Posted on 05/27/2009 10:34:44 AM PDT by Bosco
Columbus police will be pulled from highways, high schools and other duties if voters reject a proposed city income-tax increase on Aug. 4, Chief Walter Distelzweig said yesterday.
Nearly 300 officers would lose their jobs in layoffs. When added to the number of retirees who wouldn't be replaced, Columbus would have 324 fewer police than it has today.
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Lock and load, Columbus.
How about they cut a bunch of police brass, city commissions and school administrators instead?
Yes, get rid of the police. But keep the 1000 bureaucrats in the Columbus gov’t.
Fear mongering works great when times are good, just like our school system in Michigan use to use every time a millage increase was requested.
Seems in bad times when everyone is having a hard time making ends meet if they are expected to do more with less then they look them in the eye and tell them to go pound sand.
2010 is looking like it might shape up to be a very good year if we can find a few true leaders to take control. When even Ca goes completely for no new taxes in every county all we need is to get our message out loud and clear.
This can’t be happening. Obama promised more law enforcement funding and the LEO unions supported him in the election.
Nope, this is not really happening.
In a way, it's a perfect setup for wholesale political change. The power structure, when forced to cut, always cuts the sections of government that actually do something important. This time around, when they pull that crap, citizen bloggers should identify all the deadwood patronage positions that were protected and blame the existing politicians for the problems from the police cuts. That will resonate.
Don't you feel safer now?
Trendy synopsis.
When are these government zealots going to finally start beating their heads against the wall and pound some sense into them and realize us overtaxed workers are finally FED UP???
PSSSST! Mr. Police Chief, we haven't got the money either, now back to your wall!
Don't you feel safer now?
Personally I'll stick to lock and load thank you. ; )
Oh dear. Less tickets written by the people who don’t have time to solve break ins.
/yawn
Yeah, and compensation and benefits for the rest.
It’s always about cutting the most necessary/Constitutionally mandated expenditures.
This guy ought to be fired for failing to live up to “public service”
From the city’s website, Columbus has around 8,000 city employees. Yet 324 job cuts are going to be in the police department?
Bingo ! We have a winner !
But of course that's not what will happen. It'll be teachers, police, firefighters, libraries, parks - the parasites will stay.
The real problem is two-fold.
Main problem is the tax burden in Ohio. State, county, municipal taxes chase individuals and businesses out of the state. Statists just don't understand that higher tax rates ultimately result in lower revenues.
Second problem is what the monies are spent on. Sure, there is waste in the safety services. It's typical that the most essential services are targeted for shock value.
2008 Election Results
Franklin County, Ohio
Obama/Biden 59%
McCain/Palin 40%
Typical politcians. We are going to fire the cops and fire dept. Do it. Don’t tell us about it do it. CA and NJ are broke thanks to govt employee unions. Detroit is dead except Ford due to the UAW and they will kill Ford next.
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