How can counties continue to fund CalPers without asking the employees to contribute more? In other counties, such as Yolo, Supervisors are shifting more responsibility onto the employees. CalPers continues to make less and less on their investments. I believe they only brought in 2% last year, and in ‘09 they lost 24%. This entire program needs to be revamped, in my opinion. I value public employees, but not moreso than private employees. And most private workers have no benefits at all, and in fact, are lucky to be working now.
Why can’t our Supervisors think about something more than their own pocketbooks? Yes, our Supervisors are the beneficiaries of everything they bargain for with the unions. What, therefore, could be their incentive to change that.
Everyone knows that last year they even voted themselves to meet only twice a month so that they would not have to face the public comments as often. And Chair Tofanelli even has been eliminating Public Comments from its usual place on the agenda to avoid criticism during this election cycle.
Should any Supervisor be re-elected who voted themselves a part-time job with full time pay and benefits, or who bargains and votes for their own pay and benefit increases with the unions? Do you see corruption here? I do!
TR in Ebbetts Pass
