"county Democrats" perfect description. They are so ingrained in perpetuating the power / financial dynasty for a handful of families (salaries and pensions) it is disgusting.
Take the recent article, supposedly penned by the mayor (I find that super suspect), praising the county for repairing the levees. A huge election talking point for Alan Dunstan.
BUT, the only reason this happened is because the Army Corps was a hair's breath away from decertifying them. Then, and only then, did Dunstan give a flip about the levees. And he prides himself on using local labor. That's "unionized, over priced" local labor, because everyone knows they are entitled to more than their fair share of the "money pie" to ensure their union political contributions end up with the right candidate when it's election time.
Dunstan and his well rewarded puppets, well, their days should have came and went by now. Let's hope anyone with reasonable intelligence will oust this pension sucker off the taxpayer's teat.
The same should be considered when voting in the next mayoral election.