commentary & current events firegeezer on 18 Aug 2008 12:27 pm
Vallejo Continues To Crumble
AMERICA’S 2nd-MOST MISMANAGED CITY, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA, is seeing everything in the city government crumble around them.
The latest report coming from Money-pit Central is given by Sacramento TV channel 13 as they quote an AP report on the state of crime in the city. About 20% of the police officers have left the force in the past year and another 15% are actively looking to leave as soon as they can. And the word is getting around among the criminal element. Robberies and burglaries are soaring and many citizens don’t even call the police anymore because they often don’t even show up.
Councilwoman Stephanie Gomes, a member of the council that voted unanimously for bankruptcy, said the city would be able to offer competitive pay to police officers once it restructures its finances.
“Right now our pay and benefits are too high, and we simply can’t afford them,” she said. “The Vallejo Police Department will be able to offer very good benefits and salary in the future. Will it be at the Lexus level? No, but it will still be very competitive.”
In many cases, the police officers that are leaving are getting better paying jobs with their new departments. Yet, Councilwoman Gomes says that once they slash the police and fire department salaries they will be offering competitive wages. Her form of logic helps explain why Vallejo is the largest city in California to ever go into bankruptcy.
Read the full story HERE.
on 18 Aug 2008 at 1:45 pm 1.JV said …
I haven’t seen too many cops and firemen driving Lexus’. How many of the city council do?
Who’s the most minsmanaged city? Gotta be Detroit with all the Mayor’s shenanigans. We call it Kwame-gate here.
on 26 Sep 2008 at 11:25 am 2.Ricky said …
The latest report coming from Money-pit Central is given by Sacramento TV channel 13 as they quote an AP report on the state of crime in the city. About 20% of the police officers have left the force in the past year and another 15% are actively looking to leave as soon as they can.