Comments on: How tight-fisted was your House member?

By: moderate voter

moderate voter — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:05:11 +0000

What troubles me about this spending is 43% of it’s borrowed, mostly from China. As I understand it 43% of every federal dollar spent is borrowed, so when I see Representatives paying all these staffer hanger-ons big bucks I don’t like it. I think it’s okay to borrow money to build things – freeways or bridges, something that will last, create some wealth over long haul, but paying staffer flunkie hanger-ons with borrowed money, that’s not too cool. I’m old enough to remember when Representatives had three staffers, now they have an army, which they pay with borrowed money.

By: Jean Womack

Jean Womack — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:59:14 +0000

Sorry about the typos. It’s hard to type on this cell phone.

By: Jean Womack

Jean Womack — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:48:13 +0000

I AJ willing to work for free one morning a week. But I.think the organizers should get paid.

By: Jean Womack

Jean Womack — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:08:57 +0000

Living within your means is really something to be proud of. I am glad you found enuf money in your office budget to finally be able to communicate outside of the 10th CD! I went up to the El CERRITO city council meet with school board there too, to help ask for money for WriterCoach Connection, but Dr Harter, supt. of WCCUSD said they can’t spend money they don’t have. An old Peace Corps guy runs it. I know we can’t get money unless we sk for it.

By: Elwood

Elwood — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:42:53 +0000

A million five each and for what?

Think of all the GOOD things that could have been done with that money!

By: RR, Senile Columnist

RR, Senile Columnist — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:57:34 +0000

Yeah baby! The 99 pc’ers will be impressed! It cost almost as much to prevent them from crippling SF and Oaktown as it does to run the local solons’ offices.