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Fricken Cali tax increases

Originally Posted by RvRrat

I've just decided I'm going to open my own church and go non-profit.

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Maybe that's not a bad idea

I need to give that some thought.... a non-profit of some sort

S CP

" Liberalism is a Mental Disorder "

I was at a industry lunch meeting yesterday one of the Companies attending is an Asphalt producer. They have a leased piece of property in Los Angles with an Asphalt plant on it. They have proposed to shut it down(early '70's plant) and move to a piece of property that they own within the same City and build a new state of the art asphalt plant that will produce far less emissions from both the natural gas burner to the bag-house and screens. The local Air Districts wants a (get this) $ 5,000,000. (five million dollar) permitting fee from them. Because these would be "new" emissions regardless of the fact that they would be taking an old plant off line than produces more emissions then the new proposed plant.

When they objected the Air District said well keep your old plant then. Phucking pencil pushing bureaucrats have no idea what is takes to run a business. And they wonder why this State is up-side down.

On a side note; does anyone have any info on how many or what States aren't in bad shape financially like Kalifornia is ?

Sleeper CP

" Liberalism is a Mental Disorder"

Just bought a new flat screen at Costco this morning. I had to pay a 25.00 e-waste fee on a new TV??? AAARRGGHH

Originally Posted by Sleeper CP

I was at a industry lunch meeting yesterday one of the Companies attending is an Asphalt producer. They have a leased piece of property in Los Angles with an Asphalt plant on it. They have proposed to shut it down(early '70's plant) and move to a piece of property that they own within the same City and build a new state of the art asphalt plant that will produce far less emissions from both the natural gas burner to the bag-house and screens. The local Air Districts wants a (get this) $ 5,000,000. (five million dollar) permitting fee from them. Because these would be "new" emissions regardless of the fact that they would be taking an old plant off line than produces more emissions then the new proposed plant.

When they objected the Air District said well keep your old plant then. Phucking pencil pushing bureaucrats have no idea what is takes to run a business. And they wonder why this State is up-side down.

On a side note; does anyone have any info on how many or what States aren't in bad shape financially like Kalifornia is ?

Sleeper CP

" Liberalism is a Mental Disorder"

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/10/map...ets/index.html

I remembered seeing this a while back and found it for you. I always look at these types of things since we hope to move next summer.

Just yesterday I was reading about one of my favorite little countries, oops, I meant city, the City of Vernon. The city where time stands still, as in 1950.

The biggest pension draw on CalPers - $500,000 for a former city adminstrator who is still under criminal indictment.

NICE



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SoCal embezzlement defendant gets big pension

The Associated Press
Posted: 05/08/2009 04:19:39 PM PDT
Updated: 05/08/2009 04:19:40 PM PDT


VERNON, Calif.—State pension documents show that the former city administrator of an industrial Southern California city is collecting about $500,000 a year in benefits as he awaits trial on charges of embezzling public funds. The figures were released this week in response to a public records request regarding Bruce Malkenhorst by the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility.
Prosecutors allege that the 74-year-old spent $60,000 in public funds for personal use before retiring as Vernon city administrator five years ago. Malkenhorst's reported salary of more than $600,000 had made him one of the state's highest paid city officials.
California Public Employees' Retirement System spokesman Edd Fong says Malkenhorst and the city had paid enough into the pension system to cover the big payout.
Malkenhorst has an unlisted phone number.

Originally Posted by angiebaby

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/10/map...ets/index.html

I remembered seeing this a while back and found it for you. I always look at these types of things since we hope to move next summer.

Thanks for the info


I wonder how much California could reduce the losses in the bugdet by allowing off-shore drilling. They split the money with the Feds.

Sleeper CP

Originally Posted by Sleeper CP

Thanks for the info


I wonder how much California could reduce the losses in the bugdet by allowing off-shore drilling. They split the money with the Feds.

Sleeper CP

X2

Noticed a couple of rigs offshore at Huntington Beach a few weeks ago. Surprised me

Not to worry, I hear Arnold is going to legalize pot, so all you have to do it start growing it to export.

Potinator!