Thread: BANKRUPT - California Declares Fiscal Emergency

Originally Posted by fatfenders

As a resident of Northern California, I will never vote for increased taxes until issues from illegal immigration to outrageous public salaries and pensions are addressed first, really addressed.
Unless, as an example, someone can justify why S.F. top cops get, on the back of the taxpayer, these salaries:
$516,118 Charles Keohane Deputy Chief III
$425,558 Morris Tabak Deputy Chief III
$345,698 Gregory Suhr Captain III
$345,005 Sylivia Harper Captain III
$304,767 Antonio Parra Captain III
$290,400 Kevin Cashman Deputy Chief III
$287,819 James Lynch Assistant Chief
$284,993 Stephen Brown Commander III
$266,669 David Tacchini Captain III
$262,237 Shinn Deputy Chief III
$332,926 Average

Those pays are insane. The director of Miami Dade Police which is really a Sheriff's office made $200,297.82 last year. He is not elected but is a sworn officer who made it up the ranks.
My friend is the police chief in Hollywood, Florida which has a population of 142,478. The police department has 331 sworn officers ad 250 civilian employees. The chief makes around $160,000 a year I don't ask exactly how much he makes a year.

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Chart: Owing more than home is worth

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/h ... hart_N.htm

(Look at these numbers - California is in HUGE trouble!)