Acting Santa Ana City Manager Paul Walters took on a tough job when he replaced retired City Manager Dave Ream. The city was left in the the red by Ream, to the tune of $25 million a year in pension obligations. Now, according to the L.A. Times, Walters is acting to make sure that the [...]
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City of Santa Ana asking city workers to pay their fair share of pension obligations
Posted by Admin on November 29th, 2011
Posted in Civic Affairs, jobs, Labor, Paul Walters, Santa Ana 
Tags: city council, city workers, dave ream, paul walters, pensions, Santa Ana, unions 
No Comments »Councilwoman Martinez asks why not study outsourcing the SAPD?
Posted by Admin on October 4th, 2011
Santa Ana Council Member Michele Martinez did a very brave thing at tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting. At the end of the meeting, during public comments, she spoke up and asked the question that has been on everyone’s minds – why isn’t the City of Santa Ana looking at outsourcing the Santa Ana Police [...]
Posted in Business, california, Councilwoman Michele Martinez, Politics, Public Safety, Santa Ana Tags: firemen, Michele Martinez, raises, sandra hutchens, Santa Ana, sapd, sheriff, unions 15 Comments »O.C. Labor Federation announces their support for Labor protesters in Wisconsin
Posted by Admin on February 20th, 2011
Have you been following the labor unrest in Wisconsin? Their Republican Governor, Scott Walker, and their GOP-majority State Legislature are trying to get rid of collective bargaining for public employees in Wisconsin.
Walker has said without major concessions from state employees this year, Wisconsin will be forced to lay off 1,500 workers and reduce health care [...]
Posted in Labor, Orange County, Politics Tags: collective bargaining, labor federation, Orange County, scott walker, unions, wisconsin 8 Comments »Steven Greenhut’s book signing at Barnes and Noble draws a crowd
Posted by Admin on December 11th, 2009
Former O.C. Register editorial writer Steven Greenhut signed copies of his new book, Plunder!, at the Barnes and Noble bookstore located across from the MainPlace Mall, in Santa Ana, on Thursday evening. Click here to read a column about this new book, by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
A cameraman was there to record the book [...]
