I just read the post directly below by Bill Meeker, which takes readers to a Voice of San Diego SLOP column that discusses the pension crisis the County of San Diego is now in. The crisis is because in one foul vote Supervisors Horn, Cox, Slater, Jacob, and Roberts voted to DOUBLE pension benefits in 2002, on our dime! From that time on, as the column points out, the Board of Supervisors has struggled to pay the bill - in good times. Well it's time to pay the piper... and guess who is gonna pay - US!

I'll say this: at least Supervisor Jacobs came right out and said that they have a problem, unlike the administration of then-San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy and his downtown business and labor team-mates. At least one Supervisor, Bill Horn, is up for election in 2010. He voted to double pensions. Maybe it's time we helped him retire and let him collect whatever pension he has 'earned'.