The Impact of Union Control Large and Small – a Collapsing Economy and Fewer Firefighters in Costa Mesa
"Yet, despite financial pain for citizens everywhere and a state teetering on insolvency, even suggesting that public employee unions agree to salary decreases is rejected out of hand.
In fact, they have gone to court to stop attempts to reduce their pay.
Why?
Because unions control the state.
There is no chance that the legislature is going to go against them because they give elected officials too much money – our money, skimmed right off the top of public employee salaries.
We often focus on this corrupt political machine at the state level, but don’t kid yourselves, it happens in your city as well. Just 3 months ago, the Costa Mesa city council, a city that is dealing with substantial budget shortfalls because of its heavy reliance on retail sales tax revenues, voted to beef up the retirement packages of its firefighters, allowing them to retire at essentially full salary at age 50"
"Yet, despite financial pain for citizens everywhere and a state teetering on insolvency, even suggesting that public employee unions agree to salary decreases is rejected out of hand.
In fact, they have gone to court to stop attempts to reduce their pay.
Why?
Because unions control the state.
There is no chance that the legislature is going to go against them because they give elected officials too much money – our money, skimmed right off the top of public employee salaries.
We often focus on this corrupt political machine at the state level, but don’t kid yourselves, it happens in your city as well. Just 3 months ago, the Costa Mesa city council, a city that is dealing with substantial budget shortfalls because of its heavy reliance on retail sales tax revenues, voted to beef up the retirement packages of its firefighters, allowing them to retire at essentially full salary at age 50"
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