Sometimes the OC Register’s Watchdog reporter Teri Sforza get’s it right. But when it comes to analyzing government statistics I think she has allowed the Register Editorial Board’s prism of anti-government employee rhetoric to blind her. Such is the case with Sforza’s piece Tuesday titled Public pay rises despite recession.
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Nguyen and Campbell Sound Off On Hybrid Pension Debate
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
There has been a lot of criticism of the innovative employee pension plan negotiated by the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the labor unions representing County workers and managers. The innovative hybrid defined-benefit and 401(a) plan, first negotiated with…
Street’s Risky Investments Sold at a $7.6 million loss
by Chris Prevatt • • 2 Comments
The Orange County Register’s Ronald Campbell reported yesterday that the County of Orange has sold off their holdings in the bankrupt Whistlejacket structured investment on Thursday for $72.4 million for a loss of $7.6 million. Whistlejacket had been in receivership…
The Register’s First Step to the Left
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
 Our first great April Fool’s gag was an announcement that TheLiberalOC had been acquired by OCBlog (now the heart fo the RedCounty blog). The tag line on the new “Blue Minority” blog template was “even liberals should get the…
Does John Seiler actually think that Senator Lou Correa is a communist?
by Chris Prevatt • • 1 Comment
John Seiler seems to think that State Senator Lou Correa is a communist. In a post yesterday he wrote “thanks to the profligacy of Lou “North†Correa and others, state and local government pension funds in California are $500 billion in the red.†So exactly what about pensions for public employees is communist? Well nothing, but that doesn’t stop Seiler from trying to make a connection where there is none so that he can use the phrase Lou “North†Correa.
OCRegister Endorses Nelson based on a Single Issue
by Chris Prevatt • • Comments Off
I read today that the Orange County Register has endorsed 4th District Supervisor Candidate Shawn Nelson. I cannot say that I am surprised, and their reasons given flow with their editorial desk’s general anti-public employee stance. But what their endorsement…
Former City Manager Asks: You want this job?!
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Teri Sforza over at the OC Register has an interesting follow up to the OC Watchdog Report on City manager compensation. While I am not particularly happy with the way some government administrators handle things, I can sympathize wtih these managers on the frustration such jobs bring. That is probably why these folks get paid as well as they do.
