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San Rafael Ranks 2nd Among the Highest Paying Metros for Chefs
Kahului-Wailuku, Lahaina, HI, San Rafael, CA and Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY are the best paying metros for chefs, according to a new study released by culinary website Chef's Pencil. The average salary for a chef in San Rafael, CA is $65,6... more »
Corina Onet — San Rafael
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Pension reform
It's very interesting that in the article about reform, the 1993 pension liability was mentioned but not attributed. This liability was in place before the large increases in retirement payments mentioned in the article. That liability will double ... more »
Francis Gleason — San Francisco
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How Local Governments Can Reform Pensions IF the "California Rule" is Overturned
Most of you know that Ken Churchill is part of a pension reform group, New Sonoma. His excellent article was published by the California Policy Center today and clearly outlines the steps that could be made possible on Dec. 5, 2018, if the CA Suprem... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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Politics, Chaos & Hemingway's Words of Wisdom
Ernest Hemingway wrote: The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all good writers have it. In today's political scene, with competing ideologies being flung around and often ... more »
Peter Hensel — Corte Madera
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More about blockchain voting
Forbes writer Mike Montgomery recently wrote that "According to a recent analysis by the Pew Research Center only 55.7% of the voting-age population cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election. That ranks us 28th out of 35 highly developed coun... more »
Bob Silvestri — Mill Valley
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Growth in teacher pay dwarfed by soaring health, retirement benefits
This report by Robert Fellner needs no explanation, but I do want to emphasize that it is a statewide problem - and includes Marin schools. Click here to read the Report Every election cycle Marin residents see new bonds or parcel taxes on the... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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Consider the Facts!
Consider the Facts! Bayside MLK (BMLK) is doing a better job of educating African American kids from Marin City than Willow Creek Academy (WCA). Willow Creek has more students than BMLK, and has more parents involved with their children’s educati... more »
Marilyn Mackel — Marin City
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More California cops and firefighters are paying for their pensions. Is it too late?
When I first read this article in yesterday's Sacramento Bee, I thought it was interesting but not necessarily "news". Today, however, I saw it reprinted on a national firefighters' website (https://www.firehouse.com/). Now it all made sense. CL... more »
Jody Morales — San Rafael (LV)
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My side of the elephant
In a recent comment in the IJ about the campaign for school board, Jeff Knowles quoted Patrick Moynihan, who said that “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Well, I wonder. What would Moynihan have said to the proverb... more »
Cherie Sinclair — Sausalito
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Victory Village/RCD's 18 acre Donation Cancellation Changes the Deal
The following was emailed to Fairfax Town Manager Garrett Toy on October 22nd, 2018 in regards to the back 18 acres at Victory Village. The developer previously pledged to donate the acreage to become Open Space, but now intends to sell it. Dear F... more »
Charles Cornwell — Fairfax