• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    8 days ago

    Weird that city counselors are willing to get kicked out at the next election for… what?

    How fucking much are they getting paid?

    • halcyoncmdr@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      8 days ago

      Weird that city counselors are willing to get kicked out at the next election for… what?

      Their chances of getting replaced are slim. History shows the public usually forgets by the next election.

      How fucking much are they getting paid?

      It’s entirely possible, nothing. US Senators have sold out for as likely as $15k, and they have a lot more power than a small town council.

  • Denvil@piefed.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    8 days ago

    “Bozzo also highlighted the benefits that Amazon will bring to the city, especially increased tax revenue, construction jobs, and a million-dollar donation towards a new fire truck. He also pointed out that the tech giant has been giving grants to non-profit organizations in the city, as well as sponsoring the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival.”

    Ah yes, the old “they gave us some spare change so suck it up and deal with it plebians” strategy.

    • Diurnambule@jlai.lu
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      7 days ago

      They are nice when you have the upper hand. Once power are reversed they won’t be nice and this will be a cancer in their county

  • Malyca@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    8 days ago

    Making it so people have no other option but to sabotage, so that they can collect more slaves

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    7 days ago

    Obscure, archaic rules from decades ago apply because that’s the way the law works!

    (Unless it has to do at all with giving people human rights or improving their life in any way, in which case the plain text of everything including amendments is up for endless interpretation.)

  • lemmygarden@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    7 days ago

    If someone goes on trial for burning this place down, don’t mention anything about jury nullification until after you’ve been selected for jury duty.

  • VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    8 days ago

    Gilroy, CA… Ah, yes right there next to the San Andreas fault. And my my all that local freshwater currently just supplies the “salad bowl of the world”. Easily a $100b+ industry. But rather food – hello, ai datacenter.

    Whomever greenlighted this is accidentally falling out of a 2nd story barn window.