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Ron Kaye: It's time for Burbank to think twice
Here we go again — at the first sign of recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression, government officials are gearing up to line their pockets with taxpayer money. The Burbank City Council took the lead last week by granting 100...
Tags: Government, Civil and Public Service, Politics, Missing Persons, Interior Policy
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Burbank employee raises to save city money via higher pension contributions
Roughly 100 Burbank employees are slated to receive raises this coming fiscal year after a city-commissioned survey showed their salaries were well below average when compared to those in a dozen other local cities, officials said. Officials say the move...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Politics, Google Inc., Interior Policy
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How Burbank City Council candidates would balance the budget
Assume you are elected onto the City Council, and city staff says you need to cut $3 million, or roughly 2%, from the General Fund to balance the budget. What would you cut and why? Dave Golonski Age: 54 Profession: Burbank Councilman This year&...Tags: Google+, Government Debt, Politics, Easter, Budgets and Budgeting
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How Burbank City Council candidates would balance budget
Assume you are elected onto the City Council, and city staff says you need to cut $3 million, or roughly 2%, from the General Fund to balance the budget. What would you cut and why? Dave Golonski Age: 54 Profession: Burbank Councilman This year's...Tags: Government Debt, Politics, Easter, Local Elections, Budgets and Budgeting
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Burbank firefighters agree to pay more toward pensions
Burbank will save $643,000 over the next two years after the City Council this week approved a labor agreement with Burbank firefighters that would require them to pay their full employee pension contribution in return for a 5.5% raise. After three years...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Jerry Brown, Politics, Google Inc., California Public Employees' Retirement System
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Motion Picture & Television Fund workers protest stalled talks
Dozens of healthcare workers from the Motion Picture & Television Fund rallied outside the charity's Wasserman campus in Woodland Hills and other locations around Los Angeles on Thursday to protest stalled contract talks with their employer. The...
Tags: Richard Verrier, Collective Contract, Healthcare Contract Issues, Politics, Entertainment
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Sharing a letter written to politicians
I sent a note with the following points to our elected representatives: 1. United we stand, divided we fall. Once upon a time we were Americans first and foremost. The only nation in the world whose founding fathers had a vision of Democracy based on all...Tags: Politics, Consumer Confidence, Interior Policy
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Pension law expected to save Glendale, Burbank money
Legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this week that would require new public employees to work longer before retiring with full benefits, while at the same time requiring them to eventually cover at least half of the contribution to their retirement...Tags: Politics, Employment Opportunities, Employees, Public Employees, Crime, Law and Justice
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Burbank suspect in welfare fraud bust is sought
A welfare fraud bust in Pasadena, Glendale and Burbank this week netted three arrests, nine guns and almost $300,000 in cash, according to Pasadena police. George Kerio, 38, of Glendale, the owner of Sunshine Liquor on East Colorado Boulevard in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Secret Service, Politics, Marketing, Interior Policy
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Greg Krikorian's ambition is tragic
This reader chuckled when reading your article titled, “Krikorian goes after Gatto's Assembly seat” on March 11, in which Glendale Unified school board member Greg Krikorian described himself as a moderate who wanted to tackle pension reform,...Tags: Politics, Interior Policy
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Management union agrees to concessions
The Burbank Management Assn. this week became the latest group of city employees to forgo bonuses and contribute to their pensions. The City Council on Tuesday approved the new contract, which runs through June and will require managers to start paying...Tags: Interior Policy, Government, Unions, Politics, Public Employees
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99 Cents Only Stores agrees to $1.6-billion buyout offer
99 Cents Only Stores Inc. has agreed to be taken private in a deal valued at about $1.6 billion, the City of Commerce deep-discount retailer said Tuesday, after months of talks with several groups interested in buying the company.
The chain said it had...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Interior Policy, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Politics, Leveraged Buyouts
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