From the Press-Enterprise Editorial Board: As soon as possible, the city should put a charter amendment before voters, stripping out the salary formulas. Writing pay levels into the city charter unwisely limits the citys authority to control expenses, and is especially dangerous for a city in financial distress. And tying city employees pay to what other cities offer is a dubious practice in any case. That approach enables an endless spiral of growing compensation at public expense, with no one taking responsibility for the outcome. San Bernardino cannot expect to cure its financial ills by continuing the same procedures that landed the city in bankruptcy. San Bernardino needs to change its fiscal methods and ridding the city of mandatory pay hikes would be a good start on that task.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:59:42 +0000
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