The following letter to the editor was published in the El Segundo Herald newspaper (HeraldPublications.com) on Thursday, February 10, 2011 in the Letters section on page 6. The El Segundo Herald has a strict 250-word limit.
Taxpayers Getting Fleeced
I recently received a mailer for Ted Lieu, candidate for State Senate. On that flyer were 37 public employee union endorsements by local and state unions. There was not a single tax payer or government watchdog association. Why would anyone be foolish enough to think this man is running to represent the voters?
The flyer, in essence, is telling us that he doesn’t give a fig for us and that the unions will elect him, that they financed him and that he is beholden only to those unions. Does anyone wonder why such excessive salaries are paid to government workers? Why some public employees are retiring with multi-million dollar pensions? Are we dumb enough to believe that children’s education will not be cut while public employee pensions will remain unscathed?
Recent news reports state that Jerry Brown is expecting these same unions to conduct a door-to-door campaign to insure the proposed tax increases will be passed. Certainly Lieu will ride along. Also, included on this mailer is a list of erstwhile non-partisan Mayors. For some reason these jerks think they ran for non-partisan positions. They think the title of Mayor is their own property to do what they please with it. News flash! That title belongs to Republicans, Democrats and Independents.
Endorse, if you will. But the only title that belongs to you is Mr., not Mayor.
Mary Olinick
El Segundo Police Officers' Association (ESPOA) Exposed