One Bankrupt Fresno County Supervisor has a modest proposal

Larson wants Fresno County to stop offering pensions to top brass

Fresno County Supervisor Phil Larson has an idea for how to trim the county's soaring pension costs: stop offering pensions to county brass.

Next Tuesday, Larson is expected to unveil plans to remove the Board of Supervisors and at least two employees -- the county's top administrative officer and the county attorney -- from the retirement system. They'd be offered a less costly 401K plan instead.

"Anybody who makes the salary we do can certainly plan for their retirement through a 401K," Larson said recently.

Larson's reasons for wanting the change go beyond cost-savings, which he acknowledges would be relatively small.

First, the move would eliminate the conflict of interest he says exists with supervisors and top managers making decisions about a pension plan they benefit from. Secondly, the change would set an example for other county employees, who may be asked later to make concessions regarding pension benefits.

Larson is the only county supervisor who is not currently enrolled in the county pension plan.

Why stop there? I guess his main point is that county supervisors here are basically criminals and have to be kept away from the treasure chest. But this is a little late. Look our supervisors over on their web site. They have been stealing an robbing taxpayers blind for ten years with absolutely zero ability to do simple math. Why bother to reform then now, have them simply declare the county leaders to be incompetent and declare bankruptcy.


Henry Perea is the dumbest of the lot, on this page he is still advocating for Choo Choo. He is dreaming that the Great Exogenous will come with printed up money and hire us all to maintain Choo Choo. The man is nuts, he is the one primarily responsible for the bankruptcy.