‘Sanctuary City’ Oakland, Near-Broke, Will Use Gas Tax Money to Keep Lights On

Breitbart ^ | 05/09/2019 | Joel B Pollak

[lewislynn]

bet people are loving having money stolen from them to pay for illegals

They don't mind if you keep believing that but the truth (from the articl) is:

The problem is that the city’s costs are rising faster than its growing revenues, thanks partly to pension obligations — an increasingly common challenge for large, Democrat-run cities that made ambitious promises to public sector unions.

Public employee pensions are paid directly out of general funds...NOT PAYROLL

Some, too many, retiree's are getting more from their (taxpayer funded) pensions than they were actually earning while working.

Oakland is only the beginning.

[moovova]

Well, that’s a shame.

[ronnie raygun]

The cancer has just about killed the patient

[NativeSon]

womp, womp

[Chode]

gotta pay for those damn illegals somehow

[headstamp 2]

Detroit West

[Mastador1]

And this is why the roads never get fixed, because the incompetent spend every penny on socialist bullshit democrats steal the revenue to cover their malfeasance.

[BradyLS]

Fiscal relief is just a “wildfire” away...

[Eleutheria5]

Sure. Just sneak across the Rio Grande to Tijuana. That’ll go over real well in Mexico.

[Magnum44]

They thought they was gonna get somedat obamamoney, from his stash...

[goldbux]

With MJ now legal, the huge electronic billboards flashing along Route 580 advertise it as Smoakland!

[doug from upland]

[SaveFerris]

Gibsmedat obamastash money!!

[ClearBlueSky]

Isn’t there a Naval Base at Oakland? How is that affected? You’d think things would be better around a US Navy Base.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I’m surprised the A’s aren’t working harder on relocation from this second-tier city. The Raiders and Warriors have already set up their escapes.