CM PRESS # 497

ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA CITIES--ORANGE COUNTY WORKING ON PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION REFORM

The group released polling data from Probolsky Research showing that about two-thirds of Orange County taxpayers agree with the urgent need for pension reform. Specific measures, received even higher marks. Some of these include:

83% support requiring local government employees to contribute the same amount as their employers
73% support capping benefit amounts
72% support allowing local government agencies to freeze unaffordable pension plans
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COSTA MESA SHOULD RAISE FEES ON BUSINESSES TO PAY FOR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES?  HUH?

One frequently heard argument from those who don't want Costa Mesa's government to get right sized and to be more business like is that Costa Mesa should raise its fees and especially its business license fees.

Why should Costa Mesa do this?  According to those who argue this way, Costa Mesa will then be able to pay its workers and not lay anyone off.

Such an argument is flawed and fails to recognize that government expands to take all the money it can get and then it demands more to expand more.

And, it never ends.  More and more money is demanded by government, simply because it can demand it.

We think the present City Council is on the right track in right sizing our government and attempting to buy the services citizens need at the best price.

Where we think there can be more improvement is in letting businesses nation wide know that Costa Mesa is a great place to do business, precisely because it does have low fees, and our low fees help offset the high cost of doing business in California.
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TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH BLOGSPOT.  CM PRESS # 496 WENT MISSING AS DID ALL POSTS FROM ALL BLOGS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.  SHOULD BE RESTORED SOON.
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