Only in California

[ashatet]

what we see in Kaaliforni is moral bankruptcy of the general population. They divert the attention to illegal aliens, who for most part are working at $8 an hour, while these civil servants or masters really are cleaning up big time.

Quote from blackjack007:

Adams, Bell’s police chief, said in an interview after the council meeting that he had retired as chief of police in the much larger city of Glendale, California, when Bell officials approached him.

“I told them they would have to pay me what I was making in retirement and the $165,000 I would make as chief of police,” Adams said.


more proof that public service workers (cops and firefighters) only get into the business to help themselves, not to altruistically serve the public as they all claim.

 

[kxvid]

Quote from PAPA ROACH:

Someone must be smoking "medicinal mary jane".

Only in California would there be a serious initiative to legalize marijuana. Intrade has been pricing the odds of legalization lower in recent weeks. Perhaps Californians have a limit to their tolerance?

http://www.intrade.com/jsp/intrade/contractSearch/index.jsp?query=marijuana#

 

[OTCkrak]

Quote from ashatet:

Illegal Aliens do not cost money as your describe, how about 100 of 1000s of businesses that would otherwise be bankrupt if not for these illegal aliens.

thats some obamanomics right there

seems like you went to cesare chavez community college

 

[AK100]

Quote from tomdavis:


California's problems are clearly definable and are self-inflicted. There are now so many special interest groups feeding at the trough, the politicians will not do what they have to do for fear of losing votes. The only real solution will occur when nobody else is willing to lend money to the state and the coffers completely run dry.

Another solution is a bloodless military coup.

Let the Army take over, through the useless politicians out, clean house without worrying about having to worry about future votes and then 5 years later stand down and have normal elections.

If things don't get better over the next 1-3 years the chance of this happening gets better and better......

 

[Hook N. Sinker]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMcK7jSUn6TTLeVXuiL02gnLLA5QD9H4B3502

"Calif city seeks dismissal of high-paid officials"

ABC News-National - More Headlines
Calif. Council Accepts Resignations of 3 Managers
Fri Jul 23, 2010 04:10 AM EDT

 

[IanMacQuaide]

Where's Zorro when ya need him?
"Don Diego, the Alcalde' has stolen all of the peoples money!"

 

[stinkyfelix]

Quote from samui:

The City of Bell California pays their Mayor $800,000.

The high paid mayor still has the last laugh. Even though he resigned, after 17 years on the job, he is entitled to a $650,000 a year pension courtesy of the State of California. (The city of Bell makes pension contributions on behalf of the employee to the state run pension system.)

The State of California also gives yearly COLA (cost of living adjustments) increases to those receiving pensions. I think it has averaged 2% to 3% per year over the last 5 years.

 

[LEAPup]

Quote from stinkyfelix:

The high paid mayor still has the last laugh. Even though he resigned, after 17 years on the job, he is entitled to a $650,000 a year pension courtesy of the State of California. (The city of Bell makes pension contributions on behalf of the employee to the state run pension system.)

The State of California also gives yearly COLA (cost of living adjustments) increases to those receiving pensions. I think it has averaged 2% to 3% per year over the last 5 years.

Insane!!! I guess the band "Red hot chili peppers" may be onto something with that song called "Californication." I'm sure they're talking about sex in the song, but looks like the "leaders" in Kalli-forn-iya have been doing the same with taxpayer money...

 

[olias]

My problem with immigration is that I want to make sure we keep out known terrorists. All of the cool Mexicans, for example, I don't mind that they are here illegally at all. Do any of us doubt that we would do differently if we were in their shoes? Wouldn't you do what you could to give your family a better life? Just because it is 'illegal' doesn't automatically make it unethical.

We can argue about the economic impact that illegal immigration has, but the we can't argue about the hypocrisy. The vast majority of USA are immigrants and children of immigrants. Now we want to keep others out because it's 'ours'. I think the economic debate is usually a smokescreen to hide racism. Not always, or course....but usually.

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from olias:

My problem with immigration is that I want to make sure we keep out known terrorists. All of the cool Mexicans, for example, I don't mind that they are here illegally at all. Do any of us doubt that we would do differently if we were in their shoes? Wouldn't you do what you could to give your family a better life? Just because it is 'illegal' doesn't automatically make it unethical.

We can argue about the economic impact that illegal immigration has, but the we can't argue about the hypocrisy. The vast majority of USA are immigrants and children of immigrants. Now we want to keep others out because it's 'ours'. I think the economic debate is usually a smokescreen to hide racism. Not always, or course....but usually.

That's 2.... ON IGNORE!