Whoever said, “A few bad apples can bring the whole place down” knew what they were talking about. Here’s one story that certainly reinforces the that notion. According to The Boston Globe, 20 Massachuetts State Troopers are being investigated for theft of overtime pay. Reporters Mark Arsenault, Travis Andersen, and Shelley Murphy write: “In another black […]
Archive for October, 2016
These cops are not happy
In a recent survey Dallas cops say morale is at its lowest point ever. Ron Pinkston, the Dallas Police Association president, says the results caught even him off guard. According to a survey the DPA commissioned, 80 percent of the nearly 1300 members who responded to the online questionnaire rated the Dallas Police Department’s morale […]
F.O.P. releases interactive crime map
The D.C. FOP has unveiled an online crime map on their website, meant to provide users with a new resource to monitor crime in city neighborhoods. The crime mapping technology is similar to a tool the Metropolitan Police Department already offers on their website, but information from the union’s mapping system can be broken down […]
More bad news for that secure retirement
This time the story is out of Ventura County in California where a controversial proposal to eliminate the current pension plan and switch for a 401k style plan has qualified for the November ballot. The proposal easily exceeded the 26,000 verified signatures it needed to make the ballot. Proponents gathered more than 40,000 signatures, with […]
The face of the enemy
Here’s the thing about union busters and the people who pay half of our effective tax rate like Mitt Romney and Pete Peterson – they’re nothing if not media savvy. That’s why you will see more and more former “media personalities” like Campbell Brown – formerly of CNN. What’s she up to these days? She’s […]
Shelter in place — nightly
It’s extremely rare, like seeing Bigfoot riding a unicorn on to a spaceship, for a police association and the American Civil Liberties Union to agree on anything, ever. But sometimes a proposal is so transparent- such a politically inspired move, that the backlash winds up putting arch enemies on the same page. The new curfew […]
Cops don’t vote Democrat
Police officers, and the organizations that represent their interests like police associations, are generally very politically and culturally conservative. This is due in part to the mythology that one of the two main political parties in this country is somehow more interested in law and order than the other. But what happens in a state […]
Ready for President Christie?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is a world-class politician. How else could a union buster win so many endorsements from public sector associations? But the obese cat is now out of the bag and the people whose pensions are being toyed with like French fries now have their eyes wide open. Currently Christie is laying […]
She’s a liar!
The expected battle between the San Antonio Police Officers Association and the City of San Antonio has begun, with the SAPOA running super hard ball radio commercials blasting City Manager Sheryl Sculley by name as a liar who can’t be trusted,’ Newsradio 1200 WOAI reports. The ads, which began running on WOAI Radio on Wednesday, […]
Thank God it’s not us – yet.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Governor-Scott-Walker-Sucks/141078242621192 The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the 2011 law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers, sparked massive protests and led to Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s recall election and rise to national prominence. Thursday’s 5-2 ruling is a victory for Walker, who is considering a 2016 run for president and is seeking […]
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