I just read that and I could not believe the lengths he is going to to push this. Not only will he be disliked by officers and other City employees, his list will include teachers, nurses and more, throughout the state. I suspect he is grasping at straws trying to leave a legacy he can be proud of as he leaves office; in an effort to be able to say he accomplished something positive (as he sees it). As of right now, his legacy is one big mess and growing.

Not sure this URL will work but if anyone wants to read it, here it is:

http://www.mef101.org/News/news169.html

I would be shocked if any of the recruits finishes the probationary period . It is not unreasonable to think that most if not all will leave for better pay/benefits. SJPD is nowhere near comparable to other city’s pay and benefit package. SJPD is among the lowest paid/benefitted in the country Thanks to our insanely arrogant Mayor and clown council .San Jose ” you get what you pay for”

WHY WOULD YOU HIRE MORE WHEN YOU CANNOT KEEP THE ONES YOU HAVE.

“Thank you Officer Anon for your post. I appreciate your response and definitely the information you have put forth. I apologize if my former posts may have come across as callous, and I thank you for your insight”.

  Yes, they did come off as callous.  I also apologize for responding in kind.  Have a great day.

Note that the $450,000 annual expenditures Mr. Wall describes would pay for three additional officers – assuming that the city could hire and keep enough officers to approach authorized strength considering the truly crap-tastic 2nd tier pension program. The current academy lost about a third of its recruits already (lending credence to an article on Protectsanjose.com regarding the unrealistic hiring plans from Reed, Liccardo and Constant). MeyerWeed has posted a couple of excellent analyses on http://meyerweed.blogspot.com/ covering the challenges of recruitment, training and retention.

I think it’s also important to note that the Mexican Heritage Plaza is not the only example of profligate money-losing ventures run (into the ground) by the City of San Jose. Muni golf course, and the Hayes Mansion are two other examples of ventures which the City ought to simply sell off and cut their losses.

Lastly, and also on the topic of waste, as well as vanity projects, we should also examine the millions upon millions which the city has expended to acquire property for Chuck Reed’s signature vanity project – I mean the future A’s stadium. The city has purchased numerous properties at a premium (amounting to at least $25 million) and proposed to sell those properties at a loss (!) to Lew Wolf for the purpose of building the stadium. San Jose never had the cash (to my knowledge) for the purchase and that $25+ million is a part of San Jose’s massive RDA debt, the service of which is consuming scores of millions in transfers out of the general fund at the expense of core services like public safety, street maintenance and, yes, library services.

For all the talk of fiscal responsibility emanating from Chuck Reed and his ilk, their spending behaviors closely mirror that of a certain Oracle employee at an SF strip club with the company AmEx.

And Now this P.O.S is trying to push for a statewide pension reform initiative . His new mantra is “litigate instead of Negotiate” . It will be beaten down just like Measure B. Can not wait for His term to be over

That’s really a shame that millions and millions of taxpayer’s dollars have been wasted because of an ego. Just think of the services that could have been provided with that money. Truly sad.

So So Interesting ,

Oh they know. Is just that Mayor Reeds extreme arrogance makes him believe that he can either bypass /beat the law . He believes that because San Jose is a charter city , that certain laws do not apply. Courts have ruled numerous times ” against this type of attack on workers rights . In the end the biggest losers are San Jose Residents . millions of dollars will have been wasted because of one mans egomaniacal obsession. he along with his hand puppets: Lickardo,Constant,Hererra,Nguyen,Oliverio have destroyed this city and its public safety

“…“vested rights” can not be changed without being given something of equal or greater value.”

Many, many past posts have stated this fact. I am not sure why their attorneys didn’t know that when the lay people did? I also wonder why they would hire these attorneys who have lost every single other case on this same issue? Weird.

Get ready , The City of Los Angeles just lost its bid to freeze Pensions . The courts ruled that “vested rights” can not be changed without being given something of equal or greater value. Both Pensions and Retirement benefits are covered in these rulings. The losing attorneys are none other than Meyers-Nave , the same attorneys representing The City of San Jose in its bid to strip workers of their earned benefits. If Im not mistaken this law firm has not won in any of its cases to strip workers benefits, and has lost in court Multiple times already.