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Tag Archives: public money
Would you take $484,000 in unused leave time given the opportunity?
Glendora Mayor Ken Herman made an interesting appeal to the audience at Tuesday’s council meeting in defending City Manager Chris Jeffers’ 2007 cash out of $484,000 of unused leave time when he left the same post in Monterey Park. Herman … Continue reading
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Tagged administrative contracts, Chris Jeffers, city benefits, city councils, public money, vacation time
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(UPDATED) Montebello embraces the red tape before divulging employee’s salary
Whittier Daily News reporter Bethania Palma Markus told me a neat little story today (it was surprisingly not cat/kitten related*). In our continued effort to give a broad look at city employee salaries, I am writing a piece on City … Continue reading
Paul Krugman says a lot of the fuss over state, local employee pay is much ado about nothing
Ran into this blog post by Paul Krugman, Op-Ed Columnist for the New York Times, regarding public employee pay. Krugman clearly isn’t talking about the scandalous issues going on in Bell, but the general rage against state and local employees … Continue reading
Baldwin Park joins with other cities in posting city salaries on website
We are keeping track of the cities that are starting to post city employee salaries online after Gov. Schwarzenegger and the State Controller called for more transparency from local governments. Also, various news outlets (the Tribune) have made numerous public … Continue reading