Elmer = Douches Tecum

[Albert Hidel]

It looks Elmer has returned to the task of helping count the number of homeless in Vallejo, CA for the U.S. Census.

Vallejo was driven into bankruptcy by union goons, which makes it just the place for a leftist numbnuts like Elmer.

Vallejo is a Bay Area community of 121,000 that two years ago became the state's largest city to declare bankruptcy. Like other municipalities, its public-sector unions had driven its budget deep into the red. A report issued by the Cato Institute last September noted that 74% of the city's general budget was eaten up by police and firefighter salaries and overtime along with pension obligations. The average city in the state spends 60% of its budget on those things.

The study also found that lavish pay and benefit packages were a root cause of the city's problems. In Vallejo compensation packages for police captains top $300,000 a year and average $171,000 a year for firefighters. Regular public employees in the city can retire at age 55 with 81% of their final year's pay guaranteed. Police and fire officials can retire at age 50 with a pension that pays them 90% of their final year's salary every year for life and the lives of their spouses.

Vallejo's Painful Lessons in Municipal Bankruptcy

The city won a huge victory last year when a judge ruled they could void their union contracts.  But then the dumbasses pissed it away when they actually negotiated an increase in pension contributions.

But when it came to voiding those contracts on pensions—a major driver of public expenses—the city blinked. The "workout plan" the city approved in December calls for cuts in services, staff and even some benefits, such as health benefits for retirees. However, it does not touch public-employee pensions. Indeed, it increases the pension contributions the city pays.

Elmer and his stinking winos are just the cherry on top of the socialist crap sundae.