Work for the City or Win the Lottery

This story is about a choice we have to make: if you want to hit the jackpot you need to either work for the City of Vallejo or you need a strategy to win the lottery. Either way, you'll do well.

The Vallejo Independent Bulletin does some excellent reporting on local government issues. Their contributors are, as often as not, concerned citizens who take the time to do solid research and present interesting and compelling findings.

Dr. Robert Schussel is a statistician and an actuarial and he is also a Hiddenbrooke resident. Bob gathered some very compelling data about the astonishingly high dollar buyouts of vacation and sick leave that the City did in 2008. If you ever needed to see a transparent example of a city that is living well beyond its means to the great peril of the taxpayers that pay the bill and do without the services, this is it.

It might be worth studying up on this kind of detail before you decide how to vote on the next ballot initiative to raise local takes. Read on:http://tinyurl.com/vallejolottery 

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