Jim Wagner
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Where's Waldo - Opinion
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Once again, the intrepid Waldo DeJarnatt was MIA last night. I believe
that's 2 out of the last 3 council meetings. I tender that if he has
such a debilitating condition that he finds he cannot perform his duties
as an elected official he needs to resign. This city is in a financial
mess, facilitated to a large degree by his ineptitude in governance and
his wildly exaggerated claims such as "7 million dollar reserve"! He doesn't
represent this city on any committees over the hill. He shirks his duty
at home. If there ever was an elected official that did not deserve one
red cent of compensation it's Waldo DeJarnatt.
Jim Wagner
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Is Petey D. wearing a fuzzy bathrobe?
Laugh humanoids laugh. But I bs you all with the dog park to re-elected.
My tar balls are bigger then your tall balls
I am on the council and you are not.
blahahahahahaahahaha
Meetings we don't need no stinking meetings
And it should he a hoot watching Mary Ann do all the heavey lifting to try to keep this city solvent while the 4 assholes that fu--- up this city hide. No explanations, no nothing. Won't even engage the public on why we need to tax the hell out of ourselves to save the city they took to the shitter!
Waldo always hiding. Never likes to say anything. Until John Curtis comes and tells him what to do. Specially when there is an appeal and he represents all his friends the anti-growth people. John writes down and tells Peter what to say. What kind of government do we have here in Pacifica? Time for new Council . We need new people. Enough is enough.
You want change? Call the 4 stooges out on the carpet. Not here. Not on Ripfart. Post a letter to the editor in the Trib. Every week there should be a letter asking where they are, how are they reaching out to the public to make their case. It's there finance committee. What groups have they spoke to. It's not Mary Ann's problem. Why is she on the front lines fixing their incompetence. Make it public in a big way. Enough is enough!
I agree "MAD AND NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE".
Good idea let's start campaigning for DEMOCRACY.
Really. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. We haven't done nothing for many many many years. We need to get them out of office.
The new incumbents need to understand our city is going to the dumps if they don't do something now.
650-355-5777
Call and ask Pete, why he missed the meeting. Maybe he should give back his pay for every meeting he misses?
Everyone out in the work force has to give up pay for taking days off.
Me and man Pete, give back your salary for missed meetings!
sneaky pete is our man. he is good for the coastside. he does things that are good. many many things. he thinks about us in ways no one else can think of us. good good guy. i'm funny. hahahahahahaha!
Has anyone seen my bunny slippers?
Council receives about $2000 a month in stipend and health care benefits. Calculate what Pete makes an hour each year. It's easy. Go onto the city's website, to council, to agenda mtg meetings, minutes, and go back however many months you want. See who attended. Interesting.
Steve Jobs wages!
Pete's my hero.
"Council receives about $2000 a month in stipend and health care benefits."
Let's at least make an attempt to be accurate.
Three of the council members are receiving $700 per month in salary and $920 in in-lieu cash for health benefits that they do not need.
Pete DeJarnatt and Mary Ann Nihart receive the salary, but take only a portion of the in-lieu health benefit in cash.
I support health benefits provided for the council, Vi Gotelli asserts that it is state law that they have it. I do not support in-lieu cash for a benefit not needed.
GENERAL CITY FUND EXPENDITURES City Council, page 8. Projected budget, 2010-11: $158,826. 5 city council members = $31,765.20 per city council member/12 months = $2,647.10 per city councilmember per month each.
I thought the city councilmember monthly stipend salary was $900 rather than $700. The $920 for benefits seems perfect.
The State may require cities to offer city council members a medical plan or health benefits, but taking cash in lieu of benefits is rare and unusual. City Council voted this additional cash benefit for themselves in 2006 as I recall.
I thought I was the only guy around who got paid to make stupid decesions. This Pete, guy sounds like a real moron. BTW is this Pete,a lefty, we can use some help in middle relief.
It's great Lionel is sticking up for Pete and asking people to be accurate. Neither of them have been accurate about anything in the last twenty years.
Lionel, since you're a bastion of truth and justice, do you know if our illustrious council members are entitled to sick days, personal time off, or vacation? If not, shouldn't the city allowed to dock Waldo for all the time he has missed? Or Vreeland, for that matter?
$920 tax free health benefits payable in benefits or cash. Depending on a person's tax status, that $920 could gross out to $1533. So our $700 + $1533 comes out to, hmmm, $2233. Guess I was wrong. Or is it like that age old pearl of wisdom, figures don't lie, liars figure?
Whatever it is, guess it worth the cost to have worked the "secret agenda", like a waterfall driving business, contractors and economic development out-of-this-city. The best part is forming committees and hiring consultants to find new ways to tax Pacifica property owners. Win, Win! NOT.
How entertaining would it be to have Waldo out in the community shilling for new taxes and fees? How do you thing he'd go about it? "Ahhhhhhhhhh, Mr and Mrs Dupe, that 7 million in reserves I was touting during the campaign in 08, well I was just kidding. Now would you please pay up so I can keep my benefits?"
I know where you live Meeh, I am going to raise taxes in fact triple them.
How do you like me now!
They don't call me Sneaky Pete for nothing.
I win, I win, I always win!
Scare tax dude Pete, thought you and your city council gang already held-up our community with in lieu of development taxes and fees to property owners, developers, builders, business license fees, city franchises and anything else you can get your mitts on.
Why don't you sell some city properties for productive tax producing revenue, and actively solicit business and development for this city?
Incumbent Julie is going to save us all. She's going to raid Colma's tax coffers for all the money we spend over there. She should also go after more of the gas tax for all the money we waste going over the hill for most everything we need because THIS COUNCIL HAS PREVENTED ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL TO PACIFICA TO COME HERE!
That is it Meeh, you question the great DeJarnatt and there is hell to pay.
Your business license fee just got tripled.
You know guys Colma, Daly City, and San Bruno should pay us cause everyone drives over the hill and buys stuff there. Oh wait South San Francisco, San Mateo, Burlingame.
Hey Sneaky Pete, I probably won't notice you tripling the fees. As of last year the business fee got cheaper for me, remember the recession? More time to talk to you. That's "hell (enough) to pay".
If Julie's economic plan @8:25PM doesn't work out, maybe "saving" more unproductive open space or our ticket to coastal ecotourism will. After all "its worth it for property owners to pay more taxes to live here--look at all we have!"
Listen to the meetings! Nihart took a 20% cut in January. Did any of the others? Not Mr. Pete!
Pete wasn't at the meeting!
Remember Meeh, Sneaky Pete, makes the rules not you.
Actually you bring an interesting point, it seems that city council "economic" strategy and tactics have been "sneaky", so guess you're just 1 of 4 plus their "nothing for Pacifica" coalition, aka: "Pacificans for (no) Sustainable Development" (the think tank). In 8 years we had hope for their improvement, but they fooled us twice. They (include your persona) "made the rules", and gave us an nice little eco/poverty- fascist city to live in.
Thanks for bringing clarity again to this issue, now my commentary on this article is done.
Ms. Meeh, do everyone a favor and reread your comments for clarity and grammar before posting. Nobody can understand your gibberish.
Sign up for an ESL class.
ding, ding, ding, I win again.
This one is almost as good as promising the dog park and not coming thru.
You must bow down to sneaky pete once again.
I wonder how many dog parks the 7 million would have paid for...A chicken in every pot and a dog park on every corner.
Vreeland has cost us wayyyy more money and missed wayyyy more meetings than deJarnuts.
I've got a feeling that Jimmy Boy is authoring most of these posts about his little lapdog to keep our eyes off the ball.
"GENERAL CITY FUND EXPENDITURES City Council, page 8. Projected budget, 2010-11: $158,826. 5 city council members = $31,765.20 per city council member/12 months = $2,647.10 per city councilmember per month each."
So break it down Kathy, this figure doesn't give us the info.
Lionel, this is not my issue, its yours, you are welcome to break it down. I just took the information from this years general fund expenditures worksheet, in bold only because its a link. Good luck with that.
My interest is in this city generating a "sustainable economy" to support its infrastructure and its citizens. That kind of vision and planning has not happened on the 8 year watch of the existing city council, and never will. NEVER WILL, this time bold is for emphasis.
You mentioned $700 monthly city council salary, my recall was $900-- but, I'm not digging for that detail.
Lionel, just call Pete up and ask him direct. You have his ear.
Lets try to agree where we can. From the reaction of city council at meetings, it is doubtful that Lionel has any "the ear" of any councilmember.
With the Proposition 218 lawsuit what is Lionel trying to do, other than insist this city follow the existing law of California? Yet, after his city hall inquiry efforts were blocked, you think he threw a "dead skunk" into Cecilia Quick's city legal office.
And, questioning city council salary and benefit cost are also a valid issues. Including benefits, our city council is the highest paid city council in San Mateo county. Highest paid, lowest productivity. Just the reverse of "Target" (the business) as Tod Schlesinger said.
Looks like the Vreeman is giving Waldo a run for his money. His back hurt. He needs to go see Doctor Waldo for some "feel good" relief. Let's see, what could have set the back pains off. Hmmmmm, I've heard that being too big of a prick will throw your back out. I've also heard that difficult votes on the agenda, like a budget, do the same. Bet the Vreemeister was good a dodge ball.
My back really hurts.
So I poop on you!
I get my Council paycheck even If I do not show up. So go pound salt.
I am on the council, and you are not.
Lots of heavy lifting at Council meetings. It's not like I'm just sittin' there or anything. You think it's easy keeping DeJarnatt propped up in his chair?
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