Michael Lewis Quotes
Back In 2008, Unable To Come To Terms With Its Many Creditors, Vallejo Had Declared Bankruptcy. Eighty Percent Of The City's Budget - And The Lion's Share Of The Claims That Had Thrown It Into Bankruptcy - Were Wrapped Up In The Pay And Benefits Of Public Safety Workers. Relations Between The Police And The Firefighters, On The One Hand, And The Citizens, On The Other, Were At Historic Lows. The Public Safety Workers Thought That The City Was Out To Screw Them On Their Contracts; The Citizenry Thought That The Public Safety Workers Were Using Fear As A Tool To Extort Money From Them. The Local Joke Was That "P.D." Stands For "Pay Or Die." The City Council Meetings Had Become Exercises In Outrage: At One, A Citizen Arrived And Tossed A Severed Pig's Head Onto The Floor.
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