Do the right things for America and the cities will save themselves or die on their own. That means tough love.
Does “saving” imply giving them more cash to throw away?
The Left may suggest burning the village in order to save it.
Easy!
You emerge from bankruptcy as an institution who has learned the value of frugality, practicality, and common sense. You deliver stability and value for the buck to residents. You demonstrate conscientious and down-to-earth conservative values and management principles.
Of course, to do these things it might be necessary to secede from California.;-)
What does California(and her struggling cities)all have in common?They are ALL run by LIBERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s a simple solution to ward off bankruptcy. Simply raise taxes. It’s clear as day. Hit those rich bastards especially hard.
Paging Helicopter Ben...
[[ Spending three years tied up in bankruptcy court was a near-death experience for Vallejo, which emerged from Chapter 9 last year. Mayor Osby Davis warns, “It takes an enormous toll on everyone. And you have the stigma of being a bankrupt city. How do you come out of being labeled a bankrupt city to one that is a desirable place to live?” ]]
Maybe you don’t.
It’s not bankruptcy per se that is preventing these cities from being “desirable places to live”.
Bankruptcy is but one symptom of the problems that are afflicting such places. There are other “problems” that are much more intractable that have as devastating an impact.
Problem. Solved.
Bankruptcy inflicts such crippling chaos and infamy on a town that most municipalities struggling with debt and deficits will make the hard choices necessary to stay solvent.
How this should have been written:
Bankruptcy inflicts such crippling chaos and infamy on the politicians the people elected to run the town that most will use debt and massive deficits rather than make the hard choices necessary to stay solvent.
When we started allowing Politicians to Enslave future generations with massive amounts of Debt that can Never be Paid off, for it is a Mathematical Impossibility. Which brings me to my point, Everybody says that these Union Contracts are Concrete and Solid and cannot be negated in anyway except bankruptcy, but These Contracts in and of themselves are by definition FRAUDULENT. It is a Mathematical Impossibility to fulfill the obligations set forth in Virtually All Public Employee Contracts, not to mention it REQUIRES the INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE of Future Generations to satisfy the whims of our leaders Today. How can a Contract That is Mathematically Impossible to Fulfill be defined as anything but Fraudulent, especially when you realize that Both Sides of the negotiating table were and are heavily funded and outright owned by one party to the contract???
Every city should file Bankruptcy immediately. We the Taxpayers Do Not Have a seat at the Table we are being required to pay for.
Well, after reading about how San Francisco’s escalators break down because so many people crap on them, I think the cities of California should start a Crap-A-Thon! Charge people $5 to come and take a dump on your city’s escalators! You could have competitions! “BOMBS AWAY!” - $20 to the person who can stand on the escalator rails and hit a target! “STEPS!” - how many steps can you hit with one load? “THE WEE WEE WADE!” - can you miss those puddles walking to the train? “WHAT DID GENE HAVE FOR DINNER?” - CSI (Crap Scene Investigation). All of Massachusetts would come.
I wouldn’t do a damn thing for any of these idiots untill they get rid of the union thugs. No more money down that rat hole!!!
The only glimmer of hope is mass deportation. In some cases, of American citizens... :)