$12 billion isn't enough?
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| John Blanchard, SF Chronicle |
The mayor is worried about a budget deficit, and maybe she should be. But $12 billion is a lot of money---and 40,951 is a lot of city employees.
Take, for example, The Municipal Transportation Agency (aka, Muni)---please. It has a budget of more than $1,200,000,000 and still struggles to run the city's transportation system with 6,348 employees.
The agency has a shortage of operators for its buses and trains, but it doesn't otherwise seem to have an employee shortage.
The agency's new anti-car leader at Muni will apparently be making $337,112 a year to implement the Bicycle Coalition's agenda on city streets. The SFBC should chip in to help the city pay his salary.
Tumlin should keep in mind that his predecessor did everything City Hall asked him to do, but Mayor Breed still threw him under the bus, so to speak.
Take, for example, The Municipal Transportation Agency (aka, Muni)---please. It has a budget of more than $1,200,000,000 and still struggles to run the city's transportation system with 6,348 employees.
The agency has a shortage of operators for its buses and trains, but it doesn't otherwise seem to have an employee shortage.
The agency's new anti-car leader at Muni will apparently be making $337,112 a year to implement the Bicycle Coalition's agenda on city streets. The SFBC should chip in to help the city pay his salary.
Tumlin should keep in mind that his predecessor did everything City Hall asked him to do, but Mayor Breed still threw him under the bus, so to speak.
Labels: Anti-Car, Bicycle Coalition, City Government, Ed Reiskin, London Breed, Muni
posted by Rob Anderson @ 2:56 PM
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2 Comments:
If my math is right, fully a quarter is debt service and city employee salary, benefits and pensions. These cost centers will grow to fully a third within the next decade. The cost for dealing with street people iskiki what? Approaching half a billion a year!!!
Yes, the question is, Is it a city government or a huge jobs program?
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