[george76]

A report issued by the Cato Institute last September noted that 74% of the city's general budget was eaten up by police and firefighter salaries and overtime along with pension obligations.

Police and fire officials can retire at age 50 with a pension that pays them 90% of their final year's salary every year for life and the lives of their spouses.

if you live in Vallejo, I advise voting with your feet. Vallejo's mayor and city council are clearly inept, or alternatively bought and paid by the unions.

[gunsequalfreedom]

What do you think happened each election as the problem was being created. The time for the voters to vote is not now with their feet, it was long ago when the voters could have stopped the problem from being created in the first place.

I understand you are addressing the current situation and you may have the right answer. Still, ultimately it is the lack of attention and effort by the citizens of Vallejo that is largly to blame for the problems there. They should all be forced to stay in Vallejo and work out the problem they helped create.