{"id":39359,"date":"2014-01-17T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T23:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39359"},"modified":"2014-01-17T18:12:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T23:12:32","slug":"cities-target-police-pensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39359","title":{"rendered":"Cities target police pensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pinto Nag sends us a link to an NBC News<\/a> article about municipalities who are looking to mimic the Obama Administration and cut their costs by exploring ways to screw cops out of what they earned. Cops, however, have a way of striking back;<\/p>\n

In Costa Mesa, California, lawmaker Jim Righeimer says he was a target of intimidation because he sought to curb police pensions. In a lawsuit in November, Righeimer accused the Costa Mesa police union and a law firm that once represented them, of forcing him to undergo a sobriety test (he passed) after driving home from a bar in August 2012.<\/p>\n

That followed a call to 911 by private detective Chris Lanzillo, who worked for the police union and the law firm that represented it, according to the suit. Lanzillo is also named as a defendant, accused of following Righeimer home from the bar.<\/p>\n

Disputes such as these have intensified as Detroit and two California cities, Stockton and San Bernardino, have gone bankrupt in the past two years. Police pension costs were a major factor in the financial troubles facing all three. Now large cities, including San Jose and San Diego, say they have no choice but to alter pension agreements lest they end up in bankruptcy too.<\/p>\n

The suit by lawmaker Righeimer also said that an FBI raid of the law firm last October uncovered evidence that an electronic tracking device had been attached to the underside of the car driven by another lawmaker, Steve Mensinger, one of Righeimer’s allies in the pension fight.<\/p>\n

“What we are alleging is a conspiracy to gather information against political opponents”, said John Manly, a lawyer representing Righeimer and Mensinger.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Basically, it appears to me that Liberals think they have some sort of mandate from the voters to screw everyone who is not them, the boogiemen cops and troops who are better than them and actually do the heavylifting for society that makes them feel inadequate and coming up short in the shorts. Folks take these thankless jobs because they expect to be compensated, and they expect lawmakers to keep their word in regards to that compensation. I guess that’s expecting too much from bed-wetting pussies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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