Salary increase backtracking?
I got a "tip" from a caller yesterday who left a voice mail talking about South Pasadena's council meeting tonight. The caller alluded to a potential topic on the agenda about the city manager, but I didn't see any such item. However, I did see two items of interest:
- Request for review of employee salary increases approved for last year's budget (2007-08)
- Report from the City Attorney on the role and authority of the City Treasurer.
Reporter Robert Hong will be at the meeting tonight and will let us know what comes out of the meeting.
I saw the meeting there is "something rotten in Denmark". Why is the city stonewalling on key information? Where are the checks and balances? What is the administration hiding? I hope the Star News stays on this story and finds out what is going on in my city.
So I've been waiting for Mr. Hong's report from the meeting. Something unseemly is going on here. Did you catch last week's meeting? In the public comment section, the City Attorney admitted that he had not done his research and that city salaries are not public information. Why does a resident have to point out the proper court case? I was kind of surprised that the Star News didn't research it and write a posting or article about the correct information. What is the city attorney being paid for? Is the government hiding something? I recommend viewing the DVD of the July 2nd meeting.