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An El Segundo City Fire Engine driving north on Center Street near the school. An El Segundo Police Car and officers facing north on Sepulveda Blvd. in front of the Ralphs Grocery Store during the 141-day United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Strike and Store Lockout in 2003-2004.


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WOW !   IS EL SEGUNDO ANOTHER CITY OF BELL ???

Click on the link below, review the data and information,
and decide for yourself whether there is a resemblance.

Although El Segundo has not experienced the same excessive City Council and City Manager pay as the City of Bell, El Segundo has experienced greatly excessive and unsustainable firefighter and police union and manager pay that may exceed that of Bell once detailed Bell data is obtained and analyzed. The approach being used in El Segundo - creating new fees for residents and raising business taxes to pay for obscenely excessive city employee salaries, benefits, and pensions - parallels what was done in Bell. It appears from the El Segundo salary and pension data that the firefighter and police union contracts make many public employees into millionaires. It is quite possible, and perhaps likely, that many California cities and counties are suffering from serious abuses similar in nature to those in the City of Bell, even if not as egregious as the worst cases in Bell.


CLICK HERE!   Eye-Popping El Segundo City Employee Compensation Data   CLICK HERE!
For Eye-Popping El Segundo City Employee Compensation Data!
(public record information)





ELECTION ALERT!!!

Will El Segundo voters allow the fire and police Union bosses, outside special interests, and Eric Busch to BUY this election and a seat on our City Council?

El Segundo Voter Information for the April 8, 2008 City Election

The El Segundo, California city election is this Tuesday, April 8, 2008.

Please - email and telephone everyone you know who lives in El Segundo and ask them to visit this web site and to read Mike's election flyer before they vote. Some people do not check their email for several days, so be sure to call them as well. Thank you!

View the El Segundo Firefighters Union "Senior Scare" Letter (dated April 9, 2004) sent to El Segundo Senior Citizens, threatening hospital closure and "the posibility of our paramedics not being available when you need them" if the City Council candidates they endorsed are not elected. The endoresements are given based on salary and benefit increases and politics, not public safety considerations.

Learn about the candidates, and who are the best and the worst for public safety, spending, and integrity, by visting the El Segundo Public Safety Project home page.

Also, read or download the sample ballot (PDF file), find your El Segundo voting poll location, and use the address of your voting poll to find it on a map of El Segundo provided by Google Maps.

If you cannot find your voting poll location, vote at any poll, or at the City Clerk's office at 350 Main Street, and ask to vote on a "provisional ballot". This is your right, and your request cannot be refused. Your ballot is verified against the voter registration rolls, absentee ballot requests, and to ensure that you are not voting more than once.



Union bosses and well-funded outside special interests are trying to take over small town El Segundo for at least the next four years

Former City Councilmember Mike Robbins fights against big city-style political machine in small town El Segundo

"El Segundo Fire and Police Union bosses unilaterally endorsed candidates with the worst public safety, spending, and integrity records."

In the last City Council election (2004), the police and fire Union bosses endorsed the three candidates supported with tens of thousands of dollars from outside special interests, including developers, a trash hauler, someone who tried to obtain a large city contract without competition, and others who may have expected something in return. One of these candidates was Eric Busch.

Busch has received large contributions from someone who tried to rig the competition for a large city contract and have it awarded to a less qualified bidder at nearly twice the price ($120,000 versus $65,000 for a Golf Course construction management contract). Busch was so arrogant that he continued to take the money from this person after he was confronted with this relationship.

The $50,000 plus election campaign with many $1,000 to $6,000 contributions was highly unusual for small town El Segundo. Campaigns used to cost less than $5,000 and a lot of shoe leather. Although the Union bosses and outside special interests out-spent the independent candidates by as much as ten to one, they won only one of three council seats - Eric Busch.


Michael D. Robbins, 4/2/2008
Founder, El Segundo Public Safety Project
Former El Segundo City Councilmember (1992-1996)

Read all about it and see more pages, documents, and images posted throughout the week!



DOCUMENTS


 
Read
Flyer - It was distributed city-wide on Sunday, April 6, 2008
 
PDF Logo   Read, Save, Email, Print, and Distribute Mike's flyer PDF file (24 KB, 2 pages, B&W)
PDF Logo   Read Mike's flyer HTML file (19 KB, 2 pages, B&W)
PDF Logo   Supporting Documentation for flyer HTML file (9 KB)
PDF Logo   El Segundo Fire and Police Union Campaign Mailer (4/13/2004 City Election) HTML file (8 KB)


Click here to see the pictures of the campaign signs with Fire Union President Kevin Rehm's cellular phone number (310-422-9411) on them as the sign placement and maintenance coordinator. His phone number sticker is on all the signs for Eric Busch, Sandra Jacobs, and Bill Fisher (4/13/2004 City Election).  

All images and photographs are copyright © 2004 and 2008 by Michael D. Robbins.
Permission is granted to download, reprint, and distribute the flyers in complete and unaltered form.
Contact us for additional reproduction or distribution rights.

 

Union bosses and well-funded outside special interests are trying to take over small town El Segundo for at least the next four years

Former City Councilmember Mike Robbins fights against big city-style political machine in small town El Segundo

"El Segundo Fire and Police Union bosses unilaterally endorsed candidates with the worst public safety and spending records."

"The $50,000 plus election campaign with many $1,000 to $6,000 contributions is highly unusual for small town El Segundo.

"Campaigns used to cost less than $5,000 and a lot of shoe leather. We are at risk of having all future Mayors and Councilmembers selected before the election by Union bosses and outside special interests. We may lose our Democratic elections."


Michael D. Robbins, 4/9/2004
Founder, El Segundo Public Safety Project
Former El Segundo City Councilmember (1992-1996)

Read all about it and see more pages, documents, and images posted throughout the week!



DOCUMENTS


 
Read
Mike's
Flyer - It was distributed city-wide on Saturday, April 10, 2004
 
PDF Logo   Read, Save, and Email Mike's flyer PDF file (9 KB, 2 pages, B&W)
PDF Logo   Print and Distribute Mike's flyer PDF file (38 KB, 2 pages, B&W)
PDF Logo   Read Mike's flyer HTML file (9 KB, 2 pages, B&W)
PDF Logo   Supporting Documentation for flyer HTML file (9 KB)
PDF Logo   El Segundo Fire and Police Union Campaign Mailer HTML file (8 KB)


BREAKING NEWS:

Saturday, April 10, 2004  7:27 am:

FIRE UNION BOSS'S SENIOR SCARE LETTER

Firefighter Union bosses use scare tactics against El Segundo senior citizens.


CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL SIZE SCAN of the El Segundo Firefighters Union "Senior Scare" Letter (dated April 9, 2004) sent to El Segundo Senior Citizens, threatening hospital closure and "the posibility of our paramedics not being available when you need them" if the City Council candidates they endorsed are not elected. The endoresements are given based on salary and benefit increases and politics, not public safety considerations.They sent a letter on Union letterhead dated 4/9/04, signed by all three fire Union bosses, to El Segundo seniors threatening that if they don't vote for Eric Busch, Sandy Jacobs, and Bill Fisher for City Council, hospitals may be closed and there may not be emergency service in El Segundo when needed!

Click on the letter to the left to see a larger readable image of the complete letter (150 KB).

Click on the envelope below to see the text of the letter.

The Fire Union bosses who signed the letter are:

Kevin Rehm, President
Breck Slover, 1st Vice President
John Bilbee, 2nd Vice President
El Segundo Firefighters' Association


Click on the envelope below to see an analysis and the text of the Senior Scare Letter. Notice how the envelope also carries the fire Union logo.

CLICK HERE to see an analysis and the text of the "Senior Scare" letter, which was sent in this envelope imprinted with the official El Segundo Firefighters Union logo and return address.


  Or, click here for an analysis and the text of the Senior Scare Letter.


Click here to see the pictures of the campaign signs with Fire Union President Kevin Rehm's cellular phone number (310-422-9411) on them as the sign placement and maintenance coordinator. His phone number sticker is on all the signs for Eric Busch, Sandra Jacobs, and Bill Fisher.  

All images and photographs are copyright © 2004 and 2008 by Michael D. Robbins.
Permission is granted to download, reprint, and distribute the flyers in complete and unaltered form. Contact us for additional reproduction or distribution rights.

 
For information or to support the
El Segundo Public Safety Project, contact:

Mike Robbins
P.O. Box 2193
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-322-7244