Author Topic: Ah policy like for real, a little insight and lord knows it I just report on it. (Read 2245 times)

JakeStyle · « **on:** June 11, 2014, 07:53:30 PM »

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025083407

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nadinbrzezinski (134,473 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:15 PM

Ah policy like for real, a little insight and lord knows it I just report on it....

San Diego has been having a nice (for real) discussion on raising the minimum wage and offering (by mandate) five days of paid sick leave to all workers.

Yeah! But it is not as simple as that.

For obvious reasons we have been following this... press, it's what we do.

So the discussion started soon after Bob Filner stepped down, when Todd Gloria, San Diego's Council President, became interim mayor. That was oh August September time frame, last year.

Then we had the first "formal hearing" in May before one of the committees, and hearings all over town. Conversations have been ongoing since at least May. They probably started earlier than that with both union and business leaders, but.

Today we had the second hearing at the committee level and on the 16 the Council takes it over.

No, they will not vote on the final product on Monday. According to Gloria this will happen later in the Summer.

Why am I giving you a summary of a very local issue? Many activists (and reporters) think for some odd reason that anything like this is a one shot deal, one hearing, you are done. Policy initiatives of this sort take at times years to move from first glimmer in the eyes of activists, to actual implementation. For the record, San Fran has come to an agreement to raise theirs to 15, and they have been leading the way in the mandate arena for ten years now. Their initial agreement, that raised pay just at the airport, took three years to hammer.

One of the things one learns by covering things like city halls, is how complicated these things are. Also how many myths survive as well, (regarding this, most minimum wage are teenagers, a dominant wrong headed meme). At times the pace of policy makes a glacier look fast by comparison. Then there is the unintended consequences. One concern raised by one particular group were the home health care folk. Not all is paid by Medicare \ Social Security and all that, so the increased cost might drive some seniors (how many is a good question) to institutional care. Nor are the workers themselves paid that well.

Now take it national, because these compromises are happening all the time at local levels, The problem in DC is that right now... we have zero impetus to compromise on anything, which is essential to good government. Hell, we have some of that in state capitals as well, gridlock that is.

Now all that sound and photos... and perhaps, since they do the legislative review, I might have a second story, perhaps a third from the morning. And yes, LOTS of sound. Like three hours of it. Thankfully I break it into chunks, so finding what I need is much easier.

I Have no idea what the is about,but it must me important.

Big Dog · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2014, 08:02:05 PM »

Is gNads wearing her new Journo body armor while she sits in her living room and taps on her iPad?

As the Polish doctor once said to gNad's cousin's mama, "Mrs. Brzezinski, this is Zbig!"

franksolich · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2014, 08:10:06 PM »

Quote from: Big Dog on June 11, 2014, 08:02:05 PM

As the Polish doctor once said to gNad's cousin's mama, "Mrs. Brzezinski, this is Zbig!"

GOBUCKS · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2014, 08:24:43 PM »

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Why am I giving you a summary of a very local issue?

Because of overwhelming arrogance, combined with a burning desire for attention and respect.

It also helps that you're absolutely blind to how you are perceived by others.

franksolich · « **Reply #4 on:** June 11, 2014, 08:27:17 PM »

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nadinbrzezinski (134,475 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 07:38 PM

1. Gad article is up

but there are days I want to hit head on wall. Especially when you have twenty people essentially saying the same exact thing

Hmmmmm.

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GOBUCKS · « **Reply #5 on:** June 11, 2014, 08:46:59 PM »

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1 replies, 98 views

And that one reply is the crazy bald dwarf replying to herself.

thundley4 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 11, 2014, 09:33:39 PM »

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Todd Gloria

Sounds like the name of some cross dressing performer.

BannedFromDU · « **Reply #7 on:** June 11, 2014, 09:35:22 PM »

Quote from: GOBUCKS on June 11, 2014, 08:24:43 PM

It also helps that you're absolutely blind to how you are perceived by others.

Dear God, how I wish we were blind to her.

The bitch ugly.

FlippyDoo · « **Reply #8 on:** June 11, 2014, 09:39:30 PM »

And then it was. Crossing the road I saw a turtle. He was moving slowky, because turtles move slowky. I know these things. Sometimes it takes deep digging...press, it's what we do.

For the third it was a change, but not else can there say. I will tell you this. You need to understand it. Some won't. No matter what. Oh, and the turtle did not have riffle. Climactic change made him hot, but refused to carry. As I said, some won't. So I guess I'll hit my head on wall.

obumazombie · « **Reply #9 on:** June 12, 2014, 02:41:11 AM »

Quote from: FlippyDoo on June 11, 2014, 09:39:30 PM

And then it was. Crossing the road I saw a turtle. He was moving slowky, because turtles move slowky. I know these things. Sometimes it takes deep digging...press, it's what we do.

For the third it was a change, but not else can there say. I will tell you this. You need to understand it. Some won't. No matter what. Oh, and the turtle did not have riffle. Climactic change made him hot, but refused to carry. As I said, some won't. So I guess I'll hit my head on wall.

It's uncanny how tuned into mz. word salad you are.

67 Rover · « **Reply #10 on:** June 12, 2014, 09:24:00 AM »

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nadinbrzezinski (134,473 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:15 PM

One of the things one learns by covering things like city halls, is how complicated these things are.

I do believe this is some sort of record.

obumazombie · « **Reply #11 on:** June 12, 2014, 10:16:17 AM »

Quote from: 67 Rover on June 12, 2014, 09:24:00 AM

I do believe this is some sort of record.

"Thing" is like a salad dressing for nadin's word salad.
She uses liberal amounts.

fatboy · « **Reply #12 on:** June 12, 2014, 11:09:26 AM »

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nadinbrzezinski (134,473 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:15 PM

Ah policy like for real, a little insight and lord knows it I just report on it....

San Diego has been having a nice (for real) discussion on raising the minimum wage and offering (by mandate) five days of paid sick leave to all workers.

Looks like nads is angling for a $15.00/hour raise and some bennies.

Dori · « **Reply #13 on:** June 12, 2014, 01:20:58 PM »

Quote from: fatboy on June 12, 2014, 11:09:26 AM

Looks like nads is angling for a $15.00/hour raise and some bennies.

That would be a red letter day, seeing that Miriam is currently paying her $0 dollars per hour.

I wonder what Nadin's going rate is these days for her work. A penny a word?

Gina · « **Reply #14 on:** June 12, 2014, 01:35:28 PM »

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nadinbrzezinski (134,473 posts) Wed Jun 11, 2014, 02:15 PM

Ah policy like for real, a little insight and lord knows it I just report on it....

San Diego has been having a nice (for real) discussion on raising the minimum wage and offering (by mandate) five days of paid sick leave to all workers.

Yeah! But it is not as simple as that.

For obvious reasons we have been following this... press, it's what we do.

She's such a dork

GOBUCKS · « **Reply #15 on:** June 12, 2014, 02:00:10 PM »

Since her apparent falling-out with Crazy Miriam, here is how the nutcase spends her days:

http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/

Yep, when she could be helping that addled submarine rider pay the rent, she's adding to her childish blog day after day.

When she could be assembling burritos at Taco Bell, or clerking the drive-thru at a Krispy Kreme, she's typing out these semi-literate word salads that absolutely no one on earth cares about.

Her husband may be way more addled than we ever suspected.

BlueStateSaint · « **Reply #16 on:** June 12, 2014, 02:17:37 PM »

Quote from: GOBUCKS on June 12, 2014, 02:00:10 PM

Since her apparent falling-out with Crazy Miriam, here is how the nutcase spends her days:

http://nadinabbottblog.wordpress.com/

Yep, when she could be helping that addled submarine rider pay the rent, she's adding to her childish blog day after day.

When she could be assembling burritos at Taco Bell, or clerking the drive-thru at a Krispy Kreme, she's typing out these semi-literate word salads that absolutely no one on earth cares about.

Her husband may be way more addled than we ever suspected.

Those jobs are waaaaay beneath her.

fatboy · « **Reply #17 on:** June 12, 2014, 02:35:31 PM »

Quote from: GOBUCKS on June 12, 2014, 02:00:10 PM

Her husband may be way more addled than we ever suspected.

Could you imagine? I mean seriously, there has to be some powerful meds in that old boy.

GOBUCKS · « **Reply #18 on:** June 12, 2014, 02:54:01 PM »

One thing about nadin's scrambled writing:

No one will ever be able to accuse her of plagiarism.

No one else cares enough for her subjects to write them, and if they did, they sure wouldn't use similar words.

Dori · « **Reply #19 on:** June 12, 2014, 03:31:18 PM »

Quote from: fatboy on June 12, 2014, 02:35:31 PM

Could you imagine? I mean seriously, there has to be some powerful meds in that old boy.

I can't imagine. Trying to picture gNads in the role of wife puts my mental imagery into a test pattern.

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Author Topic: Ah policy like for real, a little insight and lord knows it I just report on it. (Read 2245 times)