Last year, Assemblyman Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont) drafted AB
502 in order that municipalities like Stockton could mediate with public
employees rather than file for bankruptcy.
502 in order that municipalities like Stockton could mediate with public
employees rather than file for bankruptcy.
Now, Wieckowski has moved to compromise the very measure
which would succor compromise from city leaders and public employees. His back-peddling
legislation, AB 1692, would reassert the stalling tactics of public sector
unions and prevent cities from filing for bankruptcy protection. While public
sector unions can badger their municipal employers to keep their end of an
unfair bargain, cities are stuck with paying the daily bills as well as
managing the growing fiscal chaos — which forces their hand not just
economically, but also politically before voters who cannot change or frustrate
unions or their coven of waste and fraud.
which would succor compromise from city leaders and public employees. His back-peddling
legislation, AB 1692, would reassert the stalling tactics of public sector
unions and prevent cities from filing for bankruptcy protection. While public
sector unions can badger their municipal employers to keep their end of an
unfair bargain, cities are stuck with paying the daily bills as well as
managing the growing fiscal chaos — which forces their hand not just
economically, but also politically before voters who cannot change or frustrate
unions or their coven of waste and fraud.
The double-dealing of this legislator is a malignant symptom
of the growing plague of collusion between politicians and public sector
unions. City governments, and more importantly the voters and residents in
these communities, deserve leadership which is free to negotiate for reductions
in benefits, pensions, and other emoluments provided during previous
administrative tenures during more lucrative periods of growth.
of the growing plague of collusion between politicians and public sector
unions. City governments, and more importantly the voters and residents in
these communities, deserve leadership which is free to negotiate for reductions
in benefits, pensions, and other emoluments provided during previous
administrative tenures during more lucrative periods of growth.
I hope that the residents of Stockton stand up to their
public workers and demand reform to public sector entitlements. Public sector
unions have intimated our political class long enough. Now is the time to demand
that our representatives either stand up to the collective interest groups
which have padded their campaign funds in exchange for lucrative and exorbitant
contracts at the expense of the taxpayer.
public workers and demand reform to public sector entitlements. Public sector
unions have intimated our political class long enough. Now is the time to demand
that our representatives either stand up to the collective interest groups
which have padded their campaign funds in exchange for lucrative and exorbitant
contracts at the expense of the taxpayer.