"Our environment is our economy" great slogan, limited value

Pacifica Tribune/Elaine Larsen, Editor and Publisher, 5/15/12.  "Show us the money." 

Homage to Digre, Vreland, DeJarnatt

"Our environment is our economy."  "... that's all it is: a great slogan, a perfect jingle. Without one whit of actual revenue numbers behind it. Don't get me wrong. Sue's a nice person and well meaning as a longtime member of the City Council, but does she get it after all those years? I say, unfortunately, no.

...If our current City Council members don't see the writing on the wall, I say, let's find people who will. Because the basics of fiscal responsibility is not rocket science. You don't spend what you don't have.  Read Editorial.

Related -  Fix Pacifica 5/11/12 re-post, Pacifica Tribune Guest Column by Sue Digre, 5/8/12. 

Related - Principal Employers in Pacifica (2011),  CAFRA, 2011-12, page 142, data from Business Registration Research.  Note:  of the top 9 employers, 4 are retail businesses with some sales tax revenue. 
1.  Pacifica School District, 306

Solve the rot, build a lemonade stand

2.  City of Pacifica, 285
3.  Safeway (2), 212
4.  Jefferson Union High School District, 169
5.  Lucky (Save Mart Supermarkets), 125
6.  Rite Aid (2), 52
7.  Recology of the Coast, 49
8.  Ross Dress for Less, 48
9.  North Coast Water District, 22.

Posted by Kathy Meeh