[kingu]

So how much of these tax hikes won't actually be going to pay for current employees, but former employees of the city and schools?

I'm going to bet 100 percent.

So what I'm really curious about - can't any city council just pass a budget for a future city council to deal with? I mean, the 2015 city council says that the 2020 city council must spend $45,000,000 on snow removal from luxury homes - and if that isn't legitimate, then how is any retirement plan valid past the tenure of the city council who approved the wages?

[Paleo Pete]

Who wants to bet he wouldn’t consider cutting spending on things like his squad of armed guards or limo service? City funded martini lunches...I wonder if he plays golf. If so I’m sure the city pays for it. How about cutting his own salary back a bit...After all, Trump has promised to go without one altogether. I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t hurt the entire city council/aldermen to take a bit of a salary cut. A couple of thousand a year won’t hurt people who already make twice what the average person does...yeah it’s a drop in the bucket, but if you take a drop here and a drop there...

They should make mayors’ salaries based on performance. If the city goes broke, so do you. Ditto for city council. Sit back and watch...

Typical Democrat “solution”, more taxes...While he’s adding taxes to everyone else, I bet he takes every tax shelter, write off and loophole he can find on his own taxes...

[sergeantdave]

“then how is any retirement plan valid past the tenure of the city council who approved the wages?”

Excellent question. What a city council passes in one term can be rescinded by the next city council. That’s why it’s critical that conservatives get off their fat, lazy butts and take control of their local governments, including the schoolboard, city council and county board.

In many areas of the country, less than 10% of the voters turn out for local spring elections. It would be easy to take over local governments if conservatives availed themselves of their right to vote.

It’s also a good idea to elect a pro-2nd amendment, constitutional sheriff in the county. That gives you legal and armed muscle to investigate local thieving rats and throw them in state prison and to also resist incursions by the criminal fascist syndicate occupying Washington.