potus1001

potus1001 t1_je3eqah wrote

Not sure if you follow Legal Eagle on YouTube, but he literally just did a video on it, here.

I’m sure you won’t be surprised to hear that Desantis is currently trying to carve out all kinds of exceptions in the Sunshine Law, so it won’t be for much longer that we can say something positive about Florida.

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potus1001 t1_j8pmn8x wrote

Reply to comment by SuckMyAssmar in Gentrification by [deleted]

That completely goes against the whole purpose of rent control. People who need it, need to be able access it.

I currently own an affordable-income condo, through the BPDA, and while I don’t need to prove my income anymore, after purchasing it, anybody I sell it to, or leave it to in my will, needs to submit their income to the BPDA for approval.

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potus1001 t1_j7s2j4x wrote

Agreed, but one point of clarification. He does not have a half-million dollar income. He has had a yearly income, not exceeding $200k per year. The $531k amount, mentioned in the article, was over a three-year period.

Again, this doesn’t change how much of a deadbeat he appears to be, but it’s important to have the facts straight, when making these judgements.

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potus1001 t1_j2c6q3g wrote

If you have a source for that percentage, I really would like to see it, because I disagree with your statement.

If we’re only talking about union employees, for them to not get a step increase, they need to be at the top step of the CBA grid. The average grid has between 9-11 steps, so let’s just go with 10. Since all new union employees start at step 1, it takes 9 full years for them to reach the top step, 10 full years before they wouldn’t get a new step.

I don’t know the exact percentage, but I’d be willing to bet that 90% of state employees within a union have not been with the state for 10 years or longer.

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potus1001 t1_j2bm3mh wrote

Financially, that could not work in MA. Prop 2 1/2 limits the increase in a municipality’s property tax levy to 2.5% plus new growth. So because of this, a lot of cities and towns rely heavily on State subsidies. You suddenly take that away, and very few communities could operate.

MA doesn’t receive enough in sales/hotels/meals taxes, to make up for income taxes. Florida can, since it’s primarily a tourism destination, plus they’re State services are already lacking to begin with.

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