The lone dissenter is also the one pushing for the back room dealing, Hispanic-so-we-can't-touch-him Mayor of San Jose, Ron Gonzalez, to relinquish his duties because he lied and gave garbage contractors an $11 million contract behind the city council's back.
SAN JOSE (KRON)-- City councilman Dave Cortese, who is running for mayor, is asking people to sign petitions calling for further investigation into the mayor's secret deal with the city's garbage contractor, Norcal Waste Systems.
More than 1,000 people reportedly signed the petition in what some political observers say is a kind of barometer as to public confidence in the mayor.
The City Council is expected to censure, or formally reprimand Gonzales on Tuesday. Last week, an independent investigator said it appeared Gonzales violated city policies by repeatedly not disclosing what he knew about the deal until months later.
And this -- http://www.morganquitno.com/cit05pop.htm -- is a link to the site that ranks San Jose as the nation's safest city among those with a population over 500,000 people. So what are the officers being paid more for? Job risk is low in San Jose. And, the cops don't make the city safe, people do.
FYI: There was a time that San Jose's crime rate was nothing to be proud of. It was the implementation of Proactive and Core Target Policing, combined with the increasing of professional standards, that the "safest city" goal was achieved. The proactivity of SJPD is the ongoing undercurrent that is implemented in preventing crime. SJPD is not a reactive department, which is the case in cities with HIGH crime rates, where reactivity (read "apathy") is the manner of policing business. Also, the job of policing entails more than patrol and "risk": The investigation and compilation of a narcotics case involving fraud, money laundering, etc. (hired a private accountant lately? starting at $150 per hour plus) and the investigation of any crime (hired a P.I. lately? anywhere from $75 per hour upwards to over $200 p/h); or, the putting together a complete case for presentation in court (hired an attorney lately? $250 / $350 per hour upwards to the heavens). And, if the job risk is your "standard", SJPD policing is still a risk that is HIGHER than, say, a web designer, or news paper editor, or car salesman! ... even a higher risk than being the mayor of San Jose! The reckless actions of a CEO usually results in a golden parachute for him/her and disaster for employees and investors; the reckless actions of a police officer can result in millions lost from the city coffers, or of less concern to the public, injury to the police officer or his/ her life. As a matter of fact, I would guess that the "low" risk of policing San Jose is much more of a risk than what many do for a living. It's just that the precautions they take and their ability to avoid injury and reduce the risks with every situation they handle does not take away the one risk: Their Life. Though the chance of taking on a "risky" situation (usually involving the harmful actions of another) may involve only one iota of risk to their life, it's an iota that is 100% higher than I or most people ever wish to take while performing our job(s). And to risk one's life as a result of the EVIL actions of another human being makes that a horror when compared to the risk of industrial accidents as a result of tragic mistakes.