So goes California...so goes the nation. Sad!
This should be great for business.
Not to mention all those small business’s contracted by the city that won’t get paid.
Hey Obama. Let’s raise taxes and do away with the Bush tax cuts. Lets raise the cost of Medicare too , and lets not forget bringing in more illegals to add to the cost.
America on the right track.
The right track to bankruptcy.
My personal belief is that law enforcement ought to be a do-it-yourself affair. With enough George Zimmermans, I think crime rates will be low -- but local governments have to accept that citizens will have to do a lot to protect themselves without risking prosecution.
Welcome to the real world, mr. City Attorney, where businesses fail and go bust when run by idiots, incompetents, or because of bad luck.
Fire the ones that don't show up, figure out a sustainable budget, and hire new ones. Fire the incompetents who made accounting errors. Live in the real world, and learn from the pain.
But alas, that's not going to happen. Some corrupt scheme of higher taxes, fees, strikes, bailouts, debt, bonds, whining, cries of racism, unfairness, et cetera by democrats will make the situation worse.
Municipal workers may or may not show up for work. Homeowners and honest working citizens will be sitting ducks for criminals. I would fire any worker who didn't show up but I don't know what the legal restrictions are.
Businesses that supply the City will by denied payment. Some will probably lay off workers or close down. Home values will decline. Revenues will decline.
There are several other cities in California and other states in the same situation.
The State of California is effectively bankrupt.
The house of cards is falling apart. Once people realize how bad the situation is and stop lending to cities it will get much worse.
Brown&Co.just need to raise more taxes that will fix everything like it has worked so well in the past.
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Just a few years back this was the fastest growing county in the nation.
“If the employees are not paid on Aug. 15, on Aug. 16 there will be a mass exodus of city employees,” City Attorney James Penman told the council before the vote. “People are not going to work when they don’t get paid. Most of our employees will not show up to work. That would include police, fire, refuse, everybody. The city will virtually shut down.”
Well, there’s always “the Scranton Solution”...
That is, reduce each and EVERY employee on the city’s payroll to the minimum wage...
Boy, are the democrats going to regret that the mayor of Scranton ever thought THAT one up!
The place is stuffed with illegals.