From: Adel Luzuriaga
[mailto:AdelLuzuriaga@nextblock.com]
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Hello, everyone!
Please
VOTE on
Fiscal responsibility is a big issue for the
City of
resources are being cut down,
city service fees are being raised, and utility rates are getting hiked up (among others),
because of deficit funds available
to run the city. The City has
consistently transferred funds out of the
Gln Wtr
& Pwr to transfer to the general operating
funds.
Please review some information that you may not
be aware of.
Fire
Occupation Wages - Glendale Compared to Everyone Else
It takes a lot of courage to challenge the
public compensation issue, for the sake of fiscal health of
The claim that some candidates are not concerned
about the safety of
Think about how false that statement is for a
public figure.
For me, the candidates that show fiscal
responsibility based on their experience and previous actions are
Bruce Philpott and incumbent Bob Yousefian.
Please take time to learn about the candidates
for Glendale City Council before you vote on
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Glendale’s Finances and the 2009 City Council
Election
Every day we hear, read and see more information
that shows our legislators have been very generous with our money. The
State of
Years ago we had smaller governments paying less
than private industry and our legislators gave generous retirement benefits.
Many people worked for government until a private sector job came along.
Then government said they would raise payscales
to keep their workers and compete with private industry. Unfortunately
there were no measurements to determine who were productive
workers and who weren’t. So the mediocre worker stays in his
position. One such worker sits on the
That City Council member now is in the position to
pay more people in his image and stick the taxpayers with the bill.
Our legislators (in Glendale there are 5 sitting as
a body called the City Council) have created a new class of society, the
enriched City Employee that not only is well paid by any standard but can
retire at up to 90% of their last year salary.
We all have heard that Social Security will run out
in this century but when knowledgeable people speak about government pension
programs like CALPERS or CALSTERS, the voter is conflicted because he/she wants
to believe their Council is looking out for the people of Glendale and have a
hard time understanding that there is only so much revenue and it is reducing
due to the recession while personnel costs continue to rise.
Politicians and Management use scare tactics so you
will blindly follow them. In several days you have an opportunity to
review what council members are up for re-election and how much they have
helped reduce spending – think school resource officers, traffic enforcement,
reduced library and parks hours – they, like the State, have robbed the
treasury to pay those salaries and we have seen the result of pandering to
employees…the independent expenditures for a constant barrage of mailers and
walking the streets to keep the overtime coming.
Just before the election you heard that the FireFighters will give up $3,000,000 of COLA for the next
two years but you did not hear them say they would cut the estimated
$16,000,000 worth of overtime or change the City’s share of Calpers
pension, of at least $35,000 a firefighter, or $20,000 for medical insurance or
$15,000 for compensation insurance.
One way you can help restore accountability is to
vote NO on the UUT. Another is to vote out-of-office those that have
shown they have no fiscal accountabilty and vote in
those that support fiscal accountability.
Unlike the Unions and the GNP, Vanguardians doesn‘t
take taxpayer money from the City; we are supported by the contributions from
our community. Even though there are many restrictions placed on 501C3
organizations by the Federal government we can take positions like the Vote NO
on the UUT. We cannot endorse candidates for election, nor can we support
or oppose them. We can rate them and that is what we did with the help of
the voters. The three highest rated candidates are listed below.
We encourage you to review the issues and the
candidates’ stance on them. Vote wisely, intelligently and for the best
interest of
Vanguard
Weekly News
Vanguard Poll Ratings
for City Council Candidates:
Bruce Philpott #1 with
a score of 87
Bob Yousefian #2 with
a score of 82
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Fire
Occupation Wages - Glendale Compared to Everyone Else
Bruce Philpott for
Glendale City Council
