SDCTA Breakfast Panel: The Future of Pension Reform: What’s Next? Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013 Time: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM Organizer: San Diego County Taxpayers Association Sponsor: REFORM San Diego Panelists Include: Carl DeMaio – Founder and Chairman of Reform San Diego Hon. Jan Goldsmith – San Diego City Attorney Tim Davis – Partner at Burke, Williams & Sorensen, …
WWFD? What Would Fletcher Do?
In the back and forth over Assemblyman and mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher’s post Let’s be honest. Let’s be truthful. And let’s be direct., Rostrafarian Steve Rider posted an honest, truthful and direct question about this “leading by example” business. This brings up an interesting question. One can only assume that on the off chance CPR is defeated either in the …
DeMaio Leads Opposition to Pay Increases for City Council
Reveals Big Pension Payouts City Politicians Receive Upon Leaving Office During a time when the city’s infrastructure is in disrepair and library hours remain slashed, I voted against a proposed salary increase for elected officials and I applaud my council colleagues for joining me in opposition of this irresponsible recommendation. Voting to increase Council salaries during a time when our …
City Attorney Validates DeMaio Pension Reform Proposal
Mayor and Council Can Legally Freeze “Pensionable Pay” and Prevent Pension Spiking Councilmember Carl DeMaio heralded a memorandum released by City Attorney Jan Goldsmith that confirms the City’s legal ability to implement a major pension reform proposal outlined in DeMaio’s Roadmap to Recovery Plan. One of the major elements of DeMaio’s comprehensive pension reform package is to freeze city employees’ “pensionable …
DeMaio Unveils “Roadmap to Recovery” Plan that Balances City’s Budget and Reforms Pension System
Five Year Plan Generates Over $1 Billion in Cost Savings and Adopts New Approaches to Providing City Services City Councilmember Carl DeMaio today unveiled a comprehensive five-year financial recovery plan that balances the city’s budget and restructures long-term city finances to eliminate the city’s structural budget deficit. “To fix the city’s financial problems and safeguard our neighborhood services, we must …
Here’s the problem once again-lack of fiscal leadership and responsibility in government
Please read Logan Jenkins article in Sunday’s paper about the Vallecitos Water District Official, who when applying for this executive position, said he would not take the elevated pension, but at the end, took it. If I apply for a job and lie about my qualifications and I am hired and my employer finds out I lied, I can be …
DeMaio and Goldsmith to Lead Pension Reform Forum at GOP State Convention
Duo to Outline Ways to Legally Reform State and Local Pension Benefits What: Special Forum for state and local officials at the California Republican Convention. Who: Councilmember Carl DeMaio City Attorney Jan Goldsmith Jack Dean, Vice President, Californians for Pension Reform When: August 21st, 2010 2:30pm – 4:00pm Where: Manchester Hyatt Cunningham Room A/B/C 1 Market Place San Diego, CA. …
Jerry Brown pension may cost him the election
The story below could cost Jerry Brown the election this November. Brown gets a lucrative state pension for his relatively short time in state government. No surprise there. But what IS scandalous is that the state’s secrecy over such pensions. More important for Brown, he is credited with MANY more years’ state service than he seems to have earned, boosting …
Public employees underpaid? NAHHHHH
Below is the link to a detailed rebuttal of a recent bogus study claiming that public employees are paid less than the private sector. This rebuttal was done by my friend Adam Summers with the Reason Foundation. Of course, the opposite is true. Today most (not all) public employees are paid MORE than the private sector average, and their benefits …
“Saturday Night Live” skit lampoons public employees
Watch it here: http://www.hulu.com/collections/435/144719 No matter how bad the show’s writing has been over the past decade or so, you know that an issue has developed widespread awareness when it’s the subject of a skit on Saturday Night Live. I give the writers an A for accuracy regarding the list of benefits, but this kind of truth isn’t funny to …
City Official: San Diego Fee Hikes Needed to Cover Salary and Pension Costs; Mayor: “It’s a Part of Life”
Yesterday, the Union-Tribune published a story about the City of San Diego recently increasing it’s solar permit fees by a multiple of six. You may recall the across-the-board fee increases implemented by the City of San Diego in 2009. From the April 2, 2009 Union-Tribune story about that fee increase: Mary Lewis, the city’s chief financial officer, said the mayor’s …
Todd Gloria: Out of Touch With City Finances
From Gay and Lesbian Times, March 26, 2009 http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=14290 The city will end 2009 with a small surplus of about $2 million. But out of a $3 billion budget, “that doesn’t give a lot of wiggle room, but it’s important to note that we are living within our means,” the District 3 councilmember said. GL Times states that Pension payments …
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