Commentary: City of Ventura Golf Courses Bleeding Taxpayers
We begin with the punchline: $13.8 million tax dollars wasted on unsuccessful city golf courses. That is what Ventura residents will pay over the next 15 years to cover accumulated and future losses at the Olivas and Buenaventura municipal golf courses – drowning in debt and unnecessary city overhead. Golf course losses are projected to continue accumulating at $600,000 […]
Statewide Pension Reform Initiative Filed
A bipartisan group of current and former local elected officials, led by former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed (D) and former San Diego City Councilmember Carl DeMaio (R), have filed a statewide ballot initiative to reform compensation and pension benefits of state and local government employees. The initiative provides a checkon state and local politicians […]
