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San Diego County, CA July 26, 2005 Election
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Why the City Worker's Unions Leave Us No Choice

By Shawn A. McMillan

Candidate for Mayor; City of San Diego

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The union leadership has made its position abundantly clear: They will not negotiate. Thus, Bankruptcy is our only option.
In this election the leading candidates are unable to differentiate themselves from one another. At their various coming out events the candidates, in one form or another, favored short sighted half-measures and band-aid fixes ranging from selling off the city jewels to fund current operating expenses, to raising taxes to fund the pension.

Rasing taxes on an already overburdened population is not an option. Selling off our revenue generating assets to generate a one time cash infusion is like a farmer eating next year's seed, its short sighted and irresponsible.

The leadership of the City Workers Unions have already proclaimed their hardline "no negotiation" stance, so where does that leave us?

Chapter 9 Municipal Bankruptcy. In a municipal bankruptcy the city will be empowered to cut the pension obligation back down to a fair and reasonable level, invalidate the current collective bargaining agreement, and wipe out other non-secured debts like that $100,000,000 judgment we owe to Roque De la Fuente. At the same time, our city assets are protected from forced sale by the Tenth Amendment to The United States Constitution.

Clearly Bankruptcy is the way to go. For more information on the details of Chapter 9 Bankruptcy go to http://www.mcmillan4mayor.com

Shawn McMillan

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