Everytime I hear about how much the city workers get I become enraged! But it's our fault. How did we let this happen?
Absolutely correct! I'm convinced it's happening all over the country, not just in Ca. I'm also convinced only 'we the people' can really put a stop to this sort of thing. It's gone too far for any one man to deal with.
The City Council has become an unaccountable body, and the only solution is to ditch the incumbents. We'd have thrown out the mayor in the last election, except for the illegal write-in candidacy of Donna Frye which split the anti-Murphy vote. The cozy arrangement where the former City Attorney and present Registrar said it was ok is another glaring example of the extent we need to clean house. I expect one or more recall elections soon, and we'll be rid of some of these highbinders when they're thrown in prison due to their complicity in the crimes for which there are no less than 3 separate investigations underway. The trick is going to be finding replacements who aren't just clones of these scuzzballs. I'm not sure whether City Attorney Mike Aguirre will be a net plus or minus in all this, but the noise and stir he's making makes me want to cheer him on, even though he's a litigious, inflated, egomaniacal blowhard. It says a lot that, compared to the City Council, he looks like the good guy.