Saturday, April 10, 2010

Good Grief, corruption among public sector unions

In this case, sheriffs giving lucrative contracts to their retired comrades:

The foreclosure crisis that has impacted Summit County homeowners has been a financial boon for a select few friends of Sheriff Drew Alexander.

Fifteen men, mostly retired police officers with little or no appraising experience, combined to earn more than $1.2 million working part time setting property values for the sheriff's office last year.

A separate case:
FLINT, Michigan — City officials suspect arsonists with a political bent were trying to scare residents after nine vacant homes were torched over a 20-hour span.

The rash of fires was worse than the city has seen on Devil’s Night in recent years, a night typically considered the worst night for arsons in Flint all year.

The fires started Wednesday about 30 minutes after Flint Mayor Dayne Walling announced that 23 firefighters would no longer be on the job starting Thursday morning.
I have been reporting on shakedowns by combined federal and state traffic patrol, designed to extort money. We have that problem in a nearby town, Clovis, CA; a no drive zone for smart drivers. These unions were promised a free ride, done through secret backdoor political deals, there is no free ride and they are pissed.

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