[quote=TexasLine]
There are people at the “top” of every company who receive more money than what we think is appropriate(another discussion)…Right or Wrong?

Working for any municipality one should expect that some people have taken their positions based on an anticipated financial gain….is this different from a fortune 500 Co….?[/quote]

The difference it’s a good thing for the private sector to focus on financial gain. That is their goal for themselves and their stakeholders. And they can only do this by providing a good/service that the private sector accepts. It’s a free system of transactions in which no one is forced to participate (until we are forced to buy health insurance).

We don’t want our public sector employees to be motivated by wealth as the government does not generate wealth and that does not serve the best interest of the public.

[quote=TexasLine]
Point is….and I hope you get this…not all City employees are acting like greedy, selfish little bastards. Most of us actually struggle, unlike most of you…(that’s my little dig at those of you with two incomes making over 200,000+ and actually doing quite well on a daily basis, and with your investments…am implying you should take the plank out of your eye…etc…etc…)[/quote]

We’re doing well as a result of hard work and the risks we have to take in the private sector. Inherent risks that don’t exist in the public sector. And I think that it is OK that you do not have to face those risks as, presumably, you are serving a “higher calling.” No one is upset at all public sector employees. We are upset at those that have the gall to defend their ridiculous pensions, just as you have a right to be upset at private sector individuals that cheat/steal, which we have laws against and we prosecute fairly well in comparison to other societies. That kind of check doesn’t exist for this kind of nonsense in the public sector (sans false info given during bond sales which no one served jail time for). Our only check is at the voting booth and I hope we stir things up enough to kick these liberals out.

I’m sure there are some great real-estate web sites focused on the Berkeley, San Francisco market they can check out.