SFist: Where Have All the Good Budget Times Gone?

fizzandpop

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:02:02 -0800

Tax people that put Kinks songs in my head

fizzandpop

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:46:07 -0800

Tax double posters

retrohasen

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:45:47 -0800

better yet, we could increase the taxes on late night pizza restaurants in North Beach.

manys

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:45:33 -0800

Surplus vs. deficit is all in how you count the numbers, which are as malleable as any statistic. Gavin's just saying "OK, I'm back. Don't expect anything unless you make a personal deal with me." It's similar to how he cut spending by laying off all those DPW workers at the beginning of his term, then once the layoffs produced their predictably shitty streets he poured money into street-fixing. Just in time for the election, natch. He's just being a hog.

citi_zen

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:31:40 -0800

Hey - Why don't we charge a bunch for those new city id cards - a new revenue opportunity!

citi_zen

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:08:18 -0800

Hey - Why don't we charge a bunch for those new city id cards - a new revenue opportunity!

RinconHillSF

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:58:35 -0800

The sooner the City increases the hurdle for vesting retiree healthcare benefits beyond the current 5 years (to maybe 20 years - is that too much to ask for lifetime medical insurance on the taxpayers' dimes?), the better off the budget will be. Also, they need to freeze the defined contribution ... the retirees can pay the difference (give them some incentive to support universal healthcare at a federal level). Then there's all the b.s. programs and employees created from all the idiotic laws the Supervisors pass without looking past their nose on the need, costs, and effects of such legislation. It will only change when folks get involved and manage their elected officials better.

suckafree

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:56:06 -0800

its about to get a lot worse. the housing thing will not skip our fair city. folks that don't lose their homes will be appealing their assessed values for anything they bought in the last few years. we should be factoring in 10-15% short falls in property taxes on top of the increased spending of the propositions du jour our stupidvisors never analyze before submitting.

Chet Marlboro

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:18:03 -0800

At least Nate Ford got his big raise for fixing MUNI before the city ran out of money.

fizzandpop

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:02:14 -0800

Tax the homeless! Make them rent their begging pitches like any other bisuness. And ask Daly to take a pay cut