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“New and Improved” Kinecta Federal Credit Union ATM Machine Crashes and Strands Customer
“New and Improved” Kinecta Federal Credit Union ATM Machine Crashes and Strands Customer
by Michael D. Robbins
Director, Public Safety Project
http://PublicSafetyProject.org/
Twitter: @PSP_USA
August 27, 2012 at 6:34 PM PT
What do you do when the automated teller machine (ATM) you are using crashes and hangs up on you, freezing your personal banking account information on the display, and holding on to your ATM card? This is exactly what happened to the user of a Kinecta Federal Credit Union ATM machine located at 1970 E. Imperial Highway in El Segundo, California on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 8:16 p.m.
She completed her first transaction, printing an account balance, without any problems. But when she tried to perform a second transaction, the ATM locked up on her and the keypad became non-responsive. No matter which buttons she pressed, the ATM machine would not clear her personal banking information from the screen, and it would not release her ATM card. Bummer!
A look inside the card slot with a flashlight revealed no visible evidence of the ATM card. It was transported somewhere inside the ATM, probably for security purposes.
This raised multiple concerns. If she left the machine, could someone else later have access to her accounts, withdraw cash from each account, and get her ATM card?
The adjacent Kinecta ATM machine had an even stranger situation. … Continue reading
Posted in ATM Machines, Banking, California, El Segundo, El Segundo News, Identity Theft, Security
Tagged ATM, Banking, California, El Segundo, Identity Theft, Kinecta Federal Credit Union, Malfuinction, New Technology
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New negotiation strategy – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Michael D. Robbins
Advice to the Hermosa Beach City Council for fire/police union contract negotiations to avoid bankruptcy:
Start negotiating from a blank sheet of paper to eliminate decades of union lawyer tricks and traps that ratcheted up costs.
Read, analyze, understand and price every provision and phrase in existing and new union contracts. Negotiate a not-to-exceed total contract cost based on specified staffing/service levels. Don’t write blank checks with taxpayer money as pension and insurance costs increase.
Do not base compensation on formulas involving compensation in other cities or costs will spiral upward. Do not give up inherent management rights to determine staffing levels, work assignments and layoffs, which are the city’s most important cost-control and bargaining tools.
Include a burden-sharing mechanism that includes thresholds and triggers which automatically reduce total contract costs by specified amounts, and optionally reopen negotiations, when unbudgeted, uncontrolled expenses and revenue declines exceed specified thresholds. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, El Segundo, Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Hermosa Beach, Letters to the Editor
Tagged firefighters union, Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association, Hermosa Beach Police Officers Association, Letter to the Editor, Michael D. Robbins, police union, The Beach Reporter, union contract negotiations
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Cut their compensation – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Michael D. Robbins
Hermosa Beach need not and should not contract with L.A. County for fire and police services. Ninety percent of El Segundo voters rejected Measure P, the fire union initiative to force El Segundo to contract with L.A. County for fire/paramedic services.
The real problem is wildly excessive and unsustainable firefighter and police total compensation (salaries, benefits, and pensions). That is the greatest cause of the city’s financial problems. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, Firefighter Union Corruption, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Hermosa Beach, Letters to the Editor, Police Union Corruption, Union Corruption
Tagged benefits, city government, contracty negotiations, defined benefit plan, defined contribution plan, employee compensation, fire union, firefighters union corruption, Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association, Hermosa Beach Police Officers Association, Letter to the Editor, Michael D. Robbins, pension, police union, police union corruption, Proposition 32, union corruption
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Clearing up misconceptions – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Jeff Duclos, Mayor of Hermosa Beach
While we prefer to negotiate directly with the employee associations, rather than using the media as a forum for bargaining — a position we have consistently taken — we have a responsibility to address some disturbing misinformation that is being perpetuated by the associations’ public relations campaign.
For starters, let’s be clear on one overriding point: Public safety is, and will continue to be, the No. 1 priority for the city council. The city council is committed to continuing to have local police and fire departments. The agreement it reaches with its associations will ensure the future of local police and fire services. It is regrettable that the associations’ leaders are resorting to scare tactics and attempting to politicize the negotiations with untruthful claims that the city’s bargaining position is seeking to dismantle the police and fire departments.
Collective bargaining is challenging in the economic climate in which all cities are operating, … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Hermosa Beach, Letters to the Editor
Tagged city, employee compensation, firefighters union, Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association, Hermosa Beach Police Officers Association, Jeff Duclos, Letter to the Editor, mayor, police union, The Beach Reporter, union contract negotiations, union corruption
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Wake up – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Donald Sellek
The local papers for years have been full of public sector mandates, ultimatums, teacher, police, firefighter and meter maid demands for unsustainable salaries, retirement perks, benefits, and legacy costs that are driving cities across America into bankruptcy. Last night, Hermosa Beach was front and center on Fox News nationally for the unsustainable costs of “meter maids,” while unmentioned was the ongoing teachers’ demands in the same “me,” “I” and “mine” cauldron of selfishness. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions, Firefighter Union Corruption, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Hermosa Beach, Letters to the Editor, Police Union Corruption, Political Corruption, School Teachers Union Corruption, Union Corruption
Tagged city, Donald Sellek, Hermosa Beach, Hermosa Beach Firefighters Association, Hermosa Beach Police Officers Association, Letter to the Editor, local government, Manhattan Beach, The Beach Reporter, union contract, union contract negotiations, union corruption
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