bill Walton’s endorsement, I am sure Filner will use this plan to go after Sid Finch’s.
The Filner plan was also praised as a “game changer in the mayor’s race” by two local political science professors who speak regularly with the media, but have never worked in politics in their lives.
That’s funny, but also sadly true.
I think this applies to Luna but the folks at UCSD that get quoted on politics locally have all done pretty significant amounts of (paid) work on campaigns or on policy matters. Be happy to elaborate on specifics if people are really that interested
As we all know, college professors (and aspiring professors) are objective sources of information — they are by definition impartial observers.
After all, they have postgraduate degrees. Ipso facto, Q.E.D.
Whatever.
Erik:
Please fill us in on Steve Erie (sp?) and others if you can.