VENTURA’S CUPBOARD –IS BARE [THE $15 MILLION PROJECTED BUDGET LOSS] On March 15, 2010 Mayor Fulton invited community leaders to attend a BUDGET WORKSHOP to help decide where to make cuts in the 2010-11 budget to compensate for an $11,000,000 PROJECTED LOSS. This statement was predicated on an estimate by the City Council that the […]
CALIFORNIA – A FAILED STATE [THE “TERRITORY OF CALIFORNIA”] You can watch the stock market successes, listen to the pundits braying out messages like “we have turned the corner”, but the reality is that the State of California and the municipalities nationwide, including the City Ventura, are in trouble. The fortunes of the State of […]
https://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/Bankrupt-California-Cartoon—WP.jpg6661000VREG Editorshttps://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/vreg-logo-1.jpgVREG Editors2010-03-01 15:15:522017-02-22 15:12:39Budget and Pension Crises Throughout California Inflict Harm
THE END OF THE FIRST DECADE It is the end of the first decade of the 21st century. This first ten years have been marred by war, scandal, fraud, economic failure and government malfeasance at all levels. Venturans will also be happy to turn the page and try to rebuild. The questions is whether local […]
https://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/Clueless-Behaving-Badly—WP.jpg6661000VREG Editorshttps://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/vreg-logo-1.jpgVREG Editors2009-12-01 15:04:342017-02-23 07:10:47City Government Clueless About What Citizens Need
911 TAX – POSTMORTEM [THE GREAT BOONDOGLE. WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?] The City Council keeps saying they do not understand why the citizens of this community have such distrust for city government. They are not likely to understand if they are not listening. No need to again examine the history and the woof of […]
https://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/No-Shame-Measure-A—WP.jpg6661000VREG Editorshttps://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/vreg-logo-1.jpgVREG Editors2009-09-01 14:33:092017-02-23 08:27:32Shameless Politicians Propose Measure A For More Money
THE FLEECING OF VENTURA On July 26th the Ventura County Star published an article about the deplorable conditions of the public pension plans in Ventura. The Ventura Grand Jury labeled these city pension plans as headed for disaster — an out of control cost [They actually said “uncontrollable cost”]. To see how out of control […]
https://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/Pension-Reform—WP.jpg6661000VREG Editorshttps://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/vreg-logo-1.jpgVREG Editors2009-08-01 14:01:222017-03-10 09:38:01Grand Jury Exposes City Pension Out of Control
THE FAILED TAX INITIATIVES [WHAT IT MEANS FOR VENTURA] California voters sent a message in the last election about a state government out of control, and out of touch. By rejecting the political establishment’s $16 billion in higher taxes, spending gimmickry and more borrowing, the voters got it right. They are willing to accept […]
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THE SPECTRE OF BANKRUPTCY [T.E.A. PARTY ANYONE?] In the August 2008 edition of this newsletter, we suggested that Ventura “may” be following the missteps of the City of Vallejo right into bankruptcy court. After you read this you will realize that our unfunded pension debt and contractual obligations are staggering. We as a community owe […]
https://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/Budget-of-the-Living-Dead-Cover—WP.jpg6661000VREG Editorshttps://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/vreg-logo-1.jpgVREG Editors2009-04-01 13:56:542017-03-10 09:36:26The Ghost of No Money Haunts Pensions and Cemetery Park
THE VENTURA BUDGET CRUNCH [SEND IN THE CLOWNS] On January 24, 2009, at 8am the City of Ventura held a special meeting at the Police/ Fire Department community room with the full City Council to discuss the city budget. This “public hearing” was on a Saturday and was not televised. The usual coterie was present. […]
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Keeping Track Of Lost Opportunities, Revenues and Unnecessary Expenses With the passing of sales tax increases in Oxnard and Port Hueneme, it will come as no surprise to Venturans that our city Council will take this as a signal that it is time to attempt to impose a new sales tax increase again in Ventura. […]
https://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/Broken-Trust-City-Hall—WP.jpg6661000billfrankhttps://www.vregventura.org/wp-content/uploads/vreg-logo-1.jpgbillfrank2008-12-05 13:48:552017-03-10 09:35:13Ventura City Government Gives Citizens Few Reasons To Trust Them
SUMMARY UPDATE In previous editions we treated issues that are important to our community. We now provide updates on those issues as they have evolved and as information has become available from our city government: (A) The 911 Fee The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) has undertaken the task of prosecuting this action on behalf […]
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As Ventura’s Budget Losses Grow, Budget Transparency Is Questioned
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsVENTURA’S CUPBOARD –IS BARE [THE $15 MILLION PROJECTED BUDGET LOSS] On March 15, 2010 Mayor Fulton invited community leaders to attend a BUDGET WORKSHOP to help decide where to make cuts in the 2010-11 budget to compensate for an $11,000,000 PROJECTED LOSS. This statement was predicated on an estimate by the City Council that the […]
Budget and Pension Crises Throughout California Inflict Harm
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsCALIFORNIA – A FAILED STATE [THE “TERRITORY OF CALIFORNIA”] You can watch the stock market successes, listen to the pundits braying out messages like “we have turned the corner”, but the reality is that the State of California and the municipalities nationwide, including the City Ventura, are in trouble. The fortunes of the State of […]
City Government Clueless About What Citizens Need
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsTHE END OF THE FIRST DECADE It is the end of the first decade of the 21st century. This first ten years have been marred by war, scandal, fraud, economic failure and government malfeasance at all levels. Venturans will also be happy to turn the page and try to rebuild. The questions is whether local […]
Shameless Politicians Propose Measure A For More Money
/in Newsletters/by VREG Editors911 TAX – POSTMORTEM [THE GREAT BOONDOGLE. WHERE DID THE MONEY GO?] The City Council keeps saying they do not understand why the citizens of this community have such distrust for city government. They are not likely to understand if they are not listening. No need to again examine the history and the woof of […]
Grand Jury Exposes City Pension Out of Control
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsTHE FLEECING OF VENTURA On July 26th the Ventura County Star published an article about the deplorable conditions of the public pension plans in Ventura. The Ventura Grand Jury labeled these city pension plans as headed for disaster — an out of control cost [They actually said “uncontrollable cost”]. To see how out of control […]
Failed Tax Initiatives Force California To Look For Money Elsewhere
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsTHE FAILED TAX INITIATIVES [WHAT IT MEANS FOR VENTURA] California voters sent a message in the last election about a state government out of control, and out of touch. By rejecting the political establishment’s $16 billion in higher taxes, spending gimmickry and more borrowing, the voters got it right. They are willing to accept […]
The Ghost of No Money Haunts Pensions and Cemetery Park
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsTHE SPECTRE OF BANKRUPTCY [T.E.A. PARTY ANYONE?] In the August 2008 edition of this newsletter, we suggested that Ventura “may” be following the missteps of the City of Vallejo right into bankruptcy court. After you read this you will realize that our unfunded pension debt and contractual obligations are staggering. We as a community owe […]
No New Tax Will Make Up for Lost Investments and Bad Management
/in Newsletters/by VREG EditorsTHE VENTURA BUDGET CRUNCH [SEND IN THE CLOWNS] On January 24, 2009, at 8am the City of Ventura held a special meeting at the Police/ Fire Department community room with the full City Council to discuss the city budget. This “public hearing” was on a Saturday and was not televised. The usual coterie was present. […]
Ventura City Government Gives Citizens Few Reasons To Trust Them
/in Newsletters/by billfrankKeeping Track Of Lost Opportunities, Revenues and Unnecessary Expenses With the passing of sales tax increases in Oxnard and Port Hueneme, it will come as no surprise to Venturans that our city Council will take this as a signal that it is time to attempt to impose a new sales tax increase again in Ventura. […]
Update on Ventura’s City Government Policy Issues
/in General News/by billfrankSUMMARY UPDATE In previous editions we treated issues that are important to our community. We now provide updates on those issues as they have evolved and as information has become available from our city government: (A) The 911 Fee The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) has undertaken the task of prosecuting this action on behalf […]