Referendum on unions in OC
May 07, 2010 Filed in: Budget & Finance
| Unions
Column: Steven Greenhut, The Orange County
Register (Updated May 11, 2010)"Most residents
probably don't think too much about the Board of Supervisors, but
there is one question that all voters should ponder before Election
Day: "Which candidate has the stomach to stand up to the county's
politically powerful public employee unions?" If a supervisor can't
say "no" to these groups, then the county's finances and public
services will suffer, especially now, when the economy is lean, and
pension debts are growing … This is the showdown we needed and that
I had in mind when I gave my speech," OC Republican Party
Chairman Scott
Baugh told me.
"Voters will be given clear choices between those who want to
reform a severely broken system and the union candidate who wants
to perpetuate the status quo." Baugh is referring to his speech
last year calling on Republican candidates – even in officially
nonpartisan races, such as supervisor – to eschew union
money...