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Eventually, Hambo hatched this new award notion, when he wrote, "Until PIG creates a “Steaming Turd of the Week” award, you’ll just have to suck it up and get over it." We kicked "turd" to the curb, replaced it with 'load' and the Steaming Loads of the Week Award was born. We plan to have a lot of fun with this bad boy and we suspect it's not going to bore you to tears either. OCTOBER 2. 3, 2. 01. Steaming Load: Warriors pay the price for Mexifornia's mistake. Report: California soldiers must repay enlistment bonuses[OCR] SACRAMENTO – Nearly 1. California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, a newspaper reported Saturday. The Pentagon demanded the money back after audits revealed overpayments by the California Guard under pressure to fill ranks and hit enlistment goals.
If soldiers refuse, they could face interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens, the Los Angeles Times said. Faced with a shortage of troops at the height of the two wars, California Guard officials offered bonuses of $1. A federal investigation in 2.
California Guard soldiers. About 9,7. 00 current and retired soldiers received notices to repay some or all of their bonuses with more than $2. Soldiers said they feel betrayed at having to repay the money."These bonuses were used to keep people in," said Christopher Van Meter, a 4. Army captain and Iraq veteran who was awarded a Purple Heart. People like me just got screwed."Van Meter said he refinanced his home mortgage to repay $2. The California Guard said it has to follow the law and collect the money."At the end of the day, the soldiers ended up paying the largest price," Maj.
Gen. Matthew Beevers, deputy commander of the California Guard told the Times. We'd be more than happy to absolve these people of their debts. We just can't do it. We'd be breaking the law."The Pentagon agency that oversees state Guard groups has said that bonus overpayments occurred in every state, but more so in California, which has 1. California Guard officials said they are helping soldiers and veterans file appeals with agencies that can erase the debts. But soldiers said it's a long process and there's no guarantee they'll win. Retired Army major and Iraq veteran Robert D'Andrea said he was told to repay his $2.
D'Andrea appealed and is running out of options."Everything takes months of work, and there is no way to get your day in court," he said. Some benefit of the doubt has to be given to the soldier."JUNE 1. Steaming Load: Mexifornia Legicrats exempt selves from state gun laws. Ever since high levels of immigration and taxation transformed California into a one- party state by driving out the middle class and importing an underclass, it has become a textbook example of a banana republic, in hi- tech guise. An editorial in the Washington Times highlights the latest round of chicanery – truly unbelievable arrogance on the part of the state's political class: The California state Senate voted 2.
Wednesday to exempt itself from the pointless gun- control laws that apply to the rest of the populace. Legislators apparently think they alone are worthy to pack heat on the streets for personal protection, and the masses ought to wait until the police arrive. California's gun control laws are draconian, and getting a concealed carry permit depends on the whim of your local sheriff. If, like most Californians, you live in an urban county, it may be all but impossible, absent public death threats lodged against you.
But not for our legislators. Secure in the permanent majority, Democrats just feather their own nests and exempt themselves from the laws that constrain the rest of us. The editorial notes how the solons have made it difficult to impossible to detect how much they actually pull from the public purse. Average "compensation" is $1. There is a "car allowance" sufficient to pay the lease on luxury cars for every member of the state legislature. They also get a "per diem" payment that permits them to deduct part of their compensation from state and federal income taxes. Incidentally, our state income taxes, like our state sales taxes and state gasoline taxes, are either the highest in the nation or nearly so.) But legislators don't have to worry about the gasoline taxes; they get gasoline for free.
But don't worry, the chumps citizens are unlikely to catch on to the degree of screwing they are getting. Attempts by a handful of reformers to require politicians to provide a full annual disclosure of the benefits received from the public treasury have been rebuffed. Currently, government officials must file a statement of economic interests revealing income from any source other than a local, state, or federal government agency. Gifts worth more than $5. Bills of this nature never meet an honest fate in which roll- call votes put members on the record as favoring or opposing each idea. Instead, reform measures are held in committee to die quietly as legislative deadlines pass.
As of last week, it's effectively impossible for a bill to become law if it hasn't already passed in at least one of the chambers. This very maneuver was used to kill: .. The current system grants free rides to politicians, court workers, police officers, city council members, social workers, meter maids and their spouses. The bill failed even after a compromise amendment deleted the requirement to pay red- light- camera tickets. So a broad swath of what laughingly may be called "public servants" is exempt from any consequences for dangerous driving practices.
The last time (years ago) I accidentally tripped a red light camera, it cost almost four hundred bucks, and I would be surprised if the tab were not already well above half a grand, what with the "court fees" added onto the actual fine for a traffic infraction. This list doesn't even begin to plumb the depth of corruption and arrogance.
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