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It's wait and see on public pensions

Original post made on Jan 20, 2010

The cost of pensions to California and its cities, towns and agencies has long been a concern, with prognosticators warning that government agencies would have an increasingly hard time balancing their budgets as pension payments consume a greater portion of the general fund.

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Posted by concerned
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Jan 20, 2010 at 7:41 am

Duboc was a politician at one time, and she couldn't solve the issue either ! So why is she being so nasty about this ? It is unreasonable
to think politicians cannot solve this issue, obviously as a politician YOU could not solve it either !!!!!!

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Posted by Sean Howell
Almanac staff writer
on Jan 20, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Sean Howell is a registered user.

Here's some more context, from my interview with Ms. Duboc:

"I think this (the pension issue) would be a really hard thing for politicians to make a stand on. ... Willie Brown's article (Jan. 3 SF Chronicle) inspired me. If Willie Brown thinks of it as a lost cause with politicians, then truly, it has to come from the grassroots, the people have to do it. It's too much for us to expect politicians to do it...."

"I think it's really hard, once you get to be an elected official, working in the system, to just go and do this. It's unreasonable for us to expect that of our elected officials."

Here's a link to the article she's referring to:

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