As a long time union member, I'll be the first to tell you that unions are often needed to protect workers.
Even in businesses that presently don't have unions, management is aware that if they mistreat workers, they may be unionized.
Notwithstanding the above, I'll also be the first to tell you that as with all things in life, there must be a proper and reasonable balance between the power of the unions and the power of the companies (or cities) that are unionized.
This brings me to Costa Mesa where it appears the balance needs to be righted because it is tilted too much toward the workers; to the detriment of the residents of Costa Mesa who must pay high worker salaries and very high pensions and who have little money left over to improve the city.
A city can't stand still. And, this is what Costa Mesa has been doing as far as improving the city. Sure, we mow the lawns and sweep the streets, but we need to do more. We need to get serious about the Westside and spend the money to prime the pump of change over there.
From recent reports that I've seen, it now looks as though Costa Mesa is going to be the Lexington and Concord of the fight between unions and the
What do I mean by "more of a business footing"?
From where I sit (outside the government) it seems to me that we should keep an eye on our expenses and make sure that we're not spending more than we have to spend to deliver services to the residents of the city.
And as I mentioned above, we should try to have enough money in the pot after we pay labor costs, to make the types of improvements to the Westside that will bring that area up to par with the rest of the city instead of letting it look as though it's part of some abandoned inner city where nobody really cares if it has slums, gangs and social dysfunction up the ying yang.
And, also from where I sit, it looks to me as though the majority on the City Council is doing what needs to be done to get things fixed and on more of a business footing.
As long as they stay on the right track and don't go too far astray, they'll have my one vote.
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STRICT IMMIGRATION LAWS SAVE DENMARK BILLIONS
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AGENDA FOR TOMORROW'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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Hey City Council, cut through the Gordian Knot--don't give any CDBG funds to charities. Use the money (it's our money) to fix infrastructure on the Westside.
Years and years of pumping money into the charities has just resulted in more downscale conditions on the Westside and in the city generally.
Fix tangible things that people can see and we may attract more upwardly mobile people instead of those who need to use the charities.
Drain the swamp! Stop feeding the alligators.
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OUR PURPOSE WITH THE CM PRESS
Given the fact that the CM PRESS publishes all sorts of things from around the world, some new readers may be confused as to our purpose.
1. Our purpose (and this has never changed): We want to see an improved Costa Mesa.
2. How to do it: We believe that the Westside is the key to improving Costa Mesa and that if we are to improve the whole city we need to first improve the Westside.
That's it. Those two simple statements in blue above are why we started publishing the CM PRESS and they have never changed.
Any other articles you read here on the CM PRESS are just other things that we think may be interesting, but they're really just filler.
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ALJAZEERA'S TAKE ON BIN LADEN'S DEATH
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And, what of the long rumored reports that Al Qaida has some sort of nuclear attack plan in place if Bin Laden is captured or killed? Hopefully, there is nothing to the rumors.
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COSTA MESA CITY WEBSITE STILL SCREWED UP
Link to screwed up City Website
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