Jerry and the Brownshirts defeat democracy in California

It was no surprise when the California Public Employment Relations Board overturned San Diego’s landmark 2012 pension reform initiative last week. After all, the board members and general counsel, who are appointed by the governor, are mostly former union leaders and union attorneys, including representatives of the Service Employees International Union and the California Teachers Association, so it seems there is rarely a benefit to which public employees are not entitled in PERB’s eyes. But it was nonetheless a blow to democracy that will cost the city even more much-needed funds in a protracted legal battle.

With San Diego facing a pension debt of more than $2 billion and retirement obligations eating up 20 percent of the city’s budget, pension reformers crafted Proposition B. The measure, which passed with an overwhelming 66 percent of the vote, replaced traditional, defined-benefit pensions with 401(k)-style defined-contribution plans for all new city employees except police officers; capped new police pensions at 80 percent of final salary; excluded supplemental and specialty pay from pension calculations; directed the city to negotiate with the unions to freeze employee salaries for several years; and required that city officers and employees convicted of a felony related to their positions lose their pension benefits.

Now Jerry knows his policies ovber the yerafrs has made California the 7th most insolvent state.  He has gone to court many times to reverse  his idiotic policies, but each time the court tells Jerry, "if your policies are so stupid why do you repeat them? "

Here we have actual democrats, small d. fighting back:

Former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio is urging fellow supporters of public-pension reform to contact the mayor and council to defend Proposition B of 2012.

The KOGO talk show host posted an “alert” Monday on his radio-show website.

DeMaio contends that labor unions are behind the effort that led the state Public Employment Relations Board last week to order the city of San Diego to rescind Prop. B and reinstate pensions for city employees.

“If the Pension Reform Initiative is reversed, city taxpayers will face unknown financial liabilities of at least $100 million immediately, and billions long term,” DeMaio said. “Worse, if the unions are able to hijack the citizens’ initiative process, California voters will see their right of citizens initiatives severely weakened for the first time in a century!”

DeMaio was a leading architect of Prop. B, which replaced what he called “bloated six-figure pensions” with “more affordable 401-K retirement accounts.”

Here we hav e a problem, democracy is long gone i  California, it ain't coming back.  My advice to California citizens is feel free to break the law; we are in  a fascist state. 

Now he Kanosian squad might think, Hillary the affirmative action dingbat is going to waltz into San Dieago, election, electioneering.  That birdbrain will be spouting all the same Kanosian policies the San Diegans suffer today.  Did any of the numbkulls at UC Bezerkeley figure any off this out? No.