Garden Grove busts budget on cop raises

Taxpayers generally are aware of rampant budgetary irresponsibility at the federal level, as the national debt reaches an inconceivable $22 trillion. They also know that Sacramento politicians are hopeless spendthrifts.
But they often overlook the degree to which their local governments follow the same tax-and-spend approach.
The latest example comes from Garden Grove. In November, voters approved a 1-percent sales-tax increase to dig the city out of a mess. Seven Orange County cities boosted sa