I was going to save it for something on the NBA but was reminded of a June 2009 post:
Obama Stimulus Slow to Buoy ‘Real Economy’ as Marin Awaits Cash
Pity poor Marin. Caught between Sonoma and San Francisco.
Scraping by on a median income of $83,870 (highest in Cali.).
The squalor of Sausalito:
tiny small medium large original Image from Geoffrey Mainland
Okay, sarc off. Here's the story from the Marin Independent Journal:
Study: Soaring Marin pension bill fueled largely by top tier
The soaring cost of Marin County's pension program is driven in large part by plump benefits for a few hundred retirees at the top, a new study indicates.Some 30 percent of the Marin County Employee Retirement Association's pension payroll goes to just 9 percent of retirees who get checks of more than $80,000 a year — including ranking officials, safety officers and others who retired at top pay after long tenures....MORE
I like that "plump benefits" bit.
Also at the Independent-Journal:
