The Chief Administrative Officer for Santa Cruz County, where I live, one of California’s smaller counties just retired at 62 after 27 years of public employment. Her final salary with benefits was $380,000 per year. Her retirement will be $200,000 per year. To purchase an annuity that would pay that amount you would have to contribute $4,000,000. Work for the government and become a millionaire.
OMG!!! Government pensions are OUT OF CONTROL!!!
AG, this $hit is everywhere here in CA. Up here in the San Ramon Valley (and actually it’s a statewide problem), our Firefighters are taking the taxpayers for a continual ride. As you are well aware, “public service” employees in CA get to retire at 50 ( the poor babies by that age, have even gotten to the point where they can no longer “eat until they are sleepy, they sleep until they are again hungry”), ditto for the Fire Chiefs. So in the past three years, we have had two FC’s retire in succession. And as if $181k per year isn’t enough, when they gross up their pensions with all their accrued, but untaken vacation, these MFers go out at $100k per year more than they were earning when the “worked.” I have done some rudimentary calculations and these two worthless turds, if they and their spouses live to be 80 (which is a good bet since we will also be paying for their gold-plated healthcare benes), will end up taking home about $10 million each!
And the average FF, who makes at least $100k per year, can expect to at least double that figure with the “overtime scam” they pull. You know: “I call in sick so I can work at my private business for a day, and you get paid OT to cover my shift, then I do the same in return for you!” And the taxpayer picks up the tab while both FF’s make even more money working in their own businesses, Weed abatement is a big second job, and since the Fire District “manages” weed abatement, you know who gets the business.
Man, it's hard to believe people just allowed this kind of government insanity to fester....
A freaking bureaucratic administrator!
Spit!
It is the government against the people. If people on knew to what degree...