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San Jose Officials Warn of Massive Police and Fire Layoffs
Mercury News.com ^
| Feb. 17, 2011
| Sean Webby
Posted on 02/24/2011 9:37:34 AM PST by katiedidit1
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To: katiedidit1
When there’s no money, there is no money.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:39:18 AM PST
by
justice14
("stand up defend or lay down and die")
To: justice14
Give em IOUs. That will work.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:40:04 AM PST
by
Frantzie
(HD TV - Total Brain-washing now in High Def. 3-D Coming soon)
To: katiedidit1
This scenario has been mentioned numerous times by other posters. When faced with budgetary constraints, they don't slash pensions, bennies, and bloated bureaucracies... they cut essential services to “teach” the insolent public a lesson.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:41:27 AM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: katiedidit1
This sounds like what the mafia does when you don’t pay them protection money.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:41:33 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(Half of all Americans are above average. Politicians come from the other half.)
To: justice14
“When theres no money, there is no money.”
No the money has been siphoned for outrageous compensation, particularly retirement compensation (pensions and health care). San Jose like many government units is caught in a vice between demands of retirees and the needs of taxpayers. Since the retiree demands take precedence over everything else, taxpayer needs will just be ignored.
To: Frantzie
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:44:41 AM PST
by
justice14
("stand up defend or lay down and die")
To: katiedidit1
And what other sacrosanct programs aren't being cut, such as greenways, clean energy, carbon offsets, commission on multiculturalism, commission on California quality of life, etc. etc?
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:44:42 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: Truth29
No doubt the bloated salaries and benefits of the administrators represented by the unions will be preserved — at least for now — by the savings generated from layoffs of highly publicly sensitive workers such as police and fire.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:50:00 AM PST
by
glennaro
To: katiedidit1
In a sane world, the police and fire departments would be warning that the “officials” will have to be fired.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:50:41 AM PST
by
JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: katiedidit1
Just a wild guess - is San Jose a “sanctuary city”?
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:51:30 AM PST
by
newfreep
(Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: katiedidit1
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Just do it already. And as the economy continues to crash and burn. Just remember, you looting parasites in government finally did it. You killed the host.
And like all parasites, they will do their most damage at the end of the Hosts existence.
To: katiedidit1
But they can’t get rid of all those Personal Assistants to the Sub-Director of the Assistant Superintendent to the Secretary of the Deputy to the Commissioner of Dog Walking. They’re waaaaay too important.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:53:19 AM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer.")
To: Frantzie
Give em IOUs. That will work. That's what state and local governments did to fund the golden bebefits packages that were "collectively bargained" for over the last 30+ years. See how well that worked?
To: newfreep
Just a wild guess - is San Jose a sanctuary city?
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Technically, No.
Realistically, if ICE they made a sweep thru east san jose, half the populace would be deported.. and back in a week.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:53:58 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: katiedidit1
Isn't it odd that city hall bureaucrats never get laid off?
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:55:14 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 765 of our national holiday from reality. - It's almost 3 AM)
To: katiedidit1
Poor Chuck Reed. my old councilman and Dad of ‘Warthog Gal’ of Iraqi fame.
In a cesspool that the south bay political scene has become, he is one of the more sane.. Cut Chuck Cut. Show Moonbeam how it is done.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:56:02 AM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:56:37 AM PST
by
null and void
(We are now in day 765 of our national holiday from reality. - It's almost 3 AM)
To: katiedidit1
They never lay off any of the anonymous “city officials”. It’s always a threat to lay off Police and Fire personnel. I suppose that is so as to hold the taxpaying citizenry hostage to their demands.
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posted on
02/24/2011 9:56:47 AM PST
by
Miss_Meyet
(Goodbye, tagline! It's not you, it's me.)
To: katiedidit1
Realization that the public coffers are dry has gone viral.
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