tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post1734527259595862145..comments2023-08-24T02:17:49.104-07:00Comments on LivingInUrbanSac: Funding for K Street StreetscapeGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714870590167707217noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-62581102983698448822011-06-29T13:12:51.612-07:002011-06-29T13:12:51.612-07:00I think this discussion is just the beginning of w...I think this discussion is just the beginning of what were going to hear nationally in the dealing of public sector employee’s pensions. CalPERS and CalSTRS alone are under funded by a half a trillion dollars and guess who they will be asking to make up the difference? You and me the tax payers... no thanks, I think as a nation were tired of the bailouts.Zwahlen Imageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122038976671611879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-88798621807032633342011-06-28T15:57:40.097-07:002011-06-28T15:57:40.097-07:00Liz:
I think you misunderstood my comment. I am ...Liz:<br /><br />I think you misunderstood my comment. I am in favor of pension reform. However, it is not a <i>short term</i> solution to the City's budget problems. <br /><br />The City is <b>legally prohibited</b> from cutting pension benefits retired employees are currently receiving or changing the retirement formulas for current employees. This leaves the City with three options: (1) Echocrestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-19218292051186743472011-06-28T12:07:08.797-07:002011-06-28T12:07:08.797-07:00Echocresthas chimed in to tell us the status quo i...Echocresthas chimed in to tell us the status quo is the ONLY way. A true bureaucratic muckety muck telling everyone to not change a thing because public sector employees need their generous retirement packages. And don't ask them to pay more into it like the private sector because that would be asking too much.<br />Echocresthas, you are so a public employee.liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-83875658045826803462011-06-28T10:33:35.600-07:002011-06-28T10:33:35.600-07:00Anonymous: while pension reform offers long term ...Anonymous: while pension reform offers long term benefits to local agencies, it can't do much for them during this economic crisis. Most current public employees have <i>vested property interest </i> in pension benefits they've already accrued. The same is true for retired public sector employees. Consequently, local agencies <i>cannot</i> change current employees' retirement Echocrestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-49701772331537764902011-06-20T09:09:11.932-07:002011-06-20T09:09:11.932-07:00Actually the crime rate is declining so the need r...Actually the crime rate is declining so the need right now for more police is not that great. I am not sure where "somebody else" is getting their information but they need to check their sources. Crime rates consistently go up and down with the number of youth. And I am one of those <br />"weirdos" who does not just feel safer with an increase in police. I feel safer with a Mark Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00238870666367297365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-28618359181027321582011-06-17T11:29:38.709-07:002011-06-17T11:29:38.709-07:00The City Council won't allow their pensions or...The City Council won't allow their pensions or anyone else within the city to be touched. Judging by how the City Council handled this last budget, they will cut almost everything but their own retirements. Send a letter asking them to contribute more to their own retirements and you'll hear a hundred reasons why we owe it to them to continue the status quo. Never gonna happen unless the Zwahlen Imageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122038976671611879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-24537412315731185382011-06-16T18:38:37.763-07:002011-06-16T18:38:37.763-07:00If safety is that concerning and problematic then ...If safety is that concerning and problematic then pensions should be looked at first. Reductions there are a lot more efficient and logical then cutting from the very mechanisms that create jobs and boost the economy. You want to see real crime? Try taking away a person's career...their source of money...their reason to be a productive member of society. Then see what they resort to doing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-67746215728416606662011-06-16T11:53:12.155-07:002011-06-16T11:53:12.155-07:00As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’m all for u...As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’m all for upgrades and developments in the central city that improve rundown areas. The issue is; will it matter if upgrades have been made if an increase of violent crimes has the opposite effect of drawing people into the city? The cities first priority is to protect its citizens; if they can’t even do this, then they have failed to meet their most basic Zwahlen Imageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122038976671611879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-20856347242514266062011-06-15T21:58:40.002-07:002011-06-15T21:58:40.002-07:00Do you want to CREATE additional revenue to help s...Do you want to CREATE additional revenue to help solve problems during an economic downturn? Or do you think cutting costs and being conservative will REALLY solve problems? <br /><br />Can tax increment monies set aside like this from before even be moved? Let alone moved to fund city services that the general fund is supposed to handle?<br /><br />Picture you own a struggling fast food joint. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-87821916039626279522011-06-15T21:19:10.396-07:002011-06-15T21:19:10.396-07:00Really Matthew? Just wait till crime really spikes...Really Matthew? Just wait till crime really spikes and gets worse, it's already happening in many big cities on the east coast. Currently, Sacramento ranked in the top 20 cities for violent crime and if you look back to the 70's and 80's it can get much worse.somebody elsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14666781.post-34571200367264407302011-06-15T21:01:04.423-07:002011-06-15T21:01:04.423-07:00I'm actually okay with this.I'm actually okay with this.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669903731234049008noreply@blogger.com