November 30, 2023

Gen Z Believes They Shouldn’t Need a Skillset to Get a Job, Just a Winning Personality
Red State | 11/20/2023 | Joe Cunningham

Corporate workers are discovering whether or not they’re “personality hires” as the term has gained steam on social media in recent weeks.

Bella Rose Mortel, a 22-year-old social media strategist at newsletter platform Beehiiv, went viral this week labeling herself a personality hire, and suggesting that other Gen Zers might embrace a more “playful” attitude at work.

The term “personality hire” refers to an employee beloved for bringing a positive attitude and seamless interpersonal skills to the office — usually to compensate for a lack of hard skills or productivity.

Mayor Eric Adams Slashes NYC Police Budget to Pay for Influx of Migrants
Hotair | 11/20/2023 | David Strom

Eric Adams, the Mayor of New York City, is having trouble paying for the feeding, housing, and coddling of the illegal migrants who have flooded his city thanks to Joe Biden’s open borders.

Adams was elected to clean up the city and to address the crime epidemic after the disastrous reign of Bill DeBlasio. His election was a bit of rebellion against the soft-on-crime policies that were undermining the advances made during the pre-DeBlasio mayoralties of Giuliani and Bloomberg to make the city livable for the middle class.

So imagine the disappointment the residents of the city are experiencing now that Adams has decided to slash the police budget as a money-saving strategy–a strategy made necessary by the influx of migrants.

The Democrat mayor of New York has slashed the city’s policing budget, blaming the influx of more than 100,000 migrants in the last year.

Eric Adams said he would oversee $4 billion in budget cuts over the next 18 months, including cancelling the hiring of new police officers, reducing education spending and closing public libraries on Sundays.

He blamed the rising costs of the city’s migrant crisis for the move, with tens of thousands of people having travelled from the US’s southern border to New York, seeking the shelter and financial aid which the city is obliged by law to provide.

“This is the most painful exercise I’ve ever done in my professional life,” Mr Adams said, telling New Yorkers they would experience “disruptions to the services you all rely on”.

The cuts will mean the New York Police Department will cancel its next five intakes of new officers, reducing the overall headcount to less than 30,000 for the first time in decades.

This was not what New Yorkers expected when they elected Adams, although frankly, it is what they should have expected when they decided to virtue signal by making New York a “sanctuary city.”

Virtue signaling is all well and good when you don’t have to put your money where your mouth is, and in this case, the money involved is at least $4 billion.

Looking down your nose at Trump and Red state governors was, no doubt, extremely satisfying, but as with so many other self-flattering moves, it’s not so fun when the bill arrives and you have to deal with the consequences.

and of course:

San Francisco To Let Citizens Vote on Fund for Police Department Staffing
Police! | 112923 | Joanna Putnam

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a city charter amendment that will allow voters to choose whether they want to pay for new police officers, Bay City News reported.

If voters approve the amendment, a tax will be added to create a police staffing fund. The fund would reach $16.8 million within the first year, according to the report. The fund would allow the city to set a minimum staffing number of 1,700 officers in the first year.

The minimum staffing number would increase every year until the city reaches a maximum of 2,074 officers, according to the report.

“The proposed measure provides voters with a chance to express whether they desire more police presence,” said Supervisor Catherine Stefani, who voted for the measure.