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OCEANSIDE POLICE & FIRE FIGHTERS CORRUPT RECALL SCAM
OCEANSIDE POLICE AND THEIR
UNION HAVE TARGETED A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR REMOVAL, TO PROTECT POLICE UNION
ASSETS.
COUNCILMEMBER JEROME KERN SUGGESTED PRIVATIZING NON-CRITICAL UNION JOBS TO REDUCE
COST TO TAX PAYERS IN THIS TIGHT ECONOMY. IT WAS DETERMINED BY THE UNION TRIBUNE INVESTIGATION THAT THE RESULTING RECALL ELECTION WAS FINANCED BY THE POLICE & FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THEIR UNION.
OCEANSIDE POLICE OFFICERS ALREADY UNDER FIRE FOR COVERING UP EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, ARE ALSO TAMPERING WITH RECALL ELECTIONS TO GET RID OF COUNCILMEMBER KERN FOR JUST TALKING ABOUT PRIVITIZING UNION JOBS. PRIVITIZING UNION JOBS WOULD AFFECT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN UNION ASSETS AND THE ASSOCIATED POWER. ALL OF THIS CORRUPTION BECAUSE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TRIED TO PUT THE FINANCIAL INTEREST OF CITIZENS AHEAD OF A POLICE UNION.
ELECTION TAMPERING BY THE OCEANSIDE POLICE AND THEIR
UNION WILL COST
RESIDENTS APPROXIMATELY $500,000.00 DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE SCHEDULED DECEMBER RECALL. THAT IS $500,000 DOLLARS THAT THE CITIZENS DO NOT HAVE IN A BUDGET THAT IS ALREADY 12 TO 14 MILLION IN DEFICET, ACCORDING TO CITY COUNCIL PROJECTIONS. THAT 12 TO 14 MILLION DEFICIT IS ALSO DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO EXISTING FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT PAY CHECKS AND UNION BENEFITS.
THE POLICE AND FIRE UNION TIMED THIS RECALL ELECTION FOR DECEMBER 2009 IN ORDER TO REMOVE COUNCIL KERN BEFORE THE JANUARY 2010 NEW CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS START. THE JANUARY CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE PREDICTED TO INCLUDE DEMANDS FOR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN PAY AND BENEFITS FOR THE POLICE & FIRE UNION MEMBERS.
Story broke by the San Diego Union Tribune on August 22, page 6,
EDITORIAL SECTION. TITLE "RAW TACTICS IN OCEANSIDE".
More to come, investigation underway
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