Comments on: CoCo grand jury speaks on pension reform

By: Ralph Hoffmann

Ralph Hoffmann — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:19:16 +0000

It appears there is a bipartisan opinion that the non-partisan Board of Supervisors are jerks. The only option left is County bankrupcy.

By: Wendy Lack

Wendy Lack — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:26:01 +0000

@ John W:

Right on.

By: John W

John W — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:53:24 +0000

Kind of a lame GJ report compared with all the reporting my hero, Dan Borenstein, has done on the topic and compared to earlier GJ reports on retiree benefits. Ditto to what Elwood (#4) said — especially since the Supes enjoy the same benefits they approve for the workers, and spiked their future pension benefits by boosting their salaries 60%. Sweet deal!

By: Elwood

Elwood — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:28:00 +0000

The supes are all whores for the public employee unions.

Fat chance they’ll ever go against the unions.

By: Wendy Lack

Wendy Lack — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:11:07 +0000

@ Gayle:

Yes, I agree. The GJ’s recommendations can be filed under the heading of “Duh.”

Which is another way of saying that these oh-so-obvious action steps have a snowball’s chance of being adopted by our County Sups, most of whom have established permanent residency in that happy fantasyland called Denial. Just sayin’.

By: Ted Ford

Ted Ford — Sat, 28 May 2011 21:52:37 +0000

Lisa, this is a bit off-topic. I would appreciate it if BA Newsgroup could somehow post or inform readership how our local representatives are voting on legislation in Sacramento. There doesn’t seem to be any easily accessed source for this info. For example, the Assembly just passed a very controversial “immigration opt-out” allowing local districts to opt out of federal requirements immigrant data bases and crimes. I am particularly interested to know how Ms. Buchanan voted on this. I hope she voted no, i.e. against Tom Ammiano’s position.

By: Gayle Kindall

Gayle Kindall — Sat, 28 May 2011 02:41:12 +0000

the above should go without saying and should already have been in effect!