The Orange County Register reports this morning that CalPERS, the big state pension fund, has effectively slammed the door on cities thinking of getting out of the guaranteed pension business.
Sometimes the news just seems stranger than fiction. That is the case of the story of how the City of Costa Mesa improved the “Transparency Grade” for their website. In a nutshell, there is this non-profit group that has this wiki website that grades citys, states and other municipalities on the transparency of their websites.
Yesterday came confirmation of what I have suspected for months; Costa Mesa Mayor Gary Monahan may actually be a moron. Monahan was criticized by Orange County Employees Association General Manager Nick Berardino earlier this year for his secret meetings with Field Marshal and Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer to draft the illegal scheme to outsource the jobs of almost half the city workforce.
Yesterday we witnessed another example of how low the Gang of Four are willing to go in the City of Costa Mesa to promote their agenda of smearing their public employee workforce.
On Tuesday night the Costa Mesa City Council got an ear-full on priorities. They didn’t want to listen. Residents would get their three minutes to speak their minds, and then the Council members would take unlimited time firing back like a bunch of “Angry Birds.”
“It is anticipated that the total attorney fees and costs incurred by the city of Costa Mesa in defending this matter, through trial, will crest $250,000. It is further anticipated that this action will take two years to reach its final determination.”
The Voice of OC’s Adam Elmaherk provides us with a rundown this morning of what we can look forward to on the agenda’s of the County Board of Supervisors and various cities in Orange County this week.
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