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California: San Diego

October 12, 2009 - 03:14 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Close board vote expected tomorrow on MWD pension ripoff -- will one local voter be absent?

By chris reed

How will San Diego area representatives vote tomorrow on the insane proposal to give a retroactive 25 percent pension spike to all 2,000 employees of the giant Metropolitan Water District, main supplier to 19 million residents of Socal? The O.C....

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October 2, 2009 - 03:06 pm
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Airport board chair: One part of his Chargers story actually holds up

By chris reed

I sent this out on Wednesday (gotta keep the witch hunt going, yunno): Dear Mr. Keetch: You may or may not be aware that your name has turned up at the center of a scandal in San Diego politics. Bob...

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October 2, 2009 - 02:55 pm
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Mayor: San Diego has best record of any gov body in U.S. in addressing pension woes

By chris reed

When Mayor Jerry Sanders came in to meet with the U-T editorial board last week, I asked him why he didn't speak up last month when the San Diego retirement board briefly considered repeating the dire mistakes of 1996 and...

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September 29, 2009 - 01:19 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Hey, Jerry Sanders: Fire airport board chief. Enough is enough.

By chris reed

The U-T today has still more revelations about Bob Watkins' corner-cutting and breaking of minor rules: In what may be a further breach of city regulations, San Diego airport authority Chairman Bob Watkins and a longtime associate have been operating...

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September 16, 2009 - 07:38 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

Where the lead scientist on air board study justifying costly new diesel rules got his degree. UPS, USC, UCLA -- what's the diff?

By chris reed

A San Diego businessman (Bryan Bloom) who is part of a group that worries the California Air Resources Board's rules on diesel emissions will devastate parts of the state's economy for no scientifically valid reasons passed along this photo...

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September 15, 2009 - 01:39 pm
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Aguirre returns to spotlight with incoherent, nutty rant on MWD pensions

By chris reed

I've missed Mike Aguirre -- my all-time favorite fodder figure -- and so I welcome the former San Diego city attorney's return to the spotlight this morning with an utterly clueless rant on the controversy over the giant Metropolitan Water...

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September 10, 2009 - 03:04 pm
NEWS FEED: America's Finest Blog

MWD pension power play shows need for sweeping ballot reforms in 2010 -- not trivial junk like switch to part-time Legislature

By chris reed

Tuesday's Metropolitan Water District board vote on the insane proposal to spike the pensions of MWD's work force by 25 percent is shaping up as a donnybrook pitting board members from San Diego and Orange counties vs. those from the...

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September 4, 2009 - 06:39 pm
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San Diego mayor opposes MWD pension spike

By chris reed

I just spoke to Darren Pudgil, spokesman for Mayor Jerry Sanders, and the mayor is of the strong opinion that the Metropolitan Water District's push to spike the pensions of its 20,000 workers by 25 percent is a bad idea....

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August 12, 2009 - 11:56 am
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San Diego congresswoman reaches out for health care feedback? Well, maybe not

By chris reed

Here's a cynical but persuasive take on one of yesterday's town hall meetings on health "reform" with a local congressional representative: So this is a "town hall" in Susan Davis' idea of democracy. Her "town hall," which was kept secret...

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August 5, 2009 - 11:03 am
NEWS FEED: CA Political News

SEIU Might Accept Responsible Contract

The SEIU, a well known bully, San Diego might get a halfway responsible union contract.

This is the same SEIU that is running TV ads demanding higher taxes--guess they never heard about the results of the May 19th Special Election.

After years of wasteful contracts, putting government in bankruptcy, forcing the poor to pay higher taxes and more for products and services, the SEIU and other unions are willing, for a short time, to become responsible.

Here is a better idea.  If someone wants to work for LA, San Diego or the local school district, allow them to apply for the job, as they do now.

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