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Supervisor Piepho touts new County process

In her comments to today’s breakfast meeting of the Contra Costa County Taxpayers, Supervisor Mary Piepho (D-III) told of days past when the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors (BOS) could be divided by special interest groups, especially concerning budget cut matters.

But now, apparently, the Board, which she currently chairs, speaks as one body as it deliberates with 17 different labor groups not to mention Fire and Assistant District Attorneys; as well as on issues including a 60-percent wage increases for Supervisors, $200,000 construction costs for Supervisors’ offices, and playing paddy cake with a financial time bomb like the $2.6 billion health and retirement liability currently facing taxpayers. Read more

No drool bib big enough for those who believe Supervisor-Speak

Tom Shirley’s letter in the 9/14 Contra Costa Times proves there is no drool bib big enough for those in thrall to union and county leaders who would rather bankrupt Contra Costa County instead of honestly address the costs of overly generous healthcare benefits the Board of Supervisors (BOS) squandered on county workers in exchange for votes and campaign cash.

First, straight from the BOS playbook, Shirley dismisses expert financial analysis by the Contra Costa Council and Contra Costa Taxpayers. Then he parrots Mary Piepho’s dissembling that—someday, when pigs fly— the BOS, here and there, when it can, will try real hard to make at least a small contribution to some mythic $588 million payment. This is what “commitment” means in BOS-speak.

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Contra Costa Council Report: “County must take immediate action to fund retiree healthcare”

Every voter in Contra Costa County should read the newest report from the Contra Costa Economic Partnership on the growing problem of public employee retiree health costs in Contra Costa County. It is the same report mentioned in Ryan Huff’s article in today’s Contra Costa Times. The report is excellent. It covers the County, the cities, the large school districts, and some of the special districts. The health care expenses will ultimately impact services and therefore our quality of life in Contra Costa. This is the most important governmental issue facing Contra Costa County and this carefully researched and thoughtful report deserves your full attention.

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SLIDESHOW: Contra Costa County headed for fiscal train wreck

See PowerPoint presentation made by the County Finance Committee to Board of Supervisors on March 1, on County Liability for employee and retiree healthcare benefits.

CC Times on County Budget

Hooray for the Contra Costa Times editorial today that clearly identifies one of the reasons the County budget is so out of whack…”Much of the reason for that problem is a $30 million increase in wage and benefits as well as a nearly $15 million increase in retirement payouts,” that County Supervisors gave away to the unions. The graphic says it all.

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