[quote=blake]Prop B: 66% to 33%
Prop A: 58% to 41%
San Jose’s Measure B: 70% to 30%
Wisconsin
Wonder why these propositions passed with those huge margins …
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San Diego’s payments to the city’s retirement fund soared from $43 million in 1999 to $231.2 million this year, equal to 20 percent of the city’s general fund budget, which pays for day-to-day operations.
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San Jose’s pension payments jumped from $73 million in 2001 to $245 million this year, equal to 27 percent of its general fund budget. Voters there approved construction bonds at the beginning of the last decade, but four new libraries and a police station have never opened because the city cannot afford to operate them.
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Public unions didn’t have a good day yesterday.[/quote]
Good. But you know they are going to challenge them in court and have them overturned.
