tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post2333502777516841850..comments2023-03-27T02:36:53.691-07:00Comments on Sparky San Diego: There is ALWAYS Hope; or is there?SparkySanDiegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06659685665397099088noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-77708403384514085222009-11-13T16:32:43.459-08:002009-11-13T16:32:43.459-08:00To BBH:
You are an uninformed and uneducated part...To BBH:<br /><br />You are an uninformed and uneducated part-time 7/11 clerk. Your spew is incorrect, old and caustic. Find another issue to fight because you are really losing this one. Steve made you look like the person you really are: a loser. And the best thing about is you just can't stand it..!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-88163734991959272772009-11-13T13:37:59.254-08:002009-11-13T13:37:59.254-08:00GED educated cops are overpaid. The retirement ben...GED educated cops are overpaid. The retirement benefits are unsustainable. Here'a another busted myth. <br /><br />Here is the CalPERS life expectancy data for public safety members (police and fire, which are grouped together by the pension fund):<br /><br />-- If the current age is 55, the retiree is expected to live to be 81.4 if male, and 85 if female.<br />-- If the current age is 60, the retiree is expected to live to be age 82 if male, and 85.5 if female.<br />-- If the current age is 65, the retiree is expected to live to be age 82.9 if male, and 86.1 if female.<br /><br />That’s no mistake. The numbers for public safety retirees are identical to those of other government workers. As CalPERS notes, average public safety officials retiree earlier than average miscellaneous members, so they receive their higher level of benefits for a much longer time.<br /><br />Here is CalPERS again: “Verdict: Myth #4 Busted! Safety members do live as long as miscellaneous members.”Billy Bob Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-38080108886876197702009-11-13T09:10:12.062-08:002009-11-13T09:10:12.062-08:00Hey BBH you do realize the city no longer has a se...Hey BBH you do realize the city no longer has a set back for the employee contribution. So while other departments like National City just raised their employee contribution to a whooping 2%, the minimum a SDPD officer pays is 12%. Ours was raised 4% just this year. <br /><br />As for the 12% cut, you do know that over the last 4 years we are negative by at least 6% in terms of raises. Between two years with cuts a year with no raises and one year of back loaded raises. <br /><br />You sound like a broken record. You repeat the same things over and over. If things are so golden for us why don't you sign up. up until recently we had been hiring and I know you have been jealous of us for sometime. <br /><br />The taxpayers haven't been raped by the workers its by the "leaders" who waste the tax money on projects that are frivolous. <br /><br />But at least you and I agree on one thing reducing the underfunding. But unfortunately you think that is the employees responsibility. We aren't the ones who underfunded. And bringing back benefits to a reasonable amount. The SDPD is already the lowest paid department around. Do you just want to hire security guards and pay minimum wage. Then we can have wide spread corruption (by other than just the council). That would be fantastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-43032167001522180032009-11-12T21:44:21.564-08:002009-11-12T21:44:21.564-08:00Boob Boob Henry...We already do pay 50% of our own...Boob Boob Henry...We already do pay 50% of our own retirement contribution. That was taken care of last year. Try to keep up and get off the same old soapbox. Your act is tired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-1275752681399919502009-11-12T20:10:30.228-08:002009-11-12T20:10:30.228-08:00Cuts from upper and middle management will not amo...Cuts from upper and middle management will not amount to a hill of beans. Everyone, all city employee trough feeders need to take a 12% pay cut and pay for their own retire medical costs. The Charter says employees should pay 50% of their retirement costs....days of the cadillac pension benefits are over folks... you only have yourselves to blame....Billy Bob Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-78465891369615739262009-11-12T18:38:42.869-08:002009-11-12T18:38:42.869-08:00Bye bye public safety! San Diego will surely expe...Bye bye public safety! San Diego will surely experience negative quality of life issues with cutbacks in public safety. Silly me, I thought the role of government was to provide services to the public which they (public) normally do not provide for themselves. Things like libraries, parks, recreation, new construction projects, etc. should be placed on the back burner.<br /><br />During these tough financial times, we do need to be fiscally conservative. However, we must also bring common sense into the equation. That is something Sanders lacks.<br /><br />In regard to SDPD, I agree Steve. For years, the “rank and file” (officers and detectives) have been the focus of cutbacks both in personnel, support, equipment and resources. It’s time to look elsewhere, and not at the people who provide mission critical services. You know, the things most of us hired on to do. Things like public safety, helping others, arresting bad guys, becoming detectives and going after crooks. Look how patrol and investigations have been gutted. Units eliminated or running on a skeleton crew. These are the services that really count. Strong patrol and investigations bureaus make for a safe community. <br /><br />It’s time to scale back at the top of the pyramid. One chief of police, and an assistant chief for operations and one for administration. That’s it. One captain for all of investigations. The fire department may close stations, so should we for now until things improve. Shut down Northwestern. That was a politically driven station to begin with. Do like the Sheriff’s do, and put the traffic officers in various area commands. We could eliminate the Northwestern and Traffic captains. We would save on building maintenance costs as well. <br /><br />Jerry Sanders, when chief of police, reclassified all lieutenants as investigative lieutenants, which gave them an immediate 5% pay increase. He also gave them 24-7 / 365 unlimited use of their cars. Why take away working investigators cars? Take away lieutenant cars except for a very few who actually do work for a living. Hell, the lieutenants and above already receive additional flex benefits dollars!<br /><br />Jerry Sanders, when chief of police, eliminated beats and created service areas. He reduced the span of control / officer to supervisor ratio so he could promote his buddies. It was a joke then and still is. We need to increase the officer to supervisor ratio back to the way it was. We won’t need as many sergeants. Sorry all of you who just took a promotions test, but this is reality until things turn around financially.<br /><br />Time for supervision and management to take the financial hit instead of the officers and detectives. Time for supervision as well as mid and upper management to step up and lead by example. Do as the USMC management does; the troops come first. The rank and file is taken care of. The USMC command staff sleep in the same tents and eat the same food if any is left, since they get in line last.<br />They are true leaders, unlike the current SDPD leadership on Mahogany Row. And it does not count that Lansdowne goes on a ride along on Christmas.SDPD 23noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-24765986235290926672009-11-12T10:02:36.957-08:002009-11-12T10:02:36.957-08:00What is the mayor thinking of since he was once on...What is the mayor thinking of since he was once one of you??<br />San Diego is not a place to think of cutting the forces. My opinion<br /><br />CHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-32347709070715622522009-11-12T06:59:06.164-08:002009-11-12T06:59:06.164-08:00Sparky's some of your suggestions makes sense....Sparky's some of your suggestions makes sense. Government workers feeding at the trough at the higher levels is a given but in San Diego its an art. Combine those reductins with a 12 percent pay cut then contribute 50% of the costs of your own retiree medical is whats fair to the taxpayrs who pay your bloated salary and cadillac benefits. Change the retirement age to 60 like the rest of us and get rid of the DB. <br /><br />You loose creditibilty when you want to raise taxes. Welfare queens always want more taxing more is not the answer. Taxpayer have been raped over the years by govment workers now all of you must come back to reality like the rest of us. <br /><br />These changes would reduce the unfunded retirement deficit substantially. But BK is the solution where we can take it all back and bring wages and benefits to a more reasonable rate.Billy Bob Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231162963364357109.post-76891395683657361302009-11-11T22:17:29.693-08:002009-11-11T22:17:29.693-08:00What a novel idea Steve. Cutting chief, captain, l...What a novel idea Steve. Cutting chief, captain, lieutenant and sergeant positions is long overdue. I have never understood why the chief needs his own legal advisor when we have a city attorney whose responsibility is to advise all departments. The management of the SDPD became top heavy under Sanders. <br /><br />The cuts will be drastic and there is little doubt the mayor is gunning for us and wants to make an example out of us. Like you said the other day, he is going to make us all out to be the bad guys if we refuse salary cuts. I will not agree to a single cut. He can cut every POI the department has for all I care. I work patrol and would prefer he cut them than cut my pay again and force me into bankruptcy and foreclosure. <br /><br />Another good thought provoking post that will no doubt piss the chosen few off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com