Richard Bailey Wants to Cut Cops, Fire Fighters and Other Critical San Diego City Workers

Richard Bailey’s Budget Fix: Cut Cops, Fire Fighters and Other Critical City Employees

Michael Zucchet is the general manager of the San Diego Municipal Employees Association. City Council candidate Richard Bailey continues to promise budget fantasyland to San Diegans.  He says the answer to San Diego’s persistent budget shortfalls includes no new fees, no increased taxes, and no service cuts whatsoever – in fact he claims that somehow service levels will magically improve – if we simply “return to 2015 staffing levels” in the cit…

Richard Bailey Wants to Cut Cops, Fire Fighters and Other Critical San Diego City Workers

Bailey says the city should ‘return to 2015 staffing levels’ by cutting 1,054 employees and the services they provide. By Michael Zucchet  City Council candidate Richard Bailey continues to promise budget fantasyland to San Diegans.  He says the answer to San Diego’s persistent budget shortfalls includes no new fees, no increased taxes, and no service cuts whatsoever – in fact he claims that somehow service levels will magically improve – if we …