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Category Archives: Beach Reporter Letters
No to Proposition 30 – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Kurt Schweter
It seems that The Beach Reporter has decided to jump into the political arena and into the deep end for that matter.
Proposition 30 is yet another shifty tax increase, disguised to “save the children” yet once again. The money will go to schools and nobody can touch it, just like Jerry Brown promises. (Anybody buying this one?) But where in the “schools” — classrooms, teachers, supplies, teacher benefits? … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Elections, Letters to the Editor, Manhattan Beach, Politics, Tax Policy and Issues
Tagged Ballot Measures, California, education, election, Kurt Schweter, Letter to the Editor, Manhattan Beach, Proposition 30, schools, The Beach Reporter
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Wrong Choice – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Bob White
No congratulations on your first endorsement of a proposition. The column has total emphasis on that old emotional manipulator, education. Voters should be aware that Proposition 30 has no guarantee of funds going exclusively to education. It will only provide more money to a state that is already spending too much in the wrong direction. Priorities are badly scrambled. Not many students are likely to be taking the “Bullet Train” to class. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Elections, Letters to the Editor, Politics
Tagged Bob White, Bullet Train, California, election, Letter to the Editor, Proposition 30, The Beach Reporter
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R.B. schools have received enough – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Mitch Kimball
The Redondo Beach School Board and Superintendent Keller should be ashamed of themselves. Putting another bond on the ballot four years after the last $140 million Measure C is a slap in the face to all the parents who constantly support the fundraisers, the never-ending cash requests and the Ed Foundation donations.
What’s worse are the deceptive glossy mailers coming to our homes. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Elections, Letters to the Editor, Political Corruption, Politics, Redondo Beach, Tax Policy and Issues
Tagged Ballot Measures, California, Letter to the Editor, Measure C, Measure Q, Mitch Kimball, Redondo Beach, schools, The Beach Reporter
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Not Another Bond – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Sanford Motte
Are you as exasperated with yet another school bond as I am? If Measure Q passes, it will be the third bond in the last 11 years totaling a quarter of a billion dollars in property tax hikes for homeowners in Redondo Beach. For people who purchased their homes in the late 90s or within the last 12 years, you will assume an abnormally large portion of this property tax increase. People who have homes valued between $600,000 and $1 million will see very noticeable increases to your already expensive tax bill. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Elections, Letters to the Editor, Politics, Redondo Beach, Tax Policy and Issues
Tagged California, Letter to the Editor, Measure C, Measure Q, Redondo Beach, Sanford Motte, schools, The Beach Reporter
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No New Taxes – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Marianne Fong
Please vote “yes” on Proposition 32 and “no” on all tax and bond measures, including 30 ($6 billion/year income and sales tax hike), 38 ($10 billion/year income tax hike), 39 ($1 billion/year tax hike); L.A. County Measure J (another 30 year sales tax hike), and El Camino Community College District Measure E ($350 million in new bond debt, probably costing about $700 million with interest).
Taxes are too high, and we also pay business taxes which are passed on to us as consumers. Bond measures create additional debt and require taxes to pay principle and interest. Bonds often cost double the amount borrowed with interest. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Elections, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Letters to the Editor, Politics
Tagged Ballot Measures, benefits, bond measures, bonds, California, compensation, government employee unions, Initiatives, Letter to the Editor, Marianne Fong, pension, salary, taxes, The Beach Reporter, union
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Supporting Proposition 32 – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Michael D. Robbins
South Bay and other California cities are at much greater risk of bankruptcy than residents are being told. Unrealistic optimistic revenue projections by city finance directors have not come to fruition, just as I warned would happen in El Segundo. City revenues actually declined.
Voters can and must help protect against city bankruptcies by voting “YES” on Proposition 32. It puts voters first by cutting the money tie between politicians and special interests and ensuring every individual contribution is made voluntarily.
Special interests have already contributed $43 million to defeat Proposition 32 with totally deceptive campaign ads. The same government employee unions that have been driving cities and school districts toward bankruptcy with astronomical and unsustainable salaries, benefits and pensions have contributed 98 percent of that campaign money ($42 million).
Proposition 32 will break the stranglehold government employee unions have on Sacramento and local government — that has blocked real and meaningful compensation and pension reform, and Senate Bill 1530, which would have made it easier to dismiss teachers who sexually abuse their students. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, Letters to the Editor, Political Corruption, Union Corruption
Tagged bankruptcy, California, campaign, campaign contributions, cities, election, government employee unions, Letter to the Editor, local government, loophole, Michael D. Robbins, Paycheck Protection, politicians, Proposition 32, Sacramento, school districts, South Bay, special interests, state government, The Beach Reporter, union corruption
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State Ballot Measures – Letter to The Beach Reporter by Michael D. Robbins
Please vote “yes” on Proposition 32 (bans direct union and corporate contributions to candidates) and “no” on Propositions 30 (income and sales tax hike), 34 (repeals death penalty), 36 (three-strikes dilution), 38 (income tax hike), and 40 (gerrymandered redistricting plan).
Proposition 32 helps prevent El Segundo and other South Bay and California cities from being pushed toward bankruptcy by city employee unions and corporations that buy influence with politicians who then pay them back with our tax money and raise our taxes and fees to pay for it. Typical payoffs are one million tax dollars for every thousand donated.
Corrupt and wildly overpaid firefighter and police unions are spending millions of dollars in deceptive campaign ads to defeat Proposition 32. These unions have been bankrupting our cities and jacking up our taxes and fees, so they can get total compensation of $150,000 to more than $300,000 per year, and retire at age 50 or 55, with a guaranteed pension paying up to 90 percent of their single highest year salary. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Reporter Letters, California, El Segundo, Firefighter and Police Union Compensation and Pensions, Firefighter Union Corruption, Government Employee Compensation and Pensions, Letters to the Editor, Police Union Corruption, Political Corruption, Union Corruption
Tagged 2012, Ballot Measures, Beach Reporter, California, compensation, corruption, election, firefighters union, General Election, Letter to the Editor, Michael D. Robbins, pension, police union, Proposition 32, Proposition 34, Proposition 36, Proposition 38, Proposition 40, Propositions, salary, union
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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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