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Union-Tribune Now Telling Employees of "Audience Reach," Not Circulation
Audience reach (around). Thanks to Fumber for the inspiration. ========================= Fumblers speciality is the Rusty Trombone.......LOL.— January 13, 2009 12:07 p.m.
New York's Ponzi Scheme Wins for Size, but San Diego's Wins for Investor Gullibility
That dirtbag Madoff should be in jail....someone is pulling some strings to keep that loser out of the big house while he awaits trial....— January 12, 2009 10:12 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
So DON what are your expectations for SDCERS growth over the next 10 years? You pointed out their long term returns earned a little better than 7½%. Should we expect this over the next 10 years? ====================== I dont know about Don, but my prediction is 50% funding within 12 months and then bankruptcy.— January 12, 2009 8:21 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
And JV, EMT as a contigency use to be the norm. The City moved off of that to save money. "why pay people to train as EMT's if they'll provide it beforehand". Pretty simple. ============================ Did you not read my post?? I said offer the job CONTINGENT upon an EMT certification PRIOR to employment. To put it in simple terms, the city is not paying to train for EMT cert with a CONTINGENT job offer, they are making a job offer contingent upon receiving EMT cert in a timely manner >>>before hire<<<. The city pays nothing for it-yet the applicant pool would increase by thousands. And if you take that 35K number of EMT's and compare it to the 35 million people in CA it is 1/10 of 1 percent, or for the math challenged 1 in 1,000, which is not what most people would call a large applicant pool in relation to the total amount of people in the state.— January 12, 2009 8:19 p.m.
Chargers' Fabiani Admits in Article That San Diego Is Bankrupt or Heading in That Direction
Speaking of sports subsidies: There was an article in the VoSD today that discusses the Padres sale and the fact the a full 1/4 of the value of the Padres is the stadium the city paid for. ================================= This is how Bushie made his money from the TX Rangers-robbing the little men, for the benefit of the few team owners, by adding in a local sales tax to build a new stadium and then you sell. What do you think the Yankees are going to be worth in the new stadium, or the Cowboys?????— January 12, 2009 8:07 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
But back to my comment-why have an EMT cert requirement up front and limit your applications when you could make contingent job offers without it and widen your applicant pool by thousands??? Answer my question on a contingent job offer.— January 12, 2009 1:25 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Why would ANYONE go through LAW SCHOOL to get a JD and, all that expense you whine about, without knowing if they're going to pass the Bar exam first and then try to get hired? ================================== Passing a bar exam is entirely under the control of the individual, there are no outside factors involved, as there is with being hired by a muni-which are historically biased. You pass or fail a bar exam on your own-no one passes it or fails it for you. You can always start your own practice after law school, no one needs to hire you to benefit from a legal education-you can do it all on your own. Having said that, I know many people who wished they never attended LS because of the low pay, long hours and high debt levels. Plus law training is a very transferrable job skill, because it is really a logic and thought process.— January 12, 2009 1:24 p.m.
Chargers' Fabiani Admits in Article That San Diego Is Bankrupt or Heading in That Direction
"By the time we get to the financing, though, hopefully [the City's financial quagmire] will return to normal." ===================================== If by "Normal" Fabiana means bankrupt, then he is on the money-I guess it comes down to his definition of "normal".— January 12, 2009 1 p.m.
Union-Tribune Now Telling Employees of "Audience Reach," Not Circulation
"audience reach" is code for "hide the ball", a game my graduate profesors were quite profecient at.— January 12, 2009 12:57 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Here's the FIRE RECRUIT APPLICATION: now you know and can apply. =================== FF is really a simple qualifying process with the exception of the EMT certificate (CPR!, come on, that is what-a two hour course). No one is going to have an EMT certificate prior to hire, so why incude it? What they should do if they want EMT certification/s are make conditional job offers, with a confirmed start date, contingent upon finishing and receiving an EMT certification. That way the applicant knows the training as well as the time and the money spent on the training is not wasted. Why would ANYONE go through EMT certification without kowing if they are going to be hired-it is not a transferrable job skill, the costs to get the EMT cert is substantial as is the time commitment to do the training. So again, the job qualifications are basically a GED and some nminor certifications, and clean background. Not difficult at all and I am sure the majority of all applicants would meet all the entry level qualifications except an EMT cert.— January 12, 2009 12:55 p.m.