CHULA VISTA – City officials in Chula Vista may eliminate 165 staffers, including police officers and firefighters, close down the nature center, the EastLake Library, a pool and a gym under a proposal being rolled out to the public Monday night. source, sighnonsandiego.com.
It is starting to feel like it is going to get pretty ugly over the next two years unless they can turn it around and that is not likely. The state of California is also dealing with a fiscal emergency and if they don’t solve it will run out of money in three months.
Police and fire protection are the base of what we expect for our tax dollar. We can do without a lot that they pay for, but security and safety are paramount.
When criminals realize it will be easier to commit crimes and not be apprehended, they will commit more. Until the system breaks, like in Tijuana where 37 people have been murdered last weekend alone. Those are only the ones they know about.
The pressure on people with work or benefits is forcing a few to consider doing that which they have not done before, break the law to survive.
