Comments on: More media malpractice

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:18:34 +0000

There were 12 people laid off at my former municipality, Katy. They were full-time workers–supervisors, police assistants, custodians, Fire Chief, et al,–some with 20 or more years of service and others with less than the five years needed for vesting. They were people who had families to support, and now they are not mentioned as though they all just disappeared in a puff of smoke. You should not generalize about this horrible subject–one that has infected hundreds of municipalities and counties throughout CA–because of the abolishment of Redevelopment.

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:37:10 +0000

Katy, a “Yes” on Prop. 32, would have left the corporations and rich millionaires and billionaires with the only voices politically, cutting out the working-middle and poor classes. Why would that have been fair, when, thanks to the SCOTUS, they will have total financial control of the political process, anyway?

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:30:23 +0000

Yes, Sean I do believe that there is no plan underfoot to treat the children of public workers different than the children of other worker where college tuition is concerned.

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:28:08 +0000

Sometimes we agree Sean. That was a poor bill, and Governor Brown vetoed it. Democracy in action.

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:26:05 +0000

They are not different as human beings Katy, but by being organized in the workplace, they are able to pool their individual funds together and give the workers a collective voice–which is pretty hard to do for individuals who are not part of any organized group. Unions help the middle class and poor move up the ladder. I don’t agree with you that unions caused the jobs to go overseas–I believe the jobs went overseas so that the corporations could pile up higher profits for themselves and the shareholders–“the workers, be damned”. Making paupers out of people is certainly not a good way to encourage peoples’ wage-flexibility.

By: Sean Morham

Sean Morham — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:33:29 +0000

Let me see Johnnie P tried to get a bill passed to give a gov t fixed payment($500k) to retired police and fire families that die from work related causes five years or more after they retire.
Of course, the work related causes included just about anything. Who is trying to take care of with payment? Do you really think he is above taking care of the tuition of same via state “resources”?

By: CalWatchdog

CalWatchdog — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:19:15 +0000

SeeSaw – why do you think union employees are any different than other employees? Why do they need a union speaking for them politically?

Unions are what have caused so many jobs to go overseas, by preventing businesses to adjust financially with demand changes. And that includes being flexible with wages, as the market will allow.

Katy

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:49:15 +0000

Another moronic post from Sean. Government worker’s children, who are attending college, are in so special class separate from children of workers in other sectors.

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:45:44 +0000

Unfortunately I can’t read the editorial–I don’t have a free monthly quotient on the Sac Bee.

Just because the Sac Bee does not agree with you, author, does not mean you are right–I was angry at my local editorial board for recommending, “Yes” on Prop. 32. The LA Times Business Comlumnist said, “The Pepetrators of this Iniative must think you are stupid–really stupid!” Maybe you are just one of the stupids thinking that it would have been fair to take the politcial voice away from CA’s, respective, union members while leaving the rich corporations and individual millionaires with the only political voice.

By: Hondo

Hondo — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 04:56:49 +0000

I hear the Washington post is doing badly. I read it in the NY times today, which is doing badly too. Craig’s list has destroyed the revenue streams of the paper newsprint. So many are drying up. And good riddance.
Hondo…..