Posted on 07/13/2011 9:55:51 AM PDT by george76
Although national attention has largely focused on state budget battles like Wisconsin's union showdown and Minnesota's state shutdown, the real spending struggle is actually taking place at the local level.
As federal stimulus money runs dry, states are scaling back on municipal aid and revenue sharing. The cuts are adding immense pressure to strained local governments, many of which are already struggling under huge debt burdens. After years of declining tax revenues, cities and towns across the country are now running out of ways to deal with their ballooning budget deficits.
Public employee costs account for a large share of municipal budget woes. While worker compensation accounts for just 30% of state spending, personnel costs tends to eat up between 70% and 80% of local government funds.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
The other day I was line to renew my CCW, talking to a ‘Park and Recs’ employee. We talked about how hard it was to get to the Sheriffs office to renew. Anyway, he mentioned that he had almost ‘1.5 years of comp time’ that he can never use...to hard to schedule...and they are always asking him to work more.
My heart went out to him.
The drones out number the worker bees! The politicians have struck a mortal blow to our economy and it is in its death throes. Soon the battle for raw survival begins.
Each and every one of the cities is run by....liberals.
How in the hell is a city employee, worth more that a Productive side employee?? and How was this allowed to happen?
He has a job yes?
All liberal bastions ..shocker
The parasites have just about killed the host, and they have no intention of stopping their destructive ways.
It is going to get ugly...
Technically speaking, aren’t the drone bees the ones doing the work in a beehive?
except Costa Mesa, CA has finally righted their ship & the unions are fighting them tooth/nail..
If it were only 14 cities. I suspect that 75% + of all municipalities—cities, counties, state governments—have unsustainable benefits for their workers. These 14 cities are the first to reach the point where they don’t have any more money to pay for them. The other cities will hit this point too in the near future.
I suspect people like that are just the tip of the iceberg and one of the reasons my daughter got hired so quickly was to help root them out.
I'm surprised that Colorado Springs in #3 on this list, probably the only conservative city of the 14. Does anyone know why?
The 14:
This article misses the point. Who negotiated these agreements? POLITICIANS. Who voted to underfund pensions and benefits? POLITICIANS. Why? TO GET RE-ELECTED.
WHO VOTED FOR THEM? There’s your problem.
No mention of Boulder, CO or Asheville, NC?
Both are liberal bastions.
New Haven, CT is on the list. Not at all surprised.
It’s also #4 on the list of most dangerous cities. Maybe there s connection. (Duh!)
When the parasites no longer have a host to prey, they usually move on to greener pastures to suck dry.
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“All liberal bastions ..shocker”
And all but three are Northeastern or West Coast.
Seriously, we do see all kinds of out- of state- license plates from many of the towns listed and welcome people who want to work and need to work.
Guess Rick Perry has done a lot of good for the “Great State of Texas.”
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