Nobody could escape the news coverage yesterday of the oral arguments for California's Prop. 8 challenge in front of the 9 justices of the Supreme Court. Live quotes were broadcast throughout the day. Pundits contributed their views to make the 'soup' of opinion just tepid enough for mass media.
The consensus among opinionators is that the Court will sidestep the constitutionality of the proposition and send it back to the Court of Appeal. Great. When there's clamor for clarification, we get obfuscation.
Oh, well.
Bureaucrats pay questioned
The Alameda county chief administrative officer's pay has come into question. Does she really deserve $400,000/per year, plus percs now and for the rest of her life? Hmmmm? Taxpayers on the hook again. It seems the board of supervisors seem to think she's worth every penny, to borrow a quote.
But then, is that pay rate any more ridiculous than our own Meeks Bay Fire chief's $250,000/year? I doubt it.
Honestly, I'm not really sure anyone needs $400,000/year. And the $250K for Meeks Bay should be cut way down, come on, living in paradise is definitely some sort of compensation, priceless compensation. AND I cannot even believe we are still discussing same-sex marriage, the fact that people actually feel so strongly about taking away the rights of others makes me feel like we live in the dang stone age. Sheesh.
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