Very good report in the Sun on upcoming Santa Maria and Lompoc elections (“District showdown,” Sept. 20); I doubt that this level of detail will be seen in any other media outlet.
One statement from Mosby needs some clarification; he told you “Mosby also argued that recent increases in wages to Lompoc’s public safety sector will help retain police officers and firefighters, adding that ‘a lot of people don’t realize how deep we’ve dug.'”
In a recent forum Jim Mosby claimed that he has “been an advocate for full public access to government decision-making and transparency, fiscal responsibility, and a thorough vetting of dense staff reports on complex subjects.”
A “thorough vetting of dense staff reports” is important; in the same forum he said that the last budget netted “$2 million in raises for public safety officers in the city.” The approved 2017-19 budget indicates a $373,000 decrease in “personnel compensation” from the 2015-17 budget for the public safety component; apparently, he isn’t as good at vetting as he claims.
Just trying to set the record straight here.
This article appears in Sep 27 – Oct 4, 2018.