None of those proposals are going to solve the problem, which is basically the city needs to fund the pension system, and it needs a big infusion of money to jump start it.

Boy George is all England needs - another queen who can't dress.

When transferring property by way of sale the land owner needs to state the price for which he is selling. If the land is not being sold, but is being given as a gift then the value of the property must also be disclosed.

Every dollar spent on these campaign promises, on these two ballot measures, is another dollar that could be spent on a true solution to some of the city's real problems, to the deficit, to the potholes, to park maintenance.

To think you have to get to the pension board meetings early, it just goes to show what a circus the city has become.

You can't put a price on loyalty to the city. You can't put a price on pride at work. . . . You can't put a price on the institutional knowledge that our workers have.