Old MIUW Dog   La Quinta

Posted: 02:58 pm [PST] on February 12 2010

For Frank Rytell and others who share his views and think public employees are grossly overpaid, consider this:
Most police departments in SoCal have positions that go unfilled because we can't get qualified applicants to fill them. We don't ask for much...only that you're not a doper, you pay your bills and you have a history of being a stand up guy or gal. In addition, you have to be willing to put it all on the line for others. Unfortunately many people can't come up to that standard or are unwilling because of laziness, fear or lack of self confidence. There's nothing special about me, but I did my 24 years and now I'm set for life and enjoying evey day of it.....jealous Frank?

Jodi Jacobs   Encino

Posted: 03:41 pm [PST] on July 21 2009

LAPD is so over paid. They used to be the world's finest. They no longer are but still get paid to be. Reduce their benefits & pay to their competance level & have them work their way back up.

joebanana   So. Cal

Posted: 10:23 pm [PST] on June 17 2009

Okay, here's one, how about we make the county of Los Angeles stop paying judges $46,000/YR illegally. T hey already get $178,000/yr. and there's 400 of them, do the math Calif.

Kate Barner   Hollywood

Posted: 10:16 pm [PST] on November 25 2008

Even before we faced the current threat of a National and Worldwide Financial meltdown with Credit Crisis, Municipalities were facing overwhelming pressure from Pension Plans. Your questions hit the target: Elected officials are granting political favors at a long-term financial risk to future generations that will be impossible to cover. Ultimately this will result in bankruptcies worse than Orange County, California. San Diego's City Attorney recognized this problem and has publicly discussed this issue--the Mayor and other elected officials in San Diego are granting Pension rate increases without regard to the actuarial reality of the inability of the City to afford it.

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Posted: 12:20 pm [PST] on May 20 2007

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S. Burt   San Clemente

Posted: 01:41 am [PST] on April 12 2006

State retirement funds like STRS and CalPers are doing exceptionally well because they are private business investing state employees retirement funds into successful portfolios. Union and municipal operated retirement funds are not invested properly and consequently in danger of running short of cash flow to pay out to retirees. With divorce rates running so high retirement funds other than social security are being split in half leaving neither spouse with enough security to own property into their golden years.

Paul LaBahn   Mission Viejom CA

Posted: 04:38 pm [GMT] on January 31 2006

Pebsions have no relation ship with
quality of people,our stupid gov't got us into this mess and someday we'll have to pay for it

R. Swan   San Luis Obispo

Posted: 09:09 pm [GMT] on January 25 2006

Controller Chick seems to have forgotten that many local gov were not putting any monies into their pension system when the times were good. They used pension funds for other matters. Now the ticket is coming due. This is an important matter. Your web site is FULL DISCLOSURE should mean just that. As for you questions, I quess big business contributions don't matter?

Frank Whelan   HIdden Hills

Posted: 06:18 pm [GMT] on January 24 2006

Obvoiusly Laura is talking from the perspective of a "Controller". The fact that she is expressing a concern about where the money is going to come from demonstrates that she is a responsible public servant. She deserves praise for her courage and willingness to tackle what is going to be a major crisis faced by our cities and counties.

Fred Lowe   Location unknown

Posted: 05:03 pm [GMT] on January 24 2006

This is really a disgusting and distorting video that one would expect from the Governor but not from a Democrat (she still is, isn't she?)