San Bernardino Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by steel7

Thats discusting. Police unions are greedy crooks. Im just glad i no longer live in SB (moved 1/99).

Keep an eye on your own city now. You just never know what they may be hiding. The dominoes are starting to fall and a good number of cities are going to get caught in the fallout.

[steel7]

San bernardino has had 33 murders so far & their are still 4 months left in the year. In 2011 the city had less murders. I have to work in SB tomorrow in a less then desirable area (near pacific high school).

[MrTudo]

hahaha the usa as a whole can pretty much qualify for bankruptcy and there's no sign of any change whatsoever. Maybe blow yet another trillion or more getting involved in yet another war. So don't feel alone there in san bernadino cause you're not. Another war will aid in devaluaing the already on it's way to peso status dollar.

You can't control government and yes it is out of control, locally, federally and no it doesn't matter "which one wins" as the size of the debt will continue to escalate and there will ALWAYS be an excuse by somebody for some reason to justify spending trillions more and bankrupting the place even further than it is now. Make eliminating your own debt and saving a healthy percentage a priority is what someone told me a long time ago which we heeded and the results can be very re-assuring as we get older.

[steel7]

Heres the latest news. The avg salary for a fireman in SB is $150k a yr & they wont take a cut just like the police. 3/4 of the budget goes toward public safety (cops, firemen, 911 operators, etc).
Bankrupt San Bernardino halts payments to Calpers | Reuters

[steelstress]

this will be VERY interesting to follow. Thanks for the update.

[steel7]

Most of govt budgets goes toward public safety. In yucaipa its 67%.