Cortese Doesn’t Say “No” to Unions

Dave Cortese likes to say he voted against pension increases in 2005 because he was concerned about costs. That’s not what he said back then though – back then the Mercury News reported, “He has said he did not object to the level of benefits, but he felt that a previous labor agreement required police and fire retirement benefits to be established together.” [Mercury News, 1/19/2006]

At the time, the firefighters had not yet reached an agreement because they were pushing for even more benefits. So had Cortese’s side won out, pensions likely would have been even higher. Click here to read more….

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