Barry Levinson
We know our roads are a disaster. Every person who lives, works or goes to college in this city should sue the Fullerton Government for all the damage they have done to all of our vehicles. How many alignments must be done over and over again do to the very poor conditions of our road? How many tires wear unevenly directly caused again by the condition of our roads?
Not only that, the city ignored the almost double digit raises Fullerton police and fire have received via increased employer/taxpayer pension contributions for the last decade.
In 2010, the employer/taxpayer pension contribution was approximately 33% of their base pay. Now 7 years later it is at or above 60% and going higher. That means that over the last 7 years taxpayer pension costs has increased approximately 9% a year on average. No private sector employee (excluding some CEO’s, COO’s or CFO’s) gets anywhere close to those type of raises. Add in 4 to 6% salary raises given last year to our fire and police and you have 15% overall salary package raises last year alone.
As Mel Brooks kept on stating while playing French Kiing Louis XIV….it is good to be the king….but it apparently it is even better to be a police or fireman in the City of Fullerton. I say this since Louis XIV grandson and his wife did face the chopping block at the end of the French Revolution yet pensions still are sacrosanct in California.
I report, you decide…. Barry Levinson
#1 by Barry Levinson on December 14, 2017 - 11:53 pm
Ms. Fitzgerald in stating that she will be voting for those police and fire raises commented that they are deserved.
QUESTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER FITZGERALD: DON’T WE THE CITIZENS OF FULLERTON DESERVE DECENT, AVERAGE ROADS?
ANSWER: I guess not since the council keeps telling us they do not have the money for the road repair and maintenance but of course have the money for large police and fire salary raises on top of close to double digit taxpayer payment annual increases over the last 7 years for their 90% pensions after 30 years starting at the ripe old age of 50!
This is a city that I believe is run for the express benefit of city employees and the special interest friends and sometimes co-workers of our city council members.